Two regular Goodgym legends (and me!) cruised their way to Colchester Foodbank to give it a good clean. Sophie, with her eye for detail and cheerful focus, ensured that the front reception area was sanitized and vacuumed but also that the hot water urn was as shiny as can be! A great task as she approaches 30 good deeds!

Meanwhile, the warehouse floors were met with methodological and meticulous sweeping and moping as Frazer, who is putting in impressive running mileage (and who never forgets to turn off his Strava on trains!!!), added to his workout by getting fit whilst doing good.

Last night also marked my last task as Area Activator. It is my second time moving away from being the Trainer/Area Activator and this time for good. Since the pandemic ended the numbers of Goodgym participants has been much lower which ultimately is my responsibility. In the early days when I took over as Trainer I spent many hours seeking tasks, meeting with charity managers, marketing staff, council officers, borough homes managers and those hours paid off resulting in a regular group of tasks and a system which I created whereby many charities could contact me for tasks and I regularly checked in with them to double check. Those relationships with charities are too many to list - but I can sincerely say that I have contacted every charity in Colchester and a little bit beyond (Tendring)!

So I am proud to be stepping away and it is time for a fresh, new approach and a positive change - for Goodgym Colchester to be community led and run is the new aim - so it is time for those who appreciate the unique philosophy of Goodgym to keep it alive in Colchester. If you want to be part of it come along to this planning party event on Sunday.