Portsmouth Residents and Visitors

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Upcoming sessions
Litter pick - Milton Park

Friday 1st May 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Great Salterns Litter Pick

Saturday 13th June 2026 10:15am - 11:15am


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PortsmouthGroup run
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Judy Knapp
Val Cameron
Sinéad McCarthy
Samantha Belfrage
Katie Carew-Robinson

sCENTsational Session

Wednesday 22nd April

Written by Katie Carew-Robinson (she/her)

Firstly, a warm welcome to Pauline who joined us for her first GoodGym session. We also welcomed Matthew to his first session, Fiona's fiance (congratulations to you both!)

Tonight was all about celebrating 100 years of our great city. Sinéad and I both wore our Portsmouth leggings. As part of our 100 litter picks in 2026, we did a speed litter pick in Victoria Park. 2 large bags filled in 25 minutes. Best finds included an octopus, barbie lip balm, a fork and a man in a bush (after a very short conversation, Val left him there).

We managed to collectively do 100 exercises in 3 minutes. This was team work at its finest, with a side order of GoodGym laughter thrown in. Not sure we'll be releasing a fitness video just yet.

Finally, on the way home we collected some words for the Portsmouth 100 found words word search. I haven't included all those here otherwise the album would be massive! But they will all get sent to Think Big Do Bigger for their collection.

The city centenary (& my birthday!) have been well and truly celebrated tonight!

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PortsmouthCommunity mission
Dave M

Hair Up, Chest Out, Litter Picked

Friday 17th April

Written by Dave M

My hair wasn't tied up as it isn't long enough. But it appears everyone else was going hair down with the amount of hair bands I had to pick up!

A multitude of sweet wrappers and drinks cans saw me complete a loop of the Rec for another Portsmouth 100 litter pick.

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PortsmouthGroup run
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Dave M
Nick Savage
Katie London
Jen Stoneham
Sinéad McCarthy
Samantha Belfrage

A Wheely Fun Evening!

Wednesday 8th April

Written by Jen Stoneham

We welcomed back Amie for her second task this week - glad we didn't scare you off last time! Amie was one of Team Red this evening, alongside Katie and Sinéad. Myself, Dave and Andy then turned up in quick succession with our Goth GGs (black tees), making it 3 - 3. Sammy arrived at the last minute in her black top, so Team Goth were the winners!

Joined by Mini-GGer, Alice, we ran to Kingston Rec where we met Nick and got started on our litter pick. Our first unusual find was a small wheel, spotted by Andy. As we made our way around the park, we also picked up a set of handle bars and a scooter board. Our photos look quite little like an assembly guide for a mismatched scooter! We also found an onion in the woods, followed by some egg shells, chillis and a bulb of garlic under a bush. I wonder if some of the local foxes were making some bougie omelets!

We completely filled two enormous Colas bags, impressive work in just under an hour! Nice work, everyone.

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Jen Stoneham
Dave M
Laura Wells

Goodbye Relay

Sunday 29th March

Written by Dave M

And so ends another year of the Great British Spring Clean.

In total, 19 bags of rubbish have been picked by team GG in 17 days.

Quite possibly it would've been more before we managed to get the big sacks from the council.

Super effort by all and thanks to mini Gg-er Jack for his super litter spotting this morning.

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Dave M
Vanessa Gelder-Gumede
Andy O'Gorman
Samantha Belfrage
Jane

Getting our kicks picking up bits.

Friday 27th March

Written by Jane

The mizzle, the breeze and the fading light didn't put us off our quest to clear the beach - we love a challenge!

We are pleased to report that the beach is quite clean at the moment and that Colas had put out a big extra bin on the promenade by the coffee trailer.

A lovely way to end the week!

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Maxine VSG
Laura Wells
Rosie Sayers
Jane

Go-go gadget arms needed!

Thursday 26th March

Written by Jane

We were joined by two gorgeous min-GGers for this pick who supervised our work.

The area was quickly cleaned, apart from one frustrating plastic bag that was just out of reach, despite Laura's valliant stretch!

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