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5 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
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Carl Wain
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York

Wednesday 17th August 2022

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Amy, Maddy, Max, Leanne and Carl met at a bench in Huntington to get the bench mapping project up and running again. Goodgym committed to run, cycle or walk every street of York so that residents who needed to rest their legs could plan where they could stop and the Council could see where new benches may be needed. It also helps to see what condition the benches in and which ones need repairing.

We all arrived on bike with the exception of Max who had to run under 5 min/km to arrive on time. Max ran the Huntington area, Maddy did Earswick while Leanne, Amy and Carl set off at a rapid pace to Strensall. The trio split off in Strensall to cover all the streets and met up again at a designated spot. Amy and Carl watched Leanne then whizz past waving them on so we could get back to the group in time. The mission was accomplished with one less bench than previously recorded and 3 new ones in a play area. Lianne even managed to find a slightly overgrown bench where she could foraging blackberries while sitting down.

We set off for a more scenic route home, shouting words of encouragement to Max as he set off running again. Carl checking his Strava afterwards, he had done 27km’s so definitely worth the exercise. Off to Haxby next ….


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Age Friendly York
To map benches in the Micklegate Ward

Looks at how York does to make the place an age friendly city through World Health Organisation checks. Age Friendly York is currently looking at Getting Out And About and residents are saying they need benches to break up their journey so they can get to the shops and other places.

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