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.

Its always nice doing a Walk Together session, especially when the weather is good and going past some gorgeous areas! Just check out some of those pictures!

Was amazing having 8 people at the session with Yazid at their first session and getting to welcome Lindsay & Sammi back for their first sessions in a while.

When walking through Crabtree Plantation Charli, Yazid and myself may have got a little distracted by the playground, where we all managed to get ourselves tangled up.

Make sure to check out the other Rambler Run sessions in the area here https://www.bvaction.org.uk/wellbeingwalks

We joined with the Walk N Talk team for their normal Monday afternoon walk from the War Memorial Park.

It was great, so many nice people and and great conversations all followed by a coffee at the Park Social.

These walks happen every week so please check them out here https://walkntalk4mentalhealth.org/walk-locations/

Photo will be updated when we receive it

Last nights session at the Rucstall Community Centre was great, Evelyn, Tazmin & I met at the Social Club before walking to the Community Centre where Samantha & Charli met us.

The mission for the day was to clear the back patio of weeds, blackberrys and leaves to make it a usable space. We managed to smash this job in less than an hour making a huge difference to the space!

So on the way back we decided to do some litter picking through War Memorial Park, and then had a well earned dinner and drinks from the Basingstoke Sports & Social Club.

Wow! That was an incredible session at the YMCA in Basingstoke. Tazmin, Charli, Samantha & I went to the YMCA in Basingstoke to assist with some gardning.

The YMCA provides affordable living for 80 young people, however as we learned last night it provides so much more than that. The sense of community and belonging was immediately obvious with 20 residents having already started gardening before we arrived with the vibes high.

After a quick introduction and safety conversation we got into the gardening. And wow did we achieve alot! So many branches were cut, the whole back of the space was cleared, litter was picked and a pathway cleared.

Then the best bit of all, LASAGNA was provided to the residents and our volunteers which was delicous and a nice way to meet more people.

We can't wait to be back here on the 6th of May for our next session.

(pictures to be added later)