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.

2 runners collected waste food from local supermarkets to share at the community fridge in the library. This was the last Saturday session as, unfortunately due to funding cuts, the fridge will be Mon to Fri only. It was great to see a couple of our regulars to wish them well. They thanked us for volunteering over the last few years, which was kind and touching to hear.

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.

This week was a unique one, with no food waste donations - great to see the shops able to sell/use everything.

The fridge got a good clean and all paperwork up to date, so still a useful trip!

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.

This week only one store had any food to donate, good to see food waste being low. We collected lots of bakery items and a few corn-on-the-cobs.

Tonight the superb 7 were out doing good for Newtown Gardeners, helping transform a green area.

A massive welcome and thank you to Ananda, Kimberley and Barry, who all joined us for the first time tonight. We loved meeting you and we hoped you enjoyed the session. Lovely to see a bit of GoodGym tourism too, a big hello toSally.

Our tasks were to dig and create areas for bulbs to be planted and to wire a fence ready for raspberry planting , the group smashed both out in a hour. Tonights pun inspired by Kimberly, and her pizza style digging!