Five Good-Gymers arrived at the task with an energetic mix of running, walking and cycling to the centre.

Once inside we joined forces to help wrap presents for the Unemployed Families Centre's Christmas party. The room quickly filled with festive spirit.

We were delighted to welcome new members Shivani and Pavel who jumped right in and proved they could wrap with the best of us -literally. Some of us even perfected our wrapping techniques, achieving a rare combination of crisp corners and tape that (mostly) didn't stick to our fingers.

By the end, the gift pile looked great!

All in all, it was a fun festive event that left us all smiling. If only every workout ended with a pile of beautifully wrapped presents! 🎁

Today we combined our October parkrun meet up at the Bevendean Downs parkrun with a community mission helping The Bevy pub’s gardener Dave with some autumnal gardening.

It’s that time of the year GoodGym is often called to help planting bulbs. We helped Dave to clear the big planters to be ready for some bulb-ACTION to spread colours and a little joy next spring in the outdoor lounge of the pub.

We love parkruns! Today was a lovely day for our 5K parkrun-ing up there, with Philippa & Rosie as time keepers and 10+ participating GoodGymers. It possibly goes without saying, but parkrun really isn’t about running at all - despite it’s name - it’s really about community cohesion, wellbeing and the coming together of the community. Pretty much like Good-Gym!