Last night was definitely one of the colder nights we’ve had for Brighton Goodgym, but that didn’t deter our first timers Millie and Louis and the return of Tom who started with us last week. Welcome guys, sorry we can’t determine the weather, but we can determine the feel good factor of every Goodgym task.

Our task took place at St Luke’s, a working parish who host several community projects, most notably the Real Junk Food Project. Food that is destined to be dumped is collected and cooked by the Real Junk Food Project to provide great meals on a “pay as you feel” basis, meaning those who can afford pay the going rate and those who struggling financially can get a good meal at a price they can afford. All this cooking means the kitchen needed a good deep clean and with many hands made light work of it.

With so many of us to help out, Martin, Vicar at St Lukes had other jobs to keep us busy, including cleaning windows, carpets, a full on clean of the loos and the destruction of a sofa so that it could be disposed of. Tools in hand Katherine, Abi and Louis made quick work of pulling the sofa apart (they also looked like they enjoyed it a little too much… surly the week is too short to be stressful already?!)

Following on from our delivering task last week, Tara produced more copies of the Extinction Rebellion’s newsletter Hourglass. With guerrilla style tactics, we swarmed the Preston Ville area of Brighton. The scene looked like a group of ninjas spreading the Extinction Rebellion news.

With so much posting there was little time for a fitness session, however we used the stairs to the Brighton Greenway to “Quick Feet” up the steps, improving our leg strength.

Though many peeled off on the way back to base we managed to pick up Tristian, who is in training for the Brighton Marathon and looking for tips on his first attempt at the distance. Hopefully we’ve convinced Tristian to join our social running group from next week! We’ll be back at Hannover, with Brighton Goodgym favourite Cllr David Gibson, to help out with some community tasks for the residents and if you want your Goodgym fix before then, we'll be helping at Junior Park run this Sunday – see you there!