Tonight’s GoodGym Brighton crew rolled up their sleeves for one of our favourite long-standing partnerships — a deep clean at the brilliant Brighton & Hove Food Partnership Community Kitchen. We love supporting BHFP’s mission around food waste, food poverty, healthy eating and community connection, and this session was the perfect blend of elbow grease and good vibes.

What we got up to

• With Jo welcoming us in, we split into teams and got straight to work:
• Ovens: scrubbed, polished and restored to their shiny best
• Cupboards: emptied, tidied, reorganised and generally shown some love
• Windows, tables and chairs: wiped down until they gleamed
• General chaos → calm: the whole kitchen got a refresh thanks to everyone’s effort

There’s something strangely satisfying about transforming a busy community space back into tip-top condition — and as always, the chat, teamwork and laughter made the time fly. Those who finished their tasks had the opportunity to do some “stickering” – which was essentially branding takeaway bags with BHFP stickers. It proved a good way to wind down. After we had finished, a huge number of us went to the Lord Nelson for the pub quiz and our monthly social. We hope to see the two newcomers, Lucy and Derek, who joined us this evening again real soon!

A little bonus knowledge

Jo reminded us that GoodGymers can get a discount on Community Kitchen classes — a great excuse to sharpen your cooking skills or try something new. If you’re curious, just ask Jo for details next time. And if you want to stay in the loop with BHFP projects, events and those coveted LatePlates last-minute class discounts, you can sign up to their newsletter here: https://bhfood.org.uk/get-involved/sign-up/

A big well done

Huge thanks to everyone who came along and helped make the Community Kitchen sparkle. It’s always a pleasure supporting BHFP, and we left knowing the space is ready for the next round of community cooking, learning and connection.

Until next time — great work team!

What a vibe at Brighton Marathon events!

Well done all Brighton GoodGymers, we are all amazing! ♥️ 💚What Good we do truly matters 💚♥️

Huge shoutout to all Brighton GoodGymers at the Brighton Marathon Events, especially to the new GoodGymers Angela, Lilian, Delia, returning Amaryllis and superstar David!

❤️💚🦸‍♀️ On Saturday, GoodGym parkrunners Nicola, Sarah and others, Stefania, Richard, David, escorted the superheroes at The Miles event. Running The Mile with the little superheroes was an absolute blast— it really brought out my inner child!

On Sunday, we had 13 GoodGym runners smashing their personal goals and pushing for new PBs on the marathon, trail marathon or 10K. Meanwhile, another 15 GoodGymers stepped up as 'Event Activators' or as ‘Plogging’ legends, forming the ultimate Brighton Marathon Events’ community volunteering support crew.

The GoodGym Official Plogging Team 2 run, walked and litter picked for 10K in a relay with other Green Runners on the marathon route from km 11.3 to km 24.1 while doing a green community mission - litter picking!

For the 2026 Brighton Marathon weekend, a few dedicated Green "Plogging Teams", organised by The Green Runners + Leave No Trace Brighton, actively "plog-ed" (jogged and picked up litter) along the 42-km Brighton marathon’s route. This was a first time ever initiative during a major running event in UK aimed to remove dropped gel sachets, cups, and other waste, following a successful 5K community plogging event held in February 2026 to promote environmental sustainability.

Together, the Official Plogging Team of Brighton Marathon Events cleared a staggering (estimated) 22,000 gel wrappers – demonstrating that a joint community action can move the change for our planet! The 2 full bags collected from team 2 were put in a black wheelie bin on the route due to being too heavy to carry back. The 4 bags at the end (video) were about 30kg each. 💪 Those bags were no joke to drag, but what an incredible effort for a Greener race! 🙃🤪😯

♥️💚GO GoodGym Brighton! Get Fit, Do Good...Move to Change! 💚♥️