Philip and Stephanie joined Friends of Portswood Rec on a perfect sunny Saturday morning to help give the garden some pampering. We were tasked with clearing an area in a shady spot and filled a large bag full. Now the spot is ready for the local Scout group to plant some native English Bluebells which will delight everyone next year when they flower. There is always a refreshments break organised by Denise and her welcoming team of volunteers.

It’s that time of year again already!! We started Rose Road getting ready for their Christmas fair and were very busy elves packing gift bags from Santa. We got them packed very quickly and then had to do some rearranging to make sure there were the right mix of goodies in the final bags. We then had enough time to sort through the Christmas decorations and remove any broken ones and untangle the Christmas lights! And finally we sorted through items to be sold at Winchester Christmas markets by the fundraising team. As always we had lots of fun and are excited for the festivities next month when we will be back to support at the Christmas fair.

Four early bird (6:45am!!!!!!) GoodGymers met up at Saints on Sunday morning to volunteer with the RunThrough crew for their Southampton 10km race.

It was lovely to see Claire and Phillip back at GG and Claire bought Leon along to volunteer with us. Thankyou for joining us Leon! (1 up) They were all sent off on the course to marshal.

At the Race Village Sarah and Wilson were on the desk handing out race numbers - which got a bit hairy as runners were still turning up after the race had started. Sarah then went on to hand out treats at the finish line and somehow managed to do crowd control at the same time while Wilson handed out the water.

We went 2up at the finish line as fellow GG'er Lauren came running across the finish line! Well done Lauren!