We decided to do a litter pick between Rose Road and Aldermoor Community Farm as we had to change our session on the day. We know there is always a lot of litter on this road and wanted to give it a good tidy up for visitors to two of our favourite places to help. We only needed to do half a mile to get plenty of litter and we got to use the robot bins to dispose of it! Until next time Aldermoor Road…

Last night we were back in the respite garden to do a tidy up after a busy summer of use. We set to work sweeping up, weeding, cleaning the equipment and pressure washing the patio. We were happy to have provided the evening entertainment for one of the young people staying. They kept a close watch to make sure we were doing a good job! It was great to welcome two new members Poppy Ollie this evening and we hope to see you back again soon.

It was time to get the Rose Road vehicles clean after a busy summer holidays of outings. We quickly divided ourselves into innies and outties and off we went! It wasn’t long before we had four vehicles hoovered, dusted, litter picked and washed. We managed to squeeze in a quick wash for the big bus too before home time!

Lucy helped out at the Rose road stall at Wickham festival. It was a very hot but fun day selling flower headbands and 'helping' people make Dreamcatchers. There were lots of lovely friendly people and plenty of chances to enjoy the festival too, the highlight was bouncing around to the Proclaimers!

Tonight we got to work tidying up the flower beds in the Rose Road car park. A lot of the plants were overgrown in the sensory garden, bindweed had taken over and rubbish had blown in off the street. We carefully pruned, pulled, picked and swept to leave the main flower bed looking much smarter and the parking spaces clear. I don't know about everyone else, but I worked so hard with the secateurs I got a blister!

Tonight we were in charge of cleaning and packing away all the things from the Colour Run the day before. We quickly got to work organising a box for resuable items, checking and refilling the "useful" event boxes, and wiping down the tables. Ashleigh upon discovering a wheel had broken on the trolley set out with great determination to fix it. It was no easy feat and she had to call Lucy in as reinforcements. After some work with a hammer, a glue gun and some tape the wheel was back on. Unfortunately it did not pass the "Can you support a whole human" test. So they had to start all over again! I can confirm the wheel is now back on but we wouldn't recommend an heavy loads at the front of the trolley or any bumpy ground!