Another January week, another icy Community Mission prying up packets from the permafrost! This time around 3 GoodGymers from 3 areas intrepidly ventured out to clean up their respective communities.

Brilliant Becky braved the blustery blizzard to free a winter wonderland from numerous pieces of unwelcome plastic and paper. What scenery!

Legendary Linda released lanes of their litter. Alongside the usual array of chocolate bar wrappers, fast food packaging, drinks cans, bottles and cups, she managed to find a football on her rounds... score! Like Becky, Linda left a stunningly lush landscape lacking litter!

Jolly James jumped joyfully at the chance to once again get out with his new pickers. Countless crispy crisp packets were clawed up from the solidified mud on wasteland in Barnsley. As seems to be a regular occurrence now, inquisitive members of the public asked what he was up to and were noticeably impressed by what I explained we we all doing!

Good job this week team! Next week is the last special litter-picking community mission for the January challenge so get yersens signed up here, and tell your friends to too!

5 intrepid runners set off into the urban jungle to clear up the leaf litter. We were directed to a spot that needed attention, by the Barnsley Litterpickers Group, which was the footpath around the area of the Keel Inn. There was a substantial amount to be picked here and we were even verbally encouraged by some locals for our efforts; then taking the opportunity to inform them of who we were. Double-digit numbers of bags were collected and disposed of, making the greenspaces targeted more pleasant for all.

James and a GoodGym tourist from Hackney, Kate, joined a local litterpicking group for a major woodland pick! It was a glorious sunny day and we just couldn't skip the opportunity! We didn't waste any time and weren't sluggish picking up the rubbish. All of the pickers refuse(d) to ignore the trash in the woods, and were happy to get fitter while picking up litter.

Many 'interesting' items were found in the woods, so many that one skip was not enough, we could've filled 3! We gathered a sofa, parts of a bed, a football, many needles (which we safely stashed in cans), a plethora of condom wrappers, a pot noodle from high up a tree, a large steel BBQ, a pushchair, a mysterious huge metal cannister, an engine (which dripped oil all over one of the volunteers, but setting me up for the pun 'oil be back!), some hub caps, parts of phones and many other items!

After a good 3 hours of picking we admired our handy work, said our goodbyes and left a much cleaner and safer environment behind.