Volunteering at Bexley parkrun - Christmas Day special 🎅

For this task you'll need to sign up with parkrun as well as joining via this listing. We've explained everything in the 'How to volunteer' section below 👇.

Bexley parkrun is a free, weekly, timed 5k event every Saturday morning in Danson Park, but this an extra one, especially for Christmas Day! It's run completely by volunteers and you'll be made to feel most welcome at this lovely friendly event.

There are plenty of volunteering roles to choose from including marshals, barcode scanners, finish token giver-outers and tail walkers. You'll get a parkrun volunteer credit AND a GoodGym good deed after you've attended!

If you don't want to miss out on the actual run or walk, there are some roles you can do before or after.

📍 When and where

Meet at 8.30am on the south side of the lake in Danson Park, what3words///survey.things.lovely. Your contact is the Run Director, wearing a blue hi-vis jacket.

🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️How to volunteer

It looks a bit complicated at first but please don't be put off, it's not tricky 😊.

1. If you don't already have a parkrun ID register for free at https://www.parkrun.org.uk/register.

2. Check which volunteering roles still need filling here: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/bexley/futureroster/. Click on the role you're interested in to find out what's involved. Even if the roster is full the organisers are often happy to have extra helpers so get in touch with them anyway.

3. Send an email to bexley@parkrun.com using the template below to tell them the date and role that you want to volunteer for. The parkrun volunteer coordinator will reply to confirm that they have added you to the roster.

4. Sign up on this listing - job done!

(Important: if you find you can no longer attend please email parkrun to tell them, and take your name off the GG listing using the 'I can no longer make it' link.)

Email template

Simply cut and paste the wording into an email, add in your details and hit 'Send':

Hello,

I'd like to volunteer at Bexley parkrun on [date] as a [role-name]. My parkrun ID is [Axxxxxxx] and I'm with GoodGym Bexley.

Thank you,

[Your name]