Organisers of Barrow junior parkrun have thanked the volunteers who have helped made the weekly event a success.
Barrow junior parkrun, for four to 14-year-olds, takes place every Sunday at 9am at Barrow Park and launched on December 3 2017.
During that time, 361 different people have volunteered at Barrow junior parkrun, carrying out a combined total of 4,890 different volunteer roles.
They have supported 1,212 people to be physically active, outdoors, together on 284 occasions.
parkrun is a UK-based global health and wellbeing charity, and events are free and open to anyone. People can walk or run the 2k 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.
To mark the start of National Volunteer Week tomorrow, Steve Grisdale, volunteer event director at Barrow junior parkrun, said everyone in the community was invited to give parkrun volunteering a try.
He said: “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 marshalling on the course to handing out finish tokens as people finish the 2k.
“We even have volunteers during the week, for example who co-ordinate our volunteer roster and post on our social media channels. Our volunteer roster is never full and there is a role to suit everyone!”
Barrow junior parkrun is one of over 450 junior parkruns across the UK, with more than 580,000 different people volunteering at the free weekly UK events since the first parkrun in 2004.
For more information about volunteering, email the event at barrowjuniors@parkrun.com, message them through the Barrow junior parkrun Facebook page, or simply come along on a Sunday morning.
