It's that time of year again when Christmas trees have served their festive purpose and put out on the streets. With councils encouraging residents to drop off their trees at Christmas Tree Collection Points, GoodGym stepped in to help gather trees off the streets and into the pile for recycling.

Six ready volunteers set forth from Clissold Park to see what they could find. Despite 12th Night not yet passed, the team found plenty trees to keep them occupied for an hour. By the end, they had gathered a tree-mendous 20 trees (and a couple of wreaths!), creating a more obvious collection point for any residents planning to drop off their own.

There is , more tree collecting action on Tuesday 7th January around Hackney Downs. Join us if you can!

Six GoodGymers arrived on this sunny Saturday morning to help clear an unusable allotment bed which was covered with ivy, random objects and deep roots.

We cleared the whole bed making a big difference and it looked as good as new! Ready for growing and it will help with biodiversity in the area.

We also uncovered a forgotten bench and found time to give it a bit of a spruce up.

5 GoodGymers joined the residents of Penn Road Gardens to help out with a variety of tasks. Composting, saving snails and ridding the garden of invasive plants.

Canonbury Square has been described by the Evening Standard as “London’s most beautiful square”. But it takes work to keep it that way.

There were several tasks to be undertaken, so it was good that six GoodGymers were on hand to assist. Dan and Byron worked on the composters while Alison, Emily, Ines and John shared the task of sweeping the paths. There was even time for some weeding before a coffee and a chat.