We spent an energising evening with the Good Gym team in Tower Hamlets helping spread the word about Trees for Streets\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For those who don\u2019t know, Good Gym is an amazing charity that brings together exercise and good deeds. They are now an official Trees for Streets<\/strong> partner \u2013 supporting us in our mission to \u2018Fill our streets with trees\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our first ever Good Gym event found us in Tower Hamlets. Their team of local runners had volunteered to leaflet local houses with fliers promoting our street tree sponsorship scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019d agreed to meet the Good Gym team by a caf\u00e9 in a park next to Bethnal Green tube station. Waiting expectantly with our boxes of leaflets, it wasn\u2019t long before Area Activator, Laura Williams, arrived in her bright red t-shirt. She was a blast of positivity. She\u2019d agreed to meet up with us half an hour before her team were set to arrive. Lizzie, our Local Engagement Manager, went over the areas we wanted to deliver our leaflets into, and Laura then worked out how to split up her team to cover off these streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gradually one by one the Good Gym team arrived in their red t-shirts. When all were gathered, we briefed the team on the Trees for Streets scheme and tonight\u2019s task. Lizzie handed out piles of leaflets and street maps to the enthusiastic runners. And before we knew it they\u2019d all disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One hour, and well over 2,000 leaflets later, the red shirted runners started to re-appear in the park, and by five past eight, the entire team had returned. We\u2019d run a little competition to see who\u2019d deliver the most leaflets in the hour, and the team who delivered the most leaflets was presented with a small token prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n