Tonight 9 GoodGymer's returned to Frere Road Community Centre to continue giving the exterior walls a fresh coat of paint.

Focusing on the front of the building we were given a new colour 'Cornish Cream' to brighten things up! Which led to the discussion - what do you spread on your scone first, cream or jam??

The dust sheets were laid out, and everyone spread out armed with rollers, brushes & step ladders for the hardest to reach areas. Woody also finished off the remaining white wall that we couldn't complete on our last visit.

Once we were finished it was time for a quick social and some birthday celebrations at the pub!

Thanks again to Claire for organising and cleaning all the tools for the task.

16 Goodgymers attended our Monday session to support our local warden Will, to care for Mousehold Heath, an important local habitat.

Will explained to the group the extent of a recent wild fire and all they were doing to reduce local fire risks.

We split into a 3 groups; one moving a drying pile of old bracken, one group bracken pulling, and one removing pockets of gorse and stumps to support fire engine access routes.

A very warm welcome to Eve and well done for joining your first GoodGym session.

This morning 3 GoodGymer's headed out in the sunshine to Lionwood, a small woodland that is known locally for its bluebells in early spring.

Shout out to Rosie who joined us for her first session!

Once we arrived we met the Lionwood Conservation group to assist in removing an invasive plant, the Few-flowered Leek. This plant has spread rapidly in recent years and poses a severe ecological threat by carpeting the woodland floor and smothering native early-spring plants.

We used trowels to remove the bulbs, being careful not to spread little bulblets that could seed new flowers. A slightly tricky task, but we will hopefully see the benefits over time.

In just over an hour the GoodGymer's and Conservation group had made a real difference! We look forward to returning for more tasks in the future.

Tonight we returned to Alfred Nichols Court, running 6km for an Easter Quiz!

This session was organsied as a way to bring local residents together in the communal hall, which is often unused.

The 7 GoodGymer's and 10 residents split into 3 teams to test knowledge of history, Easter facts, pictures & music trivia. We stopped half way to share refreshments provided by Norwich City Council.

The winning team named 'Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived' took the prize of Easter Eggs & Malteaser's!

It was a really fun evening, with residents already looking forward to having us back.