Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
GoodGym Haringey
Hi everyone,
You may have heard about GoodGym - or seen us on TV:
I've been running with them for a while and it's a lot of fun. Basically you run somewhere, do some volunteering (the more physical the better!), and run back. There are also one-off "missions" - for example helping people do physical tasks they are unable to do, like gardening or painting. And some members have a "coach" - an older person who might be a bit isolated and appreciate someone looking in on them. In return, the older person provides encouragement and motivation to the runner.
Goodgym are in several London boroughs at the moment and I am trying to get a Haringey group off the ground. To do this we need five "founders" and twenty runners interested. We have over a hundred runners and two founders - so we just need three more founders!
If you are interested please sign up here.
You could also come along to one of the other group runs to see what it's all about - I usually go to the Islington run on Monday evening. It's free, and friendly. You can decide to become a member and then you get a t-shirt, and there's an optional monthly payment if you want and can afford it.
Each group has a leader, who organises the sessions and offers training. In Islington we even get biscuits!
There are loads of great projects in Haringey that we could help out with so I'd love to set up a local group. Feel free to ask any questions below or to me directly.
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Permalink Reply by Els on
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I've been on some in south London, will definitely join you if you get a local group going!
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Permalink Reply by Sarah on
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Great! Sign up as a founder? GG have funding to expand, but we need the five founding members first. Then we can get the support we need to take it further.
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Permalink Reply by Karen on
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Hello
I'm already registered with GoodGym but once I sign in I can't get back to the Haringey page to show my interest. Can you help? Thanks!
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Hmm, try clicking on the link again? Or Google Goodgym Haringey. Hit reload when you're on the page?
Apparently Haringey is confirmed, so it's only a matter of time before it gets started, but it would be good to have more founding members anyway!
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Read about the first GoodGym Haringey run here: https://www.goodgym.org/reports/logging-haringey-s-first-run
It was good fun and I'm looking forward to future runs!
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