GoodGym Edinburgh spent a full day at Scotland’s largest Volunteer Recruitment Fair, running a stall from 10am to 5.30pm at P’s and G’s Church to introduce hundreds of Edinburgh residents to the idea of getting active while doing good.

We are Scotland’s first GoodGym group, this was our first major public event and it was a corker, lots of people keen to get involved and many folk having spotted our feature in Monday's Edinburgh Minute! https://www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburgh-minute-monday-31-august-2026/

At our stall we had GoodGym posters, QR codes for people to sign up or follow us on social and printed out reports from our last 3 weeks of Group Runs. We were right at the back of the hall but still managed to draw in lots of interest from a wide range of ages, interests and backgrounds.

Huge shout out to Kate, Suzanne and Lucia for coming down at different times of the day to welcome people to the stall, answer questions and share stories about how fantastic GoodGym is. It added a lot to have stories from each of your previous GoodGym experience with groups in different parts of the country!

By the end of the afternoon, we had spoken to over 110 people, with the vast majority showing genuine interest and support.

A big thank you to the Volunteer Edinburgh team for putting on a fantastic event and supporting GoodGym Edinburgh as we find our feet and try to reach more people to get involved in our activities.

After the event we wen't straight into that evening's Group Run - report linked here: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/reports/a-fair-amount-of-cleaning-at-the-volunteer-fair