Last night’s GoodGym mission was a heartwarming, food-rescuing adventure as we teamed up once again with Under One Sky, a brilliant charity dedicated to supporting people experiencing homelessness across London. Their work focuses on direct, human-to-human connection and consistent support, often providing food, conversation, and care to those living on the streets.

We kicked things off with a visit to our first bakery stop. Unfortunately, there were no leftover goodies this time – but they kindly pointed us toward their sister branch, which turned out to be a jackpot! They handed over a generous haul of unsold treats, and with bags securely packed, Harvey and I made our way through the city streets, live location tracker in hand, chatting all things racing as we navigated to our next stop.

Next up: a short run over to Pret, where we were joined by Susan. As always, Pret came through with generosity, handing over three full bags of fresh food.

By the time we returned to Under One Sky’s base, their cart was looking deliciously full – jam doughnuts, flaky pastries, fresh sandwiches, matcha pots, and more. All rescued, all ready to be shared with those who need it.

It was a productive night – good company, good chat, and most importantly, a positive impact made.

Until next time!

On Monday night Daisy, Lucy, Susan, Chris and Anita all took a zero tolerance approach on when it came to clearing the weeds from our adopted ‘Three Pigeons Plot’ in Buccleuch Gardens, Richmond. A similar ‘tough love’ approach approach to the weeds along the adjacent wall and riverside path left our sponsored plot on the Thames Path looking well kempt and all ready for the growing season ahead.

Wellcome back and a special thank you to Daisy, joining us on her second task and to Lucy who stepped in as run leader and combined it all with her London Marathon training.

The oldest youth club in the world, St Andrew's, is always a buzz of activity offering every kind of club imaginable to local children - from cookery to judo to chess and everything in between! When we arrived the pancake making was happening in the kitchen, the speaker was pumping and boxing club was in full swing. It's amazing to see, but with all the kit needed to make it happen, space is at a premium in this central London location. That meant our job for the evening was to help create some more!

We were taken upstairs to the storage room at the top of the centre to find an area full to the brim with boxes, school uniform, frames and racquets...so many racquets!

We wasted no time getting everything sorted into piles and sorting out the contents of the boxes. There were many questions along the way. What was the mysterious plastic implement, where were we going to put all the empty frames, and why had Jayson (year 6) abandoned his homework?

Before long we had made a big difference and there was a lot of new floor space to show for our efforts. Next week we're back handing out food to rough sleepers, hope to see you there!

It was another chilly night in Westminster, which made it even more clear that our regular task helping distribute clothes and bedding on the Strand makes a big impact.

Thankfully we had plenty of hands on deck, and it was brilliant to be able to welcome Andy and Louise to their first ever session great to have you both join us!

It's a popular spot for getting resources like hot food and other donations to those that need it most, so it was pretty hectic! We didn't have to wait long for Andrea to arrive with her van, and soon got to work.

With Khai jumping into the van to help get the boxes out in some sort of order, the rest of us hauled the clothes and bedding across the street to hang them out in a makeshift fashion display! We soon had jackets, trousers, sleeping bags and shoes out for people to choose what they needed most.

The time flew by, and before long most of the donations had been handed out. Great work everybody!

Next week we'll be meeting at Victoria to pick up and transport surplus food to rough sleepers - hope to see you there!