Driving to work this morning, I heard about GoodGym.  The organisation have just set up their  second site in Sheffield (the first is in London) and  it offers something different for people who have a social conscience and want to get fit.

The founder came up with the idea after watching all the pointless energy being expended in gyms. Where Good Gym is different is that it organises  members in a way that combines running with work in the community. So, for example, members might meet in the town centre and then run to an old persons house and tidy up their garden, or run to a school and shovel up all the fallen leaves. The idea is to channel the calorie burn into something useful.

Good Gym is a non profit organisation, but the concept may provide a mental springboard. How else might you make exercise both healthy and useful to others?

Website: www.goodgym.org