“I turned up for my first ⁦parkrun UK⁩ in July 2019, scared, nervous and not knowing what to expect. But I soon relaxed as the atmosphere was amazing and so welcoming, with a real sense of community from a group of people I’d never met before”
👇 blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/04/30/…

.parkrun UK is community adhesive 👍

Wonderful, alongside Kelly and MIKE to represent the tens of thousands 😳 of volunteers who make parkrun UK and @parkrun events across the world possible

Running Detective (Retd) Tom Williams Chrissie Wellington Eileen Jones Paul Sinton-Hewitt #VI

Getting 400,000 people out and active in their community for free, every week, in 2400+ locations, is no mean feat.

It takes an army.

And it was amazing to celebrate the incredible contributions of all who make parkrun happen with the PM UK Prime Minister

To the next 20yrs 🥂

Lovely to spend time chatting with Amelia Hilton (she/her) on RNIB Connect Radio today about how parkrun UK delivers wonderful opportunities for people with visual impairments whether walking, jogging, running or volunteering
#VI

Why not give it a go?

Interview here 👇🏼

audioboom.com/posts/8479526-…

A labour of love but so pleased to see it in print BMC. An honest account of the highs & lows of community outreach. There are challenges, but parkrun is addressing them & I'm thrilled to be working with them to grow & diversify junior parkrun🌟 doi.org/10.1186/s12889…

“The connections that develop parkrun UK make me think of parkrun as a sort of ‘community adhesive’, bringing people together.”

Great blog piece on how parkrun can play an important role in #SocialPrescribingDay

blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/03/13/…

Astonished at the bravery of Kelly who’s blind, running 5K without touching a guide runner

Importantly, it speaks of the inclusive, supportive, welcoming, encouraging, enabling + fun environment parkrun UK events everywhere that make this possible

Tom Williams Paul Sinton-Hewitt

Imagine running a 5K in <27 min with your eyes shut 🤔

That’s basically what the awesome Kelly achieved today for her 250th parkrun UK event

She’s been considering a crack at this for about a year. It’s a joy and a privilege to see her pull it off 👏👏👏

Paul Sinton-Hewitt

Never thought I’d see a blind runner complete a parkrun *without* any physical contact with a guide 😳

Kelly is smashing barriers that limit what people with visual impairments can achieve parkrun UK
2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣🙌

Tom Williams Paul Sinton-Hewitt Kirsty Woodbridge Helen Hood

Seeing the same GP reduces your risk of an emergency admission to hospital or of needing to use the out of hours service by 30% and astonishingly reduces the risk of dying in the following 12 months by 25%

And knowing your patients makes being a GP a wonderful job. RCGP

We’re on a mission to get more people #GuideRunning and to get more #blind & #PartiallySighted people to give running a go.

Want to see (and hear) how it all works then follow the link below 👇

Calling junior parkrun UK events for advice
We’re in the process of setting up a Southport junior event and need to come up with creative names for our marshalling positions

How have you gone about this?

Did you have a set theme eg Harry Potter?

Interested to hear any thoughts

Simon Tobin Margaret Ikpoh RCGP Mersey Faculty RCGP Faculties RCGP Kamila Hawthorne Heather Ryan Dr Abdul Zubairu Jonathan Griffiths Steve Mowle Nothing but praise for our Officer Team who have all answered the call when asked to help as Midland Faculty RCGP honoured guests, from Awards Evenings to New Member Ceremonies, or a Research Symposium to a Diversity Conference!
Kamila Hawthorne
Margaret Ikpoh
Victoria Tzortziou Brown
Richard Vautrey
TeamGP