BLACK ROCKS PARKRUN

Black Rocks parkrun, which takes place every Saturday at 9am at Black Rocks has been a volunteering success story since it launched in January this year.

Since then 212 different people have volunteered carrying out a combined total of 546 different volunteer roles.

These local volunteers have supported 4,082 people to be physically active, outdoors, together on 20 occasions, which has major health and economic impacts for the community.

parkrun is a UK-based global health and wellbeing charity, and events are free and open to anyone. People can walk or run the 5k course, support their community as volunteers, or simply spectate and socialise. There is no time limit and nobody finishes last, thanks to volunteer ‘tail walkers’ who provide support and encouragement on the course.

Every volunteer’s contribution matters and is recognised through parkrun volunteer milestones. These milestones celebrate the act of showing up and helping the community, whether it’s 25 times or 1,000 times.

Steve Elliff, volunteer event director at Black Rocks parkrun, said everyone in the community is invited to give parkrun volunteering a try.

“parkrun is all about having fun in a relaxed and welcoming environment. All the volunteer roles are super simple and there are a wide variety of opportunities, from welcoming first timers to marshaling on the course to handing out finish tokens as people finish the 5k.

“We even have volunteers during the week, for example who coordinate our volunteer roster and post on our social media channels. Our volunteer roster is never full and there is a role to suit everyone!”

parkrun registration is free at www.parkrun.org.uk/register

If you are interested in volunteering you can email the event at BlackRocks@parkrun.com message them through the Black Rocks Facebook page, or simply come along on a Saturday morning. Use your ordinary skills to help create extraordinary parkruns!