Christmas cracking turnout today! Great to meet Rhi as well as Christopher again for an efficient clearing up task.

Following various parkrun excursions, we convened on the Fallowfield campus, parking with various degrees of success or coming from Salford by bus, or on foot via the Fallowfield Loop or Didsbury.

Following the Christmas Day meal for recent care leavers, we were tasked with clearing up the entrance hall of decorations and cataloging the leftover gifts and activities ready for next year. We managed to remove any rubbish, recycle leftover cardboard, and bag up any items of food that could be re-purposed.

After just 45 minutes, we were done and dusted (record time apparently) and made our way home. Great to meet other volunteers too, some of whom helped out on the day and it sounded like a good event for the attendees.

Welcome to Christopher and Md for their first GG Manchester task!

Five keen Goodgymers rolled up their sleeves to help out with Ardwick Climate Action on their Saturday morning volunteering session. We wheeled the equipment and plants over to their site next to the Mancunian Way before getting to work.

We quickly cleared the nearby litter with 6 or 7 bags collected plus a GB sign, a set of traffic cones, and a metal pole. With the litter cleared, we helped plant 500 crocus bulbs around the trees and some additional grass plants to be ready for the spring.

While planting, Peter was busy pruning the tops of lavender on a nearby site and Stefanie with Ben pruned a hydrangea near Brunswick Parish church.

On a busy morning, a few of us managed to swap numbers and pick up some strawberries for home, while also singing happy birthday to Ben on a bumper day of GG Manchester volunteering.