Run, walk or cycle to help community projects with practical tasks

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We work out by helping local community projects.

Plant trees for the local park

Shift earth for a community gardening project

Sort cans for the food bank

Find your local group

Area activators

Area activators support the growth of GoodGym in their area. They are passionate about fitness and community and are here to enable us to do more in each area.

Anwen Greenaway

Anwen Greenaway

Oxford

Goodgym Coordinator for Oxford. Trail runner, often muddy.

Yianny

Yianny

Lambeth

Area Activator for Lambeth, LiRF Run Leader, predominantly held together by string and tape!

Simon Fitzmaurice

Simon Fitzmaurice

Islington

- Goodgym Islington AA - Likes long slow runs - Coach in Running Fitness - Avid screen printer

Increase your motivation to exercise

Help make your local area a better place to live

Connect with great people and projects


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good deeds completed

How to get involved

Just sign up to your local group for free to get involved or if you’re keen to take the plunge and get involved on a regular basis you can become a member.


Becoming a member

If you become a member we'll help you get fit by doing good. You'll get the support of the GoodGym community and help to set and achieve fitness goals, and a new GoodGym technical running top.

All aspects of GoodGym are free to participate in. Most GoodGym members make an optional monthly donation which goes to the GoodGym Charity to help us reach more older people. We’ll ask you if you’d like to donate when you join.

Before GoodGym I always lost motivation to stick at running or the gym but now I run two or three times a week.

Hazel, GoodGym Barnet

Running with GoodGym is great because I get fit, do good and get to hang with a load of awesome people.

Mark, GoodGym Islington

GoodGym combines doing good with running, which helps me forget I'm even exercising. It's great!

Judy, GoodGym Lambeth

What people say about our community

Evening Standard
"If you're lacking motivation when it comes to fitness, why not get fit by accident?"
The Guardian
"GoodGym offers an imaginative alternative to conventional gyms, tapping into the human potential of local communities."
The Independent
"Why burn energy in the gym when you could harness that effort to spruce up public spaces, or visit lonely pensioners?"
Financial Times
"The World's most innovative Aging projects."
Time Out London
"An inspired way to experience the feelgood factor."

Frequently asked questions

If you have any questions please get in touch and we’ll do our best to help.
getinvolved@goodgym.org - 020 3642 0997

How much does it cost?
GoodGym is free. Most of us make a monthly donation to help cover the cost of running our charity, but no one has to.
Am I fit enough?
Yes. GoodGym welcomes anybody no matter what your fitness level.
What should I bring?
All you need is a pair of trainers - just don't wear your snazziest gear. Tools will be provided if necessary.

Find your local group

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
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