Volunteering at Hackney Marshes parkrun

Big impact on people's health and wellbeing, and supporting parkrun.


Location
Hackney Marshes Centre
London
E9 5PF
Date and time
08:45 - 10:15
Saturday, 10th of January 2026
Who this task will support
Hackney Marshes parkrun
parkrun organise free, weekly, 5km timed runs around the world. They are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy to take part in.

Hackney Marshes parkrun is a free, weekly, timed 5k event every Saturday morning taking place (as the name suggests) around the Hackney Marshes football pitches, with the start at the East Marsh and an out and back along the North Marsh.

Everyone is welcome to walk, jog, run, or, in this case, volunteer.

This is always a well attended parkrun, and parkrun relies entirely on volunteers for it to go ahead each week, so it would be great to have as many red shirted GoodGym volunteers as we can muster to fill the volunteer spaces for this Saturday 10th January and cheers the runners/walkers on.

There are plenty of options to choose from including marshals, barcode scanners, finish tokens and tail walkers - and absolutely no prior experience is required as there will always be a friendly volunteer on hand to explain what to do on the day.

You can take a look at the roster to see what roles are available here: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/hackneymarshes/futureroster/

If you want to do a specific role, email hackneymarshes@parkrun.com to confirm which volunteering role you'd like to do on the day.

If you're not yet registered with a parkrun id/barcode you can do that here: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/register/

After this session, we will be running to Maryland (the one near Stratford...approx 2 miles/3.2 km) to help CleanGreen prepare two large planters for spring planting at 1100-1230 - a listing for this task will appear here shortly once confirmed with the task owner.

(photo credit Kuba P)


How are you getting there?

Meet at the task
I will make my own way to the task
  • Unknown runner

Who's going

  • Nick Moore
  • Hilary

Discussion

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Location
Hackney Marshes Centre
London
E9 5PF
Date and time
08:45 - 10:15
Saturday, 10th of January 2026
Who this task will support
Hackney Marshes parkrun
parkrun organise free, weekly, 5km timed runs around the world. They are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy to take part in.

Sign up by 6:00pm on Friday 9th January so we can let Nick know who to expect.

Walkable

As you will make your own way to the task, feel free to walk or run as you wish.

Ideal for beginners

Hackney Marshes Centre
London
E9 5PF


Nick Moore
Led by Nick Moore

GoodGym Newham TaskForce member

GoodGymers helping out
  • Social media

    Share the session listing before the session and share the report afterwards

    • Hilary

What to look out for

Age Restriction

GoodGym welcomes anyone aged 18 or over. If you are under 18 then you will be unable to participate in any GoodGym activity

Make sure you've read our general guidelines for safety when running and at a task.

This event is organised by your Taskforce, a group of experienced GoodGym members in your area, they are not responsible for your safety. You should feel confident to participate in the event as it is described and you do so at your own risk.
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