Such a brillaint afternoon at the SALT festival! The GoodGym stall provided an opportunity for us to share how volunteering can support mental health and wellbeing. We talked about the benefits of building connections, reducing loneliness and isolation, helping your community and feeling part of something bigger. When we weren't at the stall we also got to enjoy some of the festival activities, including dancing, drumming, Pilates and even braving the ice baths (well done Jen & Dave)! A brilliant afternoon of volunteering, connection, movement and trying something new!

What a brilliant start to a Saturday. We helped other organisations, including Fostering Portsmouth, set up their gazebos and stalls after getting our own stall ready to talk to festival-goers about volunteering and the positive impact it can have on mental health and wellbeing. We also joined in with some of the festival activities, including dancing and drumming. It was a wonderful morning of volunteering, connection and community — and the sun was shining too! ☀️

A small but hardy contingent of GoodGymers set out on a five-mile circuit, putting up posters for Home-Start Portsmouth's volunteer recruitment.

There was plenty of time for chat about music, festivals, devolution and the rise and fall of the Co-Op. We also enjoyed pointing out personal local landmarks to one another, who knew Jim's nan lived one block over from my ex-husband? And that twelve-year-old Dave was paid a tenner to be in a police line-up?