GoodGym Newcastle's latest litter pick involved heading towards Shieldfield and Jesmond, areas which we haven't litter picked in very often.

There was a particular area near Osbourne Terrace that Scott said had been bugging him due to the amount of litter present. We managed to clear a large proportion of it, hopefully boosting Scott's happiness!

We encountered a number of people tonight keen to ask what we were doing and to thank us. Several GoodGym flyers were distributed, including to the two students who deserve a photo credit tonight. If you are reading this, please come and join us on a Monday night soon!

Another Sunday and another junior parkrun! Lovely to see new faces on the runner and volunteer side. Join us at the next one!

On the mildest Monday evening in months, two GoodGymers set off from Stepney Bank Stables bound for Heaton, an area of Newcastle that is prone to being badly littered.

The most unusual items discovered were a pair of saucepans, side by side in the undergrowth. It seemed like we'd go a whole litter pick without finding a discarded wine bottle, which almost never happens, but we found one just before we called it a day.

Six bags full of litter after another successful litter pick.

A lovely morning for the first time in what feels like 100 years so it was lush to be back at Mowbray cheering the junior park runners on!

We always love a Monday night at Stepney Bank Stables.

Lloyd was meeting the resident horses for the first time and Aimee for about the fiftieth time but the novelty never wears off! Lloyd almost got mugged in the dark by one of the horses trying to steal the hay he was carrying!

Due to the amount of rain that had fallen, the hay at the bottom yard had gotten wet, so we had to move some from the top yard. After we had done that, we did a little digging around the edges of the arena. Quite a physical task tonight but as enjoyable as ever! Thank you to Sara for inviting us along to help.

Two GoodGymers delivered 500 leaflets on behalf of Riverside Window Walk 2026 on a cool but dry Saturday afternoon.

We zigzagged around the slightly unusual street layout of the Staiths area of Gateshead. Coming across blocks of flats with as many as twelve letterboxes side by side speeded up our task considerably!