Another night of cleaning the buses, but this time the insides! We were very grateful for an almost indoor task since the chilly November weather seems to have finally arrived. We got to work cleaning and polishing the interior patio by particular attention to get all the dirt out of the runners that are used to clip wheelchairs into. This was no easy task and elbow grease a plenty was required! We did such a thorough job on the first bus we only had time to give the second bus a quick going over. The buses are already now to take the children and young people on lots more adventures. We’re sure it won’t be long before our services are required again!

A speedy clean up of the Rose Road entrance along Aldermoor Road to make sure it’s looking nice and tidy for families and visitors the centre. Fortunately a friendly cat kept me company in the cold though they were not at all helpful picking up the litter!

It was finally our time to shine (or the buses turn to shine) when it came to bus cleaning tonight! After a slightly unsuccessful attempt in winter due to quite literally freezing conditions we were hopefully tonight would be a triumph. Now the weather had other ideas and there was a storm alert issued shortly before we were due to start. Fortunately the storm held off so we remained dry-ish apart from Justin clearly trying to soak Abby chucking a bucket of water over a bus! We should have used Lauren to clean the hard to reach places as she had wings and not one pair but two! Well done Lauren on reaching your 100th task this evening with a double whammy of do gooding. Until next time Rose Road :)

Or in this case the vintage toilet water! Another evening of uncovering hidden treasures while sorting the donations for Rose Road’s pop up charity shop in October. From vintage perfumes to magical heat packs (or magiral heat packs?!) to mix tapes (CDs) to giant pipe cleaners to knitted cardigans of every size. We sorted it all. We hope Rose Road raise lots of money at their sale next month. We wouldn’t be surprised if some GoodGymers sneak back to purchase some bargain “Tweed”!

On a very rainy July evening we were thrilled to find out we would have an indoor task at Rose Road! We welcomed our newest GoodGymer Kathryn who will hope to see back soon. It was another trip to the loft, this time sorting in the fundraising area. There were lots of donations to organise and sort. Some of our favourites were the large and lifelike doll collection (we might not sleep tonight!), a brand new toilet brush, and a sequin apron. We managed to fill quite a few bags of rubbish with broken things and out of date products. Now the fundraisers will be able to see the wood for the trees…or in this case the books, mugs, ornaments, dolls, games, jewellery and clothes!