Mum and baby made it to our first parkrun volunteering together and made sure no one slipped on the change of surfaces

Getting little one used to some litter picking through all the autumn leaves and giving us a great reason to get out of a miserable day.

We found lots of bright coloured rubbish, bit we're sure we will be back when the leaves are gone to find more

We were very excited to join Lemon and Jinji for their litter pick this month and not just because you get 20% off coffee and cake afterwards. We got to welcome our first Southampton baby to the team and spend time with her lovely mum,Hannah, who we’ve missed while she’s been a bit busy having a baby! We set off to do a loop of the roads around the industrial estate, splitting into two teams to cover different directions. We collected so much litter that people are thrown out of the vehicles along the main roads :( We collected another big bag of cans for the Air Ambulance fundraising. Afterwards we enjoyed a lovely social in the cafe with tea, coffee, sausage rolls, cakes and soup. What more could you want on a Sunday morning?!

Or in this case the vintage toilet water! Another evening of uncovering hidden treasures while sorting the donations for Rose Road’s pop up charity shop in October. From vintage perfumes to magical heat packs (or magiral heat packs?!) to mix tapes (CDs) to giant pipe cleaners to knitted cardigans of every size. We sorted it all. We hope Rose Road raise lots of money at their sale next month. We wouldn’t be surprised if some GoodGymers sneak back to purchase some bargain “Tweed”!