Monday 20th October
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Report written by Newcastle runner
I don't normally write these GoodGym reports in the first person, but tonight it was me, myself and I as GoodGym Newcastle had to finish the task of delivering the rest of Big Local Gateshead's leaflets ahead of their launch event on Friday. Unfortunately this meant there was no one else to take a selfie, as I am the worst in the world at taking them, as evidenced by the photograph in the report.
This was the third chapter of this task. Last Monday we targeted the streets in the immediate vicinity of the community centre. On Thursday we delivered to the area around the Dunston Staiths. Tonight it was a case of trying to deliver the rest of the leaflets as close as possible to the community centre. I zigzagged around Bensham Road, delivering the leaflets not much more than half a mile away from the event venue. There were quite a few leaflets for a solo mission, the last one falling onto a doormat at 8:58pm. I've never been out GoodGyming quite that late, but it was a satisfactory evening that ended with all of the leaflets delivered.
We wish Big Local Gateshead a successful event on Friday.
Big Local Gateshead is one of 150 Big Locals founded in 2012 all over the UK to help residents make a difference to the area they live in. Big Local Gateshead operates in Teams and the racecourse estate in Bensham, and their governing body is made up of people who live or work in that area. They run a community space on Derwentwater Road, an allotment on Bensham Bank, and activities all across the area.
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