GoodGym is launching in Portsmouth this May

GoodGym Portsmouth is about to launch in partnership with Portsmouth City Council. It will be the 43rd GoodGym area to launch in the UK. Our first ever group run session will be on Wednesday 9th May.

GoodGym Portsmouth will be led by local trainer Katie Carew-Robinson. Each week she’ll be leading a group of runners on a short run before stopping off to support a community organisation with a physical task like planting trees, shifting earth, or clearing derelict land.

For our first run, we’re running to help out at Fratton Global Garden and Manor Infants School with some digging, shifting and painting.

In addition to the weekly group run organised by Katie, GoodGym runners can also choose to be paired with an isolated older person and commit to a weekly social visit and/or help with one-off household tasks. The GoodGym befriending scheme has been proven to reduce loneliness and improve wellbeing.

Find out more about GoodGym Portsmouth

• GoodGym Portsmouth launches on Wednesday 9th May. Sign-up here to run with us at the launch event. Everyone is welcome.
• The launch event will begin at 6.15pm. The start location is: Fratton Community Centre, Trafalgar Placel, Off Clive Rd, Portsmouth PO1 5JJ
• GoodGym Portsmouth will meet every Wednesday at 6:15pm at Fratton Community Centre
• Find out more here about how you can run to visit an isolated older person in Portsmouth