Volunteers are fundamental to the delivery of all events, and carry out roles such as setting up the event, marshalling, timekeeping, scanning, handing out finish tokens or tail walking, to name just a few.
We encourage each event to have as many volunteers as they can and to never turn down an offer from someone to volunteer. A course can never have too many Marshals and multiple Tail Walkers can make the event even more fun!
However, there should be no pressure for parkrunners to volunteer at events. While the roster does need to be filled each week, we ask people to volunteer when they would like to, and for event teams to create an environment where people feel welcomed, included and supported.