A drizzly start to Boxing Day was made much brighter by the huge number of hi viz vests congregating in Bransbury Park.

There were a good number of festive outfits from both volunteers and runners and lots of little legs got safely round the 2k route.

It was also a day for milestones. John was very excited to be wearing the wings to celebrate his 100th good deed! And as a collective, we went over 5000 good deeds which is brilliant!

Well done all, and Merry Christmas once again 😁

It was good to get back to joining Southsea Beachwatch and lots of other volunteers for a monthly beach clean.

Our group included Alice & Chris, who fitted in a visit to Father Christmas, and Louisa, Yvonne and their doggie beach-combers, Pip and Benny.

As well as collecting plastics, litter and fishing tackle to add to Southsea Beachwatch's large sack of collected rubbish, we also reunited lost items with their owners. Yvonne found my lost glove and Rosie returned a woolly hat to a young beachwatcher.

So many good deeds in one day!

We had a lovely evening supporting Fratton Big Local with their parade as part of the We Shine Portsmouth festivities.

Katie stepped up to the role of volunteer coordinator and expertly had us dishing out lanterns to the parade attendees.

We all managed to get through the parade with our hearing intact despite close proximity to the brilliant battala band. Aoife Rachel and Katie had some fabulous ship lanterns, whilst Chris and I were very privileged to carry the veteran lantern, the Fratton Fox.