About Us
Gunpowder parkrun is a FREE weekly 5km event for participants of all standards, which takes place every Saturday at 9:00am in Gunpowder Park, Waltham Abbey, Essex. It is not a race against other runners, but a 5k timed run and it can really be whatever you want it to be, whether that's for fun or as part of a training plan.
It offers an opportunity for all the local community, regardless of age or gender, to come together on a regular basis to enjoy this beautiful park and get physically active into the bargain. We want to encourage people to run, jog or walk together irrespective of their ability – this event is truly open to all and best of all it really is FREE!
Taking part is easy – just register before your first ever parkrun. The great thing is that you only ever need to do this once! Then just set your alarm for Saturday morning and get yourself there!
Every week we'll be grabbing a post parkrun coffee, but we've not decided on the permanent location yet - in any case, please join us after the event. Maybe swap stories about your run that day, chat to other parkrunners over a cup of tea or coffee and just be an important part of this new community.
So whether you are a complete novice looking to get yourself started on your own "running journey" or a seasoned athlete wanting to use this as a part of your training schedule, you’re welcome to come along and join us.
Your donation will be wisely spent by the event team (as custodians of the local purse) on the upkeep of our parkrun.
For donations prior to 1 February 2017, 85% was allocated to the event and the remaining 15% to the New Event Fund.
We are unable to accept donations to events that are made via third party employer contribution schemes or any form of cashback schemes.
We no longer accept cheques for event donations. The only way for individuals to contribute to an event pot is by donating directly through the PayPal link on this page.
parkrun is completely open about all donations. All donations to this event (and withdrawals that the event teams makes) will be published below. You can also view all donations in this country here.
parkrun UK is a not-for-profit organisation.
Donations
| Donation Date | Name | Recipient | Donation | Contribution to Event | Contribution to New Event Fund | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-06 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £43.00 | £43.00 | £0.00 | |
| 2020-03-16 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £51.08 | £51.08 | £0.00 | March Community Cafe |
| 2020-02-14 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £20.45 | £20.45 | £0.00 | February Community cafe |
| 2019-12-02 | marilyn cadogan | Gunpowder | £50.00 | £50.00 | £0.00 | |
| 2019-11-29 | London Marathon Events | Gunpowder | £125.00 | £125.00 | £0.00 | Donation |
| 2019-11-25 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £50.85 | £50.85 | £0.00 | |
| 2019-10-21 | Anthony Gerard | Gunpowder | £100.00 | £100.00 | £0.00 | |
| 2019-10-21 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £58.05 | £58.05 | £0.00 | October community cafe (anniversary) |
| 2019-10-15 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £63.56 | £63.56 | £0.00 | September community cafe |
| 2019-08-12 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £37.90 | £37.90 | £0.00 | August community cafe |
| 2019-07-15 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £42.70 | £42.70 | £0.00 | Gunpowder parkrun July Community Cafe |
| 2019-06-07 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £55.06 | £55.06 | £0.00 | May community cafe |
| 2019-04-15 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £36.37 | £36.37 | £0.00 | April Community cafe |
| 2019-02-13 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £50.68 | £50.68 | £0.00 | February 2019 Community Cafe Donations |
| 2019-01-24 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £67.65 | £67.65 | £0.00 | Community Cafe donations for January 2019 |
| 2018-11-12 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £82.32 | £82.32 | £0.00 | November Community cafe |
| 2018-10-29 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £53.47 | £53.47 | £0.00 | 7th year anniversary donations |
| 2018-10-15 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £53.41 | £53.41 | £0.00 | October Community Cafe |
| 2018-09-10 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £47.25 | £47.25 | £0.00 | September Community Cafe |
| 2018-08-13 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £31.66 | £31.66 | £0.00 | August Community Cafe |
| 2018-07-16 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £31.58 | £31.58 | £0.00 | July Community caf |
| 2018-05-14 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £51.76 | £51.76 | £0.00 | May community Cafe |
| 2018-05-05 | Helen Harvey | Gunpowder | £20.00 | £20.00 | £0.00 | |
| 2018-04-16 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £43.77 | £43.77 | £0.00 | April Community Cafe |
| 2018-03-15 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £50.79 | £50.79 | £0.00 | March Community Cafe |
| 2018-02-16 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £53.10 | £53.10 | £0.00 | December Community caf |
| 2018-01-15 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £47.36 | £47.36 | £0.00 | Community Caf |
| 2017-11-18 | cliff everitt | Gunpowder | £5.00 | £5.00 | £0.00 | |
| 2017-08-14 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £64.24 | £64.24 | £0.00 | August 2017 community cafe |
| 2017-07-19 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £46.54 | £46.54 | £0.00 | Community Caf |
| 2017-06-12 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £26.53 | £26.53 | £0.00 | June 2017 Community Caf |
| 2017-05-23 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £60.22 | £60.22 | £0.00 | Community caf |
| 2017-05-15 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £47.09 | £47.09 | £0.00 | Community cafe |
| 2017-04-20 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £60.80 | £60.80 | £0.00 | |
| 2017-03-31 | Lee Valley Regional Park Authority | Gunpowder | £400.00 | £400.00 | £0.00 | For AED fund |
| 2017-03-13 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £10.00 | £10.00 | £0.00 | AED fund from Eddie Sycamore |
| 2017-03-13 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £46.20 | £46.20 | £0.00 | |
| 2017-03-06 | Derek Weedon | Gunpowder | £50.00 | £50.00 | £0.00 | AED fund |
| 2017-03-06 | Rik D Essl | Gunpowder | £100.00 | £100.00 | £0.00 | |
| 2017-03-06 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £30.00 | £30.00 | £0.00 | AED Fund |
| 2017-03-05 | Debbie Tulloch | Gunpowder | £20.00 | £20.00 | £0.00 | |
| 2017-03-05 | Debbie Clark | Gunpowder | £20.00 | £20.00 | £0.00 | |
| 2017-03-05 | Caroline McGregor | Gunpowder | £20.00 | £20.00 | £0.00 | AED Fund |
| 2017-03-04 | Craig Crawford | Gunpowder | £20.00 | £20.00 | £0.00 | |
| 2017-03-04 | Lisa Cooke | Gunpowder | £10.00 | £10.00 | £0.00 | AED Fund |
| 2017-03-04 | Bethany Green | Gunpowder | £30.00 | £30.00 | £0.00 | |
| 2017-02-20 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £49.30 | £49.30 | £0.00 | AED Fund |
| 2017-02-15 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £60.22 | £60.22 | £0.00 | Community caf |
| 2016-12-16 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £63.82 | £54.25 | £9.57 | |
| 2016-11-14 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £28.97 | £24.62 | £4.35 | Community café donations |
| 2016-10-24 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £56.00 | £47.60 | £8.40 | |
| 2016-08-21 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £45.70 | £38.84 | £6.86 | |
| 2016-07-21 | Sarah Russell | Gunpowder | £20.00 | £17.00 | £3.00 | |
| 2016-07-11 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £30.57 | £25.98 | £4.59 | |
| 2016-05-18 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £60.25 | £51.21 | £9.04 | |
| 2016-04-21 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £19.25 | £16.36 | £2.89 | |
| 2016-03-14 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £27.95 | £23.76 | £4.19 | |
| 2016-02-16 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £30.30 | £25.75 | £4.55 | |
| 2015-12-17 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £18.20 | £15.47 | £2.73 | |
| 2015-10-30 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £39.53 | £33.60 | £5.93 | |
| 2015-09-15 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £26.66 | £22.66 | £4.00 | |
| 2015-08-10 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £21.00 | £17.85 | £3.15 | |
| 2015-05-12 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £35.40 | £30.09 | £5.31 | |
| 2015-05-05 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £29.00 | £24.65 | £4.35 | |
| 2015-03-16 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £47.10 | £40.03 | £7.07 | |
| 2015-03-05 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £24.00 | £20.40 | £3.60 | |
| 2014-11-12 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £23.75 | £20.19 | £3.56 | |
| 2014-11-05 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £48.00 | £40.80 | £7.20 | |
| 2014-09-16 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £48.00 | £40.80 | £7.20 | |
| 2014-07-12 | Jonathan O'Shea | Gunpowder | £100.00 | £85.00 | £15.00 | |
| 2014-03-13 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £21.00 | £17.85 | £3.15 | |
| 2014-02-10 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £24.00 | £20.40 | £3.60 | |
| 2014-02-10 | Jonathan O'Shea | Gunpowder | £50.00 | £42.50 | £7.50 | |
| 2013-08-19 | Lisa Thompson | Gunpowder | £50.00 | £42.50 | £7.50 | Hi Donation for the Gunpowder parkrun Many Thanks Claire London Marathon |
| 2013-08-10 | Jane Appleton | Gunpowder | £100.00 | £85.00 | £15.00 | |
| 2013-04-29 | Anthony Silcock | Gunpowder | £50.00 | £42.50 | £7.50 | |
| 2012-10-21 | Magdalena Guzy | Gunpowder | £20.00 | £17.00 | £3.00 | Happy 1st Birthday! and thanks for all you hard work. |
| 2012-10-13 | Robert Stewart | Gunpowder | £20.00 | £17.00 | £3.00 | |
| 2012-09-20 | Tony Browne | Gunpowder | £45.00 | £38.25 | £6.75 | |
| 2012-06-30 | Jonathan O'Shea | Gunpowder | £50.00 | £42.50 | £7.50 | |
| 2012-06-14 | Derek Weedon | Gunpowder | £50.00 | £42.50 | £7.50 | |
| 2012-05-26 | Anthony Silcock | Gunpowder | £50.00 | £42.50 | £7.50 | |
| 2012-04-23 | Russell Peters | Gunpowder | £10.00 | £8.50 | £1.50 | To go towards the cost of cakes at the community cafe! Keep up the good work! |
Withdrawals
| Withdrawal Date | Event | Amount | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-11-28 | Gunpowder | £262.80 | ANNIVERSARY, megaphone, batteries, spikes |
| 2015-03-12 | Gunpowder | £86.64 | rucksack, batteries, grit, flasks etc |
| 2015-09-18 | Gunpowder | £59.36 | anniversary prizes |
| 2015-10-30 | Gunpowder | £137.44 | 4th anniversary |
| 2016-02-01 | Gunpowder | £109.02 | Catering supplies |
| 2016-02-01 | Gunpowder | £7.99 | Tarpaulin |
| 2016-02-01 | Gunpowder | £85.00 | parkrun flag |
| 2016-11-09 | Gunpowder | £63.99 | Megaphone |
| 2017-03-14 | Gunpowder | £674.00 | AED - Heartsine Samaritan 360P fully automatic |
| 2017-11-01 | Gunpowder | £77.00 | Anniversary cakes |
| 2017-11-01 | Gunpowder | £50.91 | Mugs for prizes |
| 2017-11-01 | Gunpowder | £22.58 | Prosecco for prizes |
| 2017-11-01 | Gunpowder | £40.00 | Flowers for volunteer |
| 2019-02-21 | Gunpowder | £256.44 | 7th anniversary birthday celebrations |
| 2019-06-19 | Gunpowder | £20.00 | parkrun Quiet Sign (x3) |
| 2019-11-25 | Gunpowder | £113.50 | Anniversary/celebration items |
| 2019-12-15 | Gunpowder | £28.00 | Xmas Day Goodies for volunteers |
| 2021-05-17 | Gunpowder | £20.81 | Hand sanitiser |
| 2021-05-17 | Gunpowder | £12.88 | Hand sanitiser |
| 2021-06-18 | Gunpowder | £80.00 | PAD pak |
| 2021-07-08 | Gunpowder | £80.00 | 2 sets of replacement tokens |
| 2021-09-20 | Gunpowder | £8.00 | Waterproof phone cases (4) |
| 2021-10-29 | Gunpowder | £64.00 | Anniversary/celebration items |
| 2021-12-20 | Gunpowder | £21.62 | Anniversary/celebration items |
| 2021-12-20 | Gunpowder | £29.00 | Emergency phone / top-up |