This evening we met up with Clive from AgeUK who had lots of of leaflets for us to distribute. The leaflets offer advice to older people about how to get confidential benefits and pension advice. We were given a list of streets to target, and a bundle of leaflets with two varieties. A plan was quickly developed about which streets we could most effectively get leafletted in the allotted time with just the two of us. We decided to focus on Shrewsbury Road and Norfolk Road, also doing all of the little offshoots from them. This also included gated flats and almshouses up Fitzwalter Road.

Giving up the post

After an hour of battling through stiff gates, venturing down dark tracks, and risking dog bites, we set off back to the Showroom to debrief Clive and hand back the remaining leaflets.

A big welcome back to Monika who joined us for her second GG task in a row. We hope you become a regular member and continue to join us each week.

This week we joined Jess from Common Thread and Regather fame at Union Street along with other volunteers to help sort some clothes out for Ben's Centre; a charity that aims to provide a safe space and an open hand to those who suffer through substance misuse and its associated barriers.

You can find out more about Ben's center here.

We sorted through Common Thread donnations and put bags together of wanted items for Ben's center including warm layers and clothes that would dry well after getting wet.

9 bags in total were sorted, ready to go to Ben's center.

Until next time, happy running! :)

It was fantastic to welcome a new runner to GG SHF!

A HUGE welcome to Monika please give Monika a follow and a cheer! Monika even ran all the way from Eccy road and back as well as doing the group run and this was her first run for some time! Excellent work Monika we hope to see you again next week!

On a drizzly, dark eve we headed out from The Showroom Cinema, alongside the river Don and over the Spiders bridge to meet with Gerry & William from the Walk, Wheel & Cycle Trust (ex Sustrans). We were welcomed and briefed on the areas that were in need of some attention and got straight to it!

The main job was litter picking over the Spiders bridge and alongside the river Don, all the way to the road. We did a thorough job and picked up plenty of rubbish and made the route look much more welcoming again to all users. Once we brought bags back to our bag drop location we all got involved in bagging up a big load of dried leaves which were acting as a net to collect rubbish on the route. We bagged these up with the help of David who had joined us on bike and popped all the bags at the collection point which Gerry reported on the Fix My Street app.

As a reward Gerry very generously offered us all some homemade ginger biscuits which were absolutely delicious!

Until next time, happy running! :)