Three Goodgymers made their way to Cultivate Colindale, a fantastic community project in the eponymous location, where a group of staffers and volunteers are hard at work turning a corner of Haybourne Park into a thriving community space, with allotments, gardens, green houses and outdoor classrooms.

We were welcomed by Anna and Azalea, who got us working right away weeding a bunch of plant beds. We were amazed with Anna's encyclopaedic knowledge of all things weedy! She was reeling out names from her enormous brain store!

The weather was not exactly epic, but we were kept thoroughly entertained and pulled weeds out by the barrel-full. We weren't exactly singing, but we were definitely weeding in the rain!

Thank you to all the wonderful people of Cultivate Colindale for welcoming us to their space.

GoodGym Barnet Starter Session & January Challenge Good Deed

A dull January day, but thankfully the rain mostly held off just the odd light mist to keep things atmospheric.

We gathered at Stephens House & Gardens, chatting and welcoming everyone along. Huge thanks to today’s heroes , and a big welcome to Joyceon her very first GoodGym run she did magnificently and fitted right in from the off.

We spent a bit of time talking about why Stephens House & Gardens is such a special place. As a charitable trust, it relies heavily on volunteers and community support, and it’s somewhere we help throughout the year with a wide range of tasks.

From there, we headed off to Long Lane Pastures, a local nature reserve we support occasionally. It’s a fantastic spot to explore, but the path alongside it was looking pretty tired, so out came the bags and litter-pickers. With limited time we didn’t quite finish the job definitely one to return to.

We then ran on to visit the Tiny Forest, giving our newer runners and walkers a flavour of the kinds of community projects we support on GoodGym runs.

After the session, some of us rounded things off with well-earned snacks and drinks at the Stables Café back at Stephens House & Gardens a perfect way to end the morning.

Another great example of getting active, doing good, and enjoying each other’s company. Well done everyone