December at Lesnes Abbey Woods junior parkrun

Our monthly volunteering session with Lesnes Abbey Wood junior parkrun on the 1st Sunday of the month. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Come and cheer on the young runners to get them fired up and charging around the 2km course. There are plenty of roles to choose from, including marshaling, barcode scanning, handing out finish tokens and tail walking.

No prior experience needed and you don't need to be a runner. Just bring your best cheering, clapping and encouragement-giving skills!

We'll grab a coffee afterwards at the Chestnuts kiosk in the park .

For some double-deeding, there's our mission at 10am helping the Friends of Lesnes Abbey and Woods in their work to maintain the woods.

📍 Meeting point: on the tarmac path that runs along the Abbey Road side of the park. The nearest postcode is DA17 5DL. Your contact is the Run Director wearing a blue hi-vis jacket.

How to volunteer

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

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

• Check which roles still need filling here: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/lesnesabbeywoods-juniors/futureroster/. Click on the role you're interested in to find out what's involved.

• Email lesnesabbeywoodsjuniors@parkrun.com using the template below to let them know the date and role that you want to volunteer for.

• Sign up on the GoodGym website.

• Get a parkrun volunteer credit AND a GoodGym good deed after you've attended!

Email template

Simply cut and paste this into an email, adding in your details:

Hi,

I'd like to volunteer at Lesnes Abbey Woods junior parkrun on date as a role-name. I'm a GoodGym member and my parkrun ID is Axxxxxxx.

Thank you,

Your name