parkrun thread
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Feb 2020
3:59pm, 26 Feb 2020
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BexleyKev
publications.parliament.uk
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Feb 2020
4:02pm, 26 Feb 2020
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BexleyKev
This link also gives most examples of when parkrun has been mentioned in Parliament publications.parliament.uk
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Feb 2020
4:07pm, 26 Feb 2020
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DeeGee
It's just here Mr Adams: parkrun.org.uk I'm sure you will be in your constituency one Saturday morning soon and could spare an hour to see community-led positive action at work. |
Feb 2020
6:23pm, 26 Feb 2020
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option_Richard
If they merge the credits so either V or R count towards a milestone, that's fine. It's the inability to treat everyone as a parkrunner equally that's an issue. >It took multiple prods to get the V25 badge displayed on the website. Partnered/promoted events giving discounts based on runs done in a year, but not including volunteering. Event cancellations on the day that enable runners to go elsewhere, but some volunteers stay around to inform others. They can't get a V credit for that, even though that could be 1hour+. Emails from parkrun celebrating arbitrary run numbers, the anniversary emails don't mention volunteering. No emails for 100th etc volunteering. Even the new 'partnership' is for runners, as it involves testing trainers during the event. Are they going to visit events twice, so that the volunteers from the first week can run the second one? Now each of those things, individually, isn't much. But when you combine them, it doesn't shout 'We value our volunteers' does it? |
Feb 2020
10:10pm, 26 Feb 2020
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larkim
I think you're overstating the plight of the volunteers a touch there (you may well disagree!).
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Feb 2020
10:16pm, 26 Feb 2020
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Metro_Nome
I love volunteering. But it says something that I am heartbroken that I can’t “run” this feb 29th because it’s my first chance to “do” a parkrun on a feb 29th. I can (and probably will) volunteer, but it won’t “count”. I’m aware how daft that is on many levels, but I also have a bit of an obsessive issues with numbers etc and it means more to me than it should
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Feb 2020
10:41pm, 26 Feb 2020
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sparklecloud
Not daft at all MN, I would feel the same in your position 
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Feb 2020
10:47pm, 26 Feb 2020
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LindsD
And me
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Feb 2020
11:33pm, 26 Feb 2020
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Chrisity
How about a t-shirt for a combined 50 Runs and Volunteers, but make it out of the same percentage of red and amber(?) as your run to volunteer ratio?
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Feb 2020
12:22pm, 27 Feb 2020
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edison
"vent cancellations on the day that enable runners to go elsewhere, but some volunteers stay around to inform others. They can't get a V credit for that" They are not meant to, even if cancelled mid-run which has happened to me as RD before. No results means no volunteer credits, but I simply went back and added them to previous weeks, as they had volunteered and deserved the credit |
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