General Practitioners around Australia are being supported to refer patients to parkrun events as part of an exciting Community Partnership between parkrun Australia and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP). The ‘parkrun Practice’ initiative aims to help GPs understand how parkrun may benefit some of their patients, start a conversation with those…
Independent survey commissioned by UK-based charity parkrun gets more than 60,000 responses and shows that volunteering has a bigger impact on health and wellbeing than just running or walking. parkrun UK have released results from an independent survey, proving that participation in parkrun really does make people healthier and happier, and not just from…
Hi, I am Dr Michelle Redford and I am one of parkrun Australia’s Health and Wellbeing Ambassadors. This is a voluntary role that is a fabulous opportunity to work with clinicians to help more people to find parkrun. By working with parkrun, GPs and practice teams around the country can help people take more control…
My name is Dr Patrick Daly and I am one of parkrun Australia’s volunteer Health and Wellbeing Ambassadors. parkrun has evolved a lot over the years in terms of who takes part and how it benefits people’s health and happiness, and my volunteer role is to help position parkrun as a health and social…
George Poniatowski lives with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, which impacts his ability to walk. When George was learning to use a manual wheelchair his GP suggested he join her at Torrens parkrun in Adelaide to improve his technique and make new friends, and 114 parkuns later he hasn’t looked back. When I started at…
Goondiwindi Medical Centre became interested in social prescribing after information came out from Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) in 2019. The new year gave us an opportunity to talk about parkrun and participate at an event. We started promoting the event on our Facebook page. We were recommending parkrun to improve fitness, make friends,…
In 2013, Mark Thompson was carrying too much weight, his blood pressure was on the up and he was at a very low point mentally after a divorce a few years earlier. With a family history of heart attack and ticking a few of the other risk factor boxes, Mark, now 58, was put…
Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists and Administration staff from a Devonport Physiotherapy clinic recently took over the volunteering roles at Devonport parkrun, encouraging clients and the broader community to take an active role in the management of their health. A team of four Physiotherapists, two Exercise Physiotherapists and four admin staff filled the volunteer roles at…
On Saturday 12th October staff and their families from Children’s Health Queensland CYMHS (Child and Youth Mental Health Service), attended the New Farm parkrun as a staff well- being activity to celebrate Mental Health Week. CHQ CYMHS specialises in helping infants, children and young people up to the age of 18 years who have…
A survey of almost 3,000 Australian-based health professionals has revealed the extent to which patients are being signposted to parkrun events around the country, as an alternative to more ‘traditional’ medication or to complement existing treatment. Almost 2,000 of those surveyed (69%) revealed they currently prescribe parkrun in a professional capacity, with 87% of…
