We had an amazing launch night! Was incredible meeting all of our new GoodGymers who had found out about the session in different ways! We met at the Basingstoke Sports & Social Club and then went for a jog through the Memorial Park before heading to the Helping Cats & Dogs charity shop. When we arrived Steve was blown away by how many of us were there, but he quickly got us to work rearranging the store and sorting through the store room. We remembered to get 1 before and after shot, and Abigail, Kuba & myself definitely it made everything easier to find and access everything downstairs. In the store Sammi & Macie set up the Christmas section and Lindsay & Ruth sorted all the clothing. It was lovely meeting everyone and looking forward to the litter picking bingo next week!

Six GoodGymers set out to clear up Kings Road and Queens Road on Monday evening.

Armed with our new litter pickers and bags from Reading Council RAYS (Reading adopt your street), and joined for the first time by Narah and Daniel who is going to be leading GoodGym Basingstoke, we set off!

After another day of rain showers, we were lucky with a dry evening, however, the wind seemed to have blown quite a bit of the rubbish away... or so we thought!

Even on our 2km loop, we still managed to collect 6 bags of rubbish between us! As luck would have it, as we were finishing up, we met the leader of Keep Reading Tidy, who thanked us for our work. Maybe there will be a future collaboration for us!?