Tide-ying Up at Turning Tides 🌊🌱

This week GoodGym Worthing headed out to support Turning Tides at one of their local homeless hostels, lending a hand with a much-needed winter tidy-up.

Six of us – Mr and Mrs R (aka John and Belinda), Paul, El, and Stephane – tackled the paved front garden, turning our attention to the borders that had seen better days. Armed with secateurs, brooms and our invaluable GoodGym working lights, we set about cutting back, sweeping up and generally bringing some order back to the space.

As always, the tools were working almost as hard as we were chatting, with plenty of lively parkrun discussion keeping spirits high as the task progressed . By the end of the session the borders were neater , the skip loaded , and the entrance much more welcoming for residents and staff alike.

A great job done by everyone – teamwork, good conversation and a positive difference made. 💪🌟

El earned herself a double good deed by taking some empty chocolate boxes to our local Greene King pub to support the post Christmas macmillan cancer recycling project. Whilst delivering them she even got a run in too 😇👏

El was on the run for a sweet cause this week, delivering empty chocolate boxes to our local Greene King pubs as part of their collection for the Macmillan Cancer charity.

Putting in the miles as well as the smiles, El helped make sure the boxes reached their drop-off points, ready to be filled again in support of Macmillan’s brilliant work. A simple task, but one that will help turn leftover chocolates into much-needed fundraising.

Great running, great teamwork, and a great cause supported – well done El! 🏃‍♀️🍫💚

Tonight’s task took us to English Martyrs First School as part of our supporting the school with general maintenance – with a particular focus on painting.

Our main jobs for the evening were refreshing Head Teacher Helen’s office and making a start on the staff room

The team split efficiently:

Paul, Belinda and Roxytook charge of painting the Head Teacher’s office, getting great coverage and making excellent progress. Mel, Paul, El, Barbara and myself rolled up our sleeves in the staff room, where we prepped the space and applied the first coat, setting things up nicely for completion. Johnwas on hand throughout, capturing photographs of the task and the team in action 📸 😇

There was a fantastic team spirit all evening, and it was great to see two important school spaces already looking brighter and fresher.

We’ll be in 2 weeks to apply another coat of paint and, fingers crossed, finish both rooms. A brilliant effort from everyone involved and a lovely way to support the school community during the winter months 💪🎨

Ms V asked for help with changing a ceiling light shade . She lives in a flat with high ceilings and due to health issues is not able to climb the ladder. We borrowed a ladder from one of the neighbors and successfully replaced the old light shade with a new one. We exchanged a few stories and had a few giggles. She was very grateful to Good Gym to accept and complete her request.