Happy New Year! We started our first task of the year in fine fashion, 8 GoodGymers back at the secret garden helping clear the area and make the surrounding parts presentable. Mainly decorating trees, signs and posts around the street. A huge welcome to first timer Oli, great having you on the task tonight!

This week 6 GoodGymers were clearing the streets in Newtown, getting rid of the fallen leaves that clog up the drains.

We were joined by a couple of members of Newtown Garden Community and cleared up a massive area.

This week we were out distributing leaflets on behalf of Sylvania community Hall.

The hall is set to be demolished with no replacement, the leaflets offer local residents to have their say.

The hall is widely used for classes, children activities, polling station and a community meeting area. GoodGym have also used the hall as a safe space for when we've been in the park on a task.

Tonight the fab 5 were back at the Secret Garden, helling out tidy the area for the local community group. We swept away the leaves, weeded the public paths and steps and made the area look great.

The task owner, Pat, was there with us and treated us to some sweets, hot chocolate and sparklers, a real firework night treat.