Every parkrun only happens because of the time and dedication of our volunteers. Many thanks to all of them, past and present. We are always looking for new volunteers. This page explains how to get involved.

How to get involved

Volunteering at Banstead Woods parkrun really couldn't be easier: simply email BansteadHelpers@parkrun.com, tell us that you would like to register as a volunteer. Gill Stalley, our volunteer co-ordinator will then register you on our volunteer database.

Gill will send out an availability email, once a month, asking for volunteers for the following month’s events. If you feel like volunteering then just respond to that mail and you will be rostered for the following month.

She will send out the preliminary roster for next event at the start of the week and the final version at the end of the week to everybody who has volunteered for that week’s event.

What would I do at the Event?

First, and most importantly, we never ask anybody to do anything they're not comfortable with. If you don't want a particular task, please let us know and we will happily give you an alternative job. Nevertheless, none of our tasks are too stressful. You could be organising the finish funnel, operating the timer, or registering the runners' positions using the scanners.

We always start people out on a general marshalling type job, so they get a feel for how we operate. But if you really want to do something in particular, please let us know and we'll see what we can do.

Do I get my name in lights?

We like to recognise and publicly thank all our volunteers, and your name will appear on our home page in the This Week's Heroes section. We also keep a log of what tasks everybody has done. To do this you need to be registered on our system. Most volunteers have previously run at one of our events, and so will already be on our system. If you have not registered, it's really easy to do so: just go to the parkrun registration page and fill in the simple form.

Points, glorious points

And there's more,.. We don't want our regular runners to be penalised in the yearly points competition just because they volunteered, so every runner gets full points for volunteering on up to three occasions per year.

Please join us

email bansteadHelpers@parkrun.com today.

Our volunteers really are the stars of parkrun.

Next time you see them, tell them how wonderful they are.