Let’s Lift The Curfew launched in 2023 to showcase women’s stories and concerns around getting active outdoors in the darker months when the clocks go back, as well as calling on wider society to acknowledge their role in making getting active outdoors safer for women.

On Monday evening, four GoodGymers met to run 5km, including Zelia for her first GoodGym experience! Now the clocks have changed it was very dark from the start of the run, and we took a route that went through some unlit areas. None of us would have taken that route by ourselves, so it was great to run together!

There's lots that all runners can do when running in the dark - wearing light colours, wearing high vis/reflective items and most importantly, having a light! Safer for you, safer for other runners and safer for traffic to see you too!

We hope to do some more group runs in Reading soon, watch this space!

What a fulfilling mission! Sprucing up an office to ensure it was a welcoming and professional environment for families needing educational and legal support was a worthwhile cause for a Saturday morning.

We sanded the walls, taped window sills and edges and proceeded to paint the entire office, with the help of Harry and Alex from the facilities team. The community centre will now do a deep clean and refurnish the room, continuing to provide a modern and warm environment for families and professionals going forward.

Going from white walls to very light grey make not look like a big change, but it certainly felt much fresher afterwards!