Due to an unfortunate family emergency we were not able to assist at the Helping Dogs & Cats Charity shop.

However we were able to do a last minute litter pick! We managed to avoid the rain for the 30 minutes and found some really good spots of to clear. We managed to make a three course meal throughout the session, with plenty of fruit, chips & peanut butter for dessert.

Was a lot of fun watching Aaron running around in his shirt and shorts. Was also lovely to meet Charli & Samantha at their first sessions.

Thank you to Sammi, Tazmin & Evelyn for attending more sessions even with the late change.

In all we filled 3 big bags of rubbish and made a definite impact in tidying Basingstoke

Three of us went out on a wet Wednesday evening for a good old fashioned litter pick.

While it was difficult in the dark we still managed to fill 3 big bags worth of litter and were once again impressed with how clean Basingstoke is kept.

It was amazing meeting Tazmin and great having Evelyn there for her third session in a row.

We managed to get everything on the bingo card except ketchup packets!

Thank you for coming out and I can't wait till next week where we will spend more time indoors!

p.s Too wet to get any pictures of us, so just our bags of litter

Our final session of 2025 was a great night! Sammi & Macie put us to shame with exceptional Christmas outfits! We started at the Basingstoke Sports & Social Club before going for a 2.5km walk/jog around to the Helping Dogs & Cats charity shop.

At the Charity shop we got into the Christmas spirit with Macie & Sammi wrapping approximately 1,000 gifts! While Evelyn & Daniel separated out a lot of dry dog food for the foodbank.

We finished with going through the store room and picking out some of the best bits to take up to the shop floor!

Thank you to everyone who attended last night and the other 3 events this year. What a great platform to launch into 2026!

Have a Merry Christmas

Evelyn & I had a great session today assisting the Basingstoke Sports & Social Club! It was Evelyn's first ever GoodGym session and it was certainly a different one! We started by going for a 2.5km jog/walk chatting the whole way! Then we came back to the Social Club and were introduced to our nemesis for the day... The storeroom cupboard! And boy oh boy was it full (I am going to learn to take before photos), packed all the way up to the door with open bags, paint and loose sports equipment. We started by taking everything out (which took 35 minutes) then matching up the cricket pads (which took 15 minutes) and then filled up all the bags before refilling the store room in a much tidier fashion. The most fun thing we found was a box full of Christmas lights they didn't even know was there and the weirdest was definitely an exploded tub of vaseline which I found while picking a bag up..

Was a great session, super excited for next week which is going to be a really big session