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A group of young adults with learning disabilities known as The Falcons was assembled two years ago to encourage its members to be physically active outdoors.
Since then they have been involved with Queen’s parkrun, Belfast, Northern Ireland and on a recent Saturday, 10 members of the group did a volunteer takeover.
The story was covered by BBC News, which can be found here. You can also watch the video coverage here through Facebook.
The center of the parkrun USA world skewed west this weekend, as we were thrilled to see Byxbee parkrun in Palo Alto, California get off to a great start. Maybe now that we have an event within sight of the Googleplex (really!), even more people will *search for* their local parkrun and *find out* about…
Bernie O’Connor and her family love parkrunning together at Armagh parkrun in Ireland. Bernie’s daughter Jodie has autism and needs one-on-one support. Like many other parents of special needs children, Bernie sees staying fit and healthy as a way to be able to support her daughter for as long as possible. Her local parkrun…
