A DAD is encouraging people to do some volunteering to improve their mental health.
Samuel Robbins and his family went out to litter pick taking inspiration from one of the five steps to mental wellbeing.
The founder of Swindon and Wiltshire Mental Health Support Group on Facebook is highlighting the issue ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week which starts on Monday.
He and his partner Catrina Fletcher took their four children Aimee, 11, Olly-Jai, six, George, five, and Nala, two around the County Ground and the nearby park armed with litter pickers.
“It’s something we planned to do because we walk through there all the time," he said. "The council do go up there and clear it but they don’t always have the time. A lot of school kids go through there and leave a lot of rubbish.”