6 Goodgymmers rallied to help not one but two beneficiaries tonight.

First up were ShareaLot who needed help removing the last few bits from the Nicholson Centre. The items were loaded into wagons and pulled over the road to storage at the Green Skills Library's new premises. The team made short work of this and the final boxes, signs, TV and mirror were swiftly relocated.

This left us a bit of time to help the Green Skills Library wrangle some bags of fabric and get them tied up ready to be moved. We even gave the floor a quick sweep!

Then it was off into the lovely dry evening and we will be back at the Green Skills Library on Wednesday!!

Six GoodGymmers made their way through the sunshine to meet task owner Angela at the Eco Action Hub.

With the Nicholson Centre due for demolition, all its occupants have just a week and a half to clear out. We’ve already been helping several charities with their moves — and tonight it was the Eco Action Hub’s turn.

The upstairs area was packed with furniture, boxes and all sorts of upcycling treasures that needed shifting downstairs for various groups to collect. Angela started us off with items for Wild Maidenhead, (a gazebo, boxes of leaflets and posters) plus a rack of folding chairs. “I’m sure that will be enough,” she said.

Little did she know about GoodGym efficiency… or the fact that we were already glowing from the heat.

Those first items were whisked downstairs in no time, so we moved straight on to everything else. Tables, branches, bamboo, blankets, more chairs and even more tables. In the warm evening air we scurried up and down the stairs like determined (and increasingly sweaty) ants, lifting, shifting and stacking.

Despite the heat, the teamwork was brilliant, and before long the upstairs was cleared and the ground floor neatly piled with items ready for collection.

Another hot and hardworking mission done — and more to come.

Five Goodgymers ventured out into their neighbourhoods in the lovely spring sunshine to pick up litter. Gillian and Rachel enjoyed the beautiful weather and Kay tackled St Peters Rd. Viv and Angela spread the word about GG to three walkers who took an interest in what they were doing. There were also a few smiles from car drivers and 'well dones' !

This was our first Wednesday night GoodGym session since the clocks went forward and it was lovely to enjoy daylight for nearly all of the task!

We got straight to work tackling some weeding, two overgrown buddleia, a wildflower bed, and a very wild rosemary bush.

By the end of the session we'd filled several large green bags with the cuttings from our pruning efforts, and thanks to the rosemary it was one of the best smelling tasks we've ever done!

Well done to everyone who helped tidy their streets and parks; we've had a good run of January Friday litter picks. Feels like we could keep going though, judging by the amount of litter we all seem to find, wherever we are...

No despair though. The Power of One is not to be underestimated! We keep doing our part, things will improve!