Pulling our weight
8 GoodGymers made their way 6.7km to help the Oasis Foundry School in Birmingham.
- Tuesday, 9th of November 2021
- Led by Balal Qureshi
Last night eight GoodGym-ers headed to the FaB Foundry Pantry at Oasis Foundry Academy, including six who set off on foot from the Jewellery Quarter.
This is the sister hub to the pantry we painted a couple of weeks ago so it was great to see the rest of this community initiative, which focuses on reducing food waste by selling surplus produce at affordable prices with the funds going back into the community.
A bit of recycling needed to go out for collection, but the big task was shifting some gym equipment upstairs. Hub Leader Megan explained that the kit, which included a treadmill and a weights machine, were donated to the school a while ago but weren't regularly used, so were moved to a new home in the pantry building. Unfortunately, getting it into a dedicated space up a set of stairs was a tricky job so the kit had stayed on the ground floor for about a year.
It's exactly the kind of task we love at GoodGym: strength training combined with puzzle solving. The stairs were narrow with plenty of corners, so we had to go in search of tools to take the weights machine into pieces then shift it all using muscles and teamwork. In 45 minutes Megan and the team had more room downstairs, the community had a private, affordable gym, and we'd got some exercise.
We're hoping to be back at FaB Foundry Pantry soon for more tricky tasks!
Report written by Morwenna Kearns
Discuss this report
Led by Balal Qureshi
GoodGym Birmingham runner
GoodGymers helping out
-
Photographer
Take photos for the session report
-
Report Writer
Be in charge of writing the session report
-
Back marker
Make sure that no one is left behind
Share the love
Join us on the next run
Sutton Coldfield Group run/Walk: A litter pick in Sutton Park
Wednesday 18:00 - 19:30
Led by
Jonny Carter
Harvester Boldmere
Become a member
with an optional monthly donation
- Run, walk, or cycle to help older people
- Access sessions across the country
- Claim your GoodGym t-shirt
Need help with a community project?
If you're a community organisation and have a physical task then we'd like to help.
Request a task
sign in to add a comment