featuring

James Thomas | UK Health & Wellbeing Manager | parkrun

and

Paul Bruce | Head of Physical Education | HM Prison and Probation Service

Parkrun is a free, community event where you can walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate. Parkrun is a 5k event and takes place every Saturday morning and currently there are around 2,000 parkrun events taking place globally, with over 31,000 people participating every weekend.

As well as this being a local community initiative, a number of these events take place within custody. From the first custodial event at HMP Haverigg (Black Comb parkrun) there are now custodial parkruns across the UK, Ireland and Australia and over 12,000 people have completed a custodial parkrun. 

In this free seminar, James will talk about the growth of parkrun and the positive impact it has had on individuals and communities.

Paul will be discussing how parkrun events operate in the custodial estate and the positive benefits this initiative is having within prisons, both for residents and staff.

Please note you must be a member of the Academy to attend an event.

Membership and services are free and you can join when booking your place on Ticket Tailor.