GoodGym York Serves Up Smiles at Cancer Survivors’ Afternoon Tea

GoodGym York volunteers spent Saturday afternoon supporting Cancer Research UK’s Relay For Life event at York RI, helping to celebrate cancer survivors and their families. The event included a special afternoon tea where survivors were treated to a selection of refreshments, including tea, scones and a glass of prosecco, as the community came together to recognise their courage and resilience.

The afternoon tea formed part of the wider Relay For Life event, which honours those affected by cancer while raising funds for life-saving research.

GoodGymers helped with setting up the tea service, welcoming guests and serving drinks, Once the last cups had been emptied the team rolled up their sleeves for the less glamorous but equally important task of washing up and clearing away.

The task was a reminder that community support comes in many forms. Whether serving afternoon tea, sharing a smile, or tackling a mountain of washing up, every contribution helped make the day special for cancer survivors and their loved ones.

A huge thank you to the Relay For Life organisers for inviting GoodGym York to help and to all the volunteers who gave their time to support this meaningful event. (goodgym.org)

A ridiculously large turnout from GoodGym at the clothes swap this month with Pete making his first visit and Antonia making a welcome return. Good to see Issy back again as well.

The clothes swap volunteers were also there in force which meant we could enjoy a more relaxed morning than last month's chaos 😁

Lots of fun was had and Pete, Claire and me all walked away with outfits for upcoming festivities.

Probably the busiest clothes swap ever with pretty much every resident of York coming through the doors meant that Issy had a baptism of fire on her first time at this task.

Both of us stayed all the way to the end, making sure things went smoothly and everything was put away at the end. There was barely time to stop for a drink but it was great fun as always.

Tonight was a very special session indeed!

We celebrated not one, not two, but three milestones! Bec did her 100th deed, Nick his 400th and Vicky her 600th. Top effort guys! 👏

The celebrations didn't stop there though- tonight we also reached our January good deed target.This has been an incredible achievement by everyone who has come along this month. You should all be so proud.

And as if this wasn't news enough, a real news reporter from ITN calendar news joined us to do some filming.📺

So, what did we get up to? It was our annual outing to give the willow at Park Grove it's haircut. We has a team lopping and sawing, another shuttle running the offcuts to team weave, who were adding to the willow dome. In the forest school Debs, Ed and Neil were making woodchip and Laura was busy collecting brash to chop up. 🪚

For the grand finale we did a fitness session based on the January bingo - 10 exercises on park equipment. This entertained the reporters as much as it did us!

We then headed back to base, waving cheerily at cameraman Mike on the way past and a few continued the celebrations in the pub. 🍻

Top work, but its not over yet. Still lots of kms needed, tasks to sign up to, bingo squares to complete and pledges to fulfill! Let push through the last few days and you can all have a day off on Sunday!