Three Goodgymers helped at the Windsor Homeless Project sorting through some of the many donations they have had. The Project supports those who are allocated accommodation but have no belongings to take with them. Amanda organised sets of kitchenware into packs of essentials such as plates, cups, cutlery etc.
Rekha and Tara organised the bedding, towels and clothes into piles. we also made space by moving the sofa to make room for more donations.

Goodness me, this community mission really crypt up on us! Time flies when you're having fun...

A very warm welcome to Carol, who joined us for the first time this evening, and a big three cheers to Laura, who logged her 10th GoodGym good deed - even the church bells rang for her!

Ana, Carole, Laura and Claire did a great job this evening helping the Windsor Homeless Project have a big sort out in their storage space at Holy Trinity Church in Windsor. They were joined by a number of guard mannequins, who thankfully also got the memo about red tops and social distancing.

Claire and Carol braved the crypt to sort donated clothes. Their hard work helps the charity have a clearer picture of what they have and what they need more of in order to help their clients.

Meanwhile, upstairs Ana and Laura sorted food, which is being donated to Driven Forward, a local charity which has hugely increased its scope during the Covid crisis, and has recently set up the 'Community Fridge': a project which helps surplus and short dated food find its way to those facing hardship, a growing community due to the Covid 19 pandemic. We have a community mission planned for to help the Community Fridge on Sunday the 11th of October and we would love to see you there. Find out more and sign up here.

With everyone wearing face masks, communication was trickier than normal...you might even say it was a bit cryptic... Those chaps in the red jackets didn't have much chat either. Still, the team did a fantastic job. As task owner Liv said in her post-task message:

Thank you to the team, they were stars.

This community mission was our second visit to help the Windsor Homeless Project. In a really interesting conversation with our task owner Liv this evening we learned that they are currently helping approximately 60 guests, and that where they can really make a difference is not just by offering practical support, but by providing a community for people who otherwise have none. The support and compassion they offer is a real life-line to many.

Pre-Covid the charity was based in the Holy Trinity Church Hall and although they have since moved, they wanted help with freshening up the hall as a way of giving back to the church.

Last week 6 runners braved the heat to give the kitchen and the walls a really good scrub. You can read Sara's report on their achievements by clicking here.

This evening Sara and another 5 runners returned on an even hotter evening to give those clean walls a lick of white paint.

A (brush)stroke of GoodGym-nius

Amy, Sara and Sophie armed themselves with brushes and tackled the edges, cracks and other fiddly bits. We learned from Sara that this is called 'cutting in' and after an amazing 99 GoodGym good deeds she should know! Sara suggested the weather warranted a post-task ice-cream...we definitely think she deserves a 99 Flake or three! Sara, we hope you have a great time celebrating getting your wings on your 100th task tomorrow in Slough.

On a roll...

Adele, Rachel and Ana were team roller. A huge welcome to Adele, who joined us for her first GoodGym session, and to Rachel, who was returning for her second mission with Windsor and Maidenhead. It was great to meet you both, and Adele I am so sorry that your glasses got broken. I hope it hasn't put you off coming back for more GoodGym fun soon.

A special mention also goes to Ana, who is on a streak having done a community mission every day that we have had one listed since the 26th of July - that's an amazing 9 missions in 15 days.

When you've got a roller you can really get your skates on, and in a great team effort we covered more of the hall than we had expected. As we cleared up at the end Liv agreed the hall looked more than all-white. Great job everyone!

I don't know why she swallowed a fly

After the task Ana, Amy and Sophie enjoyed a sweaty 4km run, looping around the river. This was another team effort - Amy planned the route, Sophie kept us from getting lost, Ana took some beautiful photos, Sophie swallowed a fly and Ana led the sprint finish.

We have lots more community missions listed for the next few weeks. Check out our happenings page for the latest opportunities to get involved.

6 runners made their way over to the Holy Trinity Church in Windsor where part 2 of the paint project became part 1. We met with Liv the task owner who gave us a brief run down of what needed to be done. Sutyee volunteered for kitchen duties, I'm sure that's where she feels most at home, and despite Jess's best efforts we couldn't get her to make a cup of coffee. She's become obsessed with her new found cleaning product and will be buying in bulk supply.

The remaining 5 of us got to work on the rest of the hall, washing down all the walls and cupboards with sugar soap in preparation for next Mondays visit to start painting whilst listening to the organist having a practice session, an hour done and we were all impressed with how much fresher it was already looking. Great work from the Windsor/Slough partnership tonight.