A community of runners that also does tasks which support community organisations.
Community missions and group runs sign up
You can also try the Missions page (helping older people with one off tasks sucj as garden clearance, moving furniture, collecting & delivering groceries)
Monday, 8th of August 2022 20:30 – 22:30 – Run 2km – 4km / Walkable
- Taming back a community street garden spot on Park Lane
- Helping the community to keep on top of the beautiful space
- Run between 2km and 4km in total
- Walkable
- Where: Sign up online and meet at ‘A Case History’ by John King (The Suitcases)
Hope Street, L1 9BZ
Monday, 15th of August 2022 20:30 – 22:30 – Run 2km – 4km / Walkable
- Helping develop an overgrown neglected patch of land into a community space
The site is on Smithdown road, between Cullen and Greenleaf street L8 - Run between 2km and 4km in total
- Walkable
- Where: Sign up online and meet at ‘A Case History’ by John King (The Suitcases)
Hope Street, L1 9BZ
Friday, 19th of August 2022 20:30 – 22:30 – Walkable
- Supporting Liverpool Zero Waste Community
- Helping to save food from landfill
- Where: Sign up online and make your way to Elm Hall Methodist Curch, Elm Hall Drive L18 1LF
Friday, 23rd of September 2022 20:30 – 22:30 – Walkable
- Supporting Liverpool Zero Waste Community
- Helping to save food from landfill
- Where: Sign up online and make your way to Elm Hall Methodist Curch, Elm Hall Drive L18 1LF
We run in groups to local organisations that need our help to complete tasks like shovelling earth for community gardens, planting trees or clearing derelict land We run there and run back in about 90 minutes.
All fitness levels are welcome and we never leave anyone behind. Group runs are led by qualified running coaches who help you with your running technique and support you to achieve your fitness goals.
The group will run every Monday from Hope Street Hotel unless otherwise stated.
Community organisations
You can request free help for a community project from this link.
Request practical support for an older person
Know someone over 60 who wants a hand with a practical task they can no longer do on their own? You can
make a request from this link
for one-off practical tasks that last a minimum of an hour, and volunteers decide how much longer they stay for (no longer than three hours). The runners run to the home of the older person, carry out the task, then run home. These are called missions
and include things like gardening, changing light bulbs, and moving and putting together furniture.
All of our runners who take part in missions are DBS checked and are fully trained. As our volunteers run to the location they are not able to provide tools, so these have to be organised before they arrive. Likewise arrangement also need to be made for
disposing of any waste.
- How can I access this service?
- Sign up on our website. If you have any questions please email or call us and we’ll do our best to help.
- When is this activity on?
- GoodGym meets inside the Hope Street Hotel between 18:00 – 18:30, usually in the Board Room on the lower ground floor. Ask at reception for directions. General enquiries are answered 9:30 – 18:00 Monday to Friday.
- How much will it cost me?
- You don’t have to pay to run, but if you decide to become a member you can opt to make a donation if you like. We recommend a monthly donation of £9.95 but we certainly don’t want anyone not to join because they can’t afford it; asking our runners to cover their costs helps us keep the project alive.
- What should I expect?
- There’s space to change and leave bags and toilets. We’re not planning to do anything purposefully dangerous, but GoodGym takes no responsibility for your safety during group runs, you participate at your own risk. Participants accept full responsibility for items stored at the Hope Street Hotel, and the Hope Street Hotel and GoodGym will not be held liable for any losses or damages.
- What should I bring with me?
- Wear shoes and clothes suitable for running. Gardening gloves depending on the activity.
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- What groups of people is this for?
- The general public
- What age groups is this for?
- 18+
- What areas of the city is this for?
- People from anywhere in the city
Contacts
- All Enquiries
- getinvolved@goodgym.org
- 0203 432 3920