Last night we had a small but effective team out clearing Eastrop Park!

Tazmin and I met at the Social club before walking towards Eastrop Park where we met Mohamed who was back for his third session in 3 weeks. We joined Sandra from the council to focus on the playground here.

We had looked after this same playground 6 months ago and it was nice giving it another revival as a lot of the tanbark had spread back into the main play area. Mohamed and Tazmin fully cleared this section while Sandra tidied everything.

In the mean time I was a wandering weeder making sure to clear nearly all weeds from the area.

At the end of the session I was once again amazed by how much we could get done in just over an hour!

We had a great time in Oakridge last night delivering flyers on behalf of the Ready to Ride program, Mindspace and GoodGym.

Was great having Mohamed for his second session and Charli & Yeun back after being away across August!

Another great session done! We like spending time down at Eastrop park as it is such a beautiful space!

This week we went from Basingstoke Sports and Social Club to Eastrop Park where we met Sandra from the council. After a bit of stress where we couldn't find all the tools we have previously used we got together everything we could and split into two teams.

Charli, new member Nathan and myself went and did some litter picking and while Eastrop Park is always tidy we were able to find a good collection of rubbish.

Meanwhile Sammi, Evelyn, Tazmin, Yazid & Yeun made the best they could with the available tools and did a lot of clearing of weeds and dirt tidying up beside the boathouse!

We were also joined by Pajinder who saw us volunteering and joined us along with having his daughter providing morale support! Was so nice meeting him after he moved to Basingstoke yesterday! Look forward to seeing you at future sessions.

We were able to make a really nice difference in the space

Last nights session was a fun and hard working session in the play area of Eastrop Park. Our primary focus being the clearing the main play area of tanbark and weeds. As you can see from a before photo this are was absolutely covered making it a lot less appealing and more likely for kids to get hurt.

Alongside this Samantha went back to our GoodGym roots and litter picked the whole space while Evelyn did an amazing job clearing the seating area of weeds.

As always we met at the Basingstoke Sports & Social Club at 6:15 before 5 of us walked to Eastrop Park with Yazid meeting us on the way.

When we arrived we met Sandra from Basingstoke & Deane Council who greeted us with all brand spanking new gardening equipment and more importantly fruit/water.

Congratulations to Madeline who got accepted for her new job!

Well done to Sammi for spotting the heron first and carrying two very heavy bin bags with me and Charli cheering her on.