- 02/04/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
Parkrun UK, the organisation behind the weekly runs in local communities, held a launch event in Parliament on 2 April 2025 to promote the new Parkwalk initiative before the national launch on 26 April 2025. I was with my Colleagues Nick Smith MP Chair of the APPG John Slinger MP Chair APPG on Running.
Most people in Walsall know that Parkrun takes place at the Walsall Arboretum.
Parkwalk will encourage people to walk in local parks and green spaces.
The figures from October 2024 show that Parkrun events held in over 2500 locations across 23 countries engaged approximately 300,000 runners and 40,000 volunteers each week.
By November 2023 Parkrun recorded its 100 millionth participation. With the launch of Parkwalk, it is hoped participation will increase as more people can take part.
I am pictured (below) with the founder of Parkrun UK, Paul Sinton-Hewitt CBE, who first set up Parkrun with his friends in 2005.
