Tue 18th Jun 2019 at 6:45pm
Helping out at this lovely allotment
Read moreWednesday 5th June 2019
Emily Jones has done their first good deed with GoodGym.
Emily is a now a fully fledged GoodGym runner. They've just run to do good for the first time. They are out there making amazing things happen and getting fit at the same time.
Wed 5th Jun 2019 at 2:24pm
Nice one Emily! Cheers for coming along and hopefully see you again soon!
Tue 4th Jun 2019 at 6:45pm
Lambeth Report written by Mark Gilyead (he/him)
Big up Emily and JB for joining us on their first GoodGym run - Give them a cheer! 👏
Last night we had a bunch of jobs to do:
👉 Papa’s Park kindly put us up every week so it’s only right that now and then we do some jobs for them. Weeding in some of the ground beds and sanding a big concrete bench in preparation for painting was on the agenda.
👉We also had a load of Food2U posters to spread across Brixton and the local area. Food2U is an Age UK initiative where older people who are less mobile can get their weekly shop bought, delivered and put away for them by a friendly driver who sticks around for a chat. We did this in January and it was really helpful.
Time for a team challenge!
So with 6 different areas to take the posters too, 6 groups were formed. These 6 groups made 6 massive piles of weeds and much sanding was done. Then the 6 groups headed off in their 6 different directions to spread 60(!) posters from Clapham High Street to Herne Hill and everywhere in between.
We were reminded that fly-posting can earn you an £80 fine… Thanks Paul for the heads up! So our teams used their local knowledge to poster in leisure centres, libraries and shops across the area.
See pics for evidence of the mysterious Carnegie library (nice building, but closed), the purple clouds of the Stockwell skyline (actually, it’s a painting) and David Bowie's head.
Ace work everybody! 👌
Sign up for next week’s run here with runs to either the Portico Gallery to move some gazebo weights or a shorter trip to Agnes Riley Gardens.
Tue 4th Jun 2019 at 6:30pm