On this beautiful sunny morning it was great to get out and help one of the local residents who's garden has been getting her down following surgery.

Diane initially revved up the mower and tackled the overgrown lawn and weeds whilst Jo utilised the step ladder to try and prune back some of the higher overgrowth.

With four metre high thorn bushes, this was no easy task, but we banded together, bore the scratches and managed to make a significant difference (and a shed height stack of trimmings).

A dozen GoodGymmers from a range of groups (incl Tower Hamlets, Richmond and Lambeth) met Andrea for GROAD to help distribute duvets, bags, clothes, shoes and sandwiches to rough sleepers. The usual spot just off the Strand was busy as ever with expectant and grateful recipients. With the large number of volunteers, we finished early, grateful to return to our own homes for the night.

Walking over from Edward Alleynian Club, where Sam had already sorted out donations for that venue, he met up with Diane and Bhav, who came for his first GoodGym session, congrats! 👏🏽

With plenty of GROAD volunteers in attendance, the majority of them concentrated on setting up the Open House whilst Sam brought over donations from Shed 2 before being asked to sort it out. Meanwhile, Bhav and Diane helped the team inside.

Once this was all done, as a GoodGym group, we sorted the new donations and categorised them in bags and boxes to put away in Shed 2 to display next weekend.

We were all so efficient it was all done by 15:30. Great work team.

A group of six GoodGymmers helped GROAD distribute donated clothes and meals to fellow Londoners on Tuesday evening. We set out a number of T-shirts, coats and jumpers as well as socks, duvets and sleeping bags for the local homeless community to browse and take.