Trev was run director on Christmas Day at University parks. New Years day Parkrun today has been cancelled so we were pleased to run one of the special events! :) Well done Shati on 50 GG tasks, Thanks to everyone who helped or ran, was a great was to spend Christmas day Main report here : ...

🎅𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 - 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟭𝟰𝟴‍🎄 ✍️This special Christmas Day report comes from Debbie, who visited us from her home parkrun of Hereford. In her report Debbie thanks the wonderful volunteers, celebrates parkrun milestones (including two of her own!), and talks about the joy and comfort that parkrun can bring, especially at Christmas. Thank you for this wonderful report Debbie. We are so glad you enjoyed your visit!

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/universityparks/news/2024/12/27/university-parks-parkrun-148-25-12-24/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2J1pY17I9p-DIjzeswSkArF4S7F0XpUc_4KpeBDOBhgsL61bjcvpiOUCE_aem_Xye_iUjsaPuf65y3oBOXXQ

👋 Among the 𝟲𝟰𝟯 people who celebrated Christmas morning with us, 122 were 𝗻𝗲𝘄 to University Parks parkrun and 28 completed their 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 ever parkrun! Welcome to the parkrun family 🧡 🔔 71 parkrunners achieved new 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 times! 📈 Congratulations to everyone who achieved 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 this week, and qualified for their new t-shirts!

2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ Marcus and Ian 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Fiona, Tim, Steven, Faye, Ka Ho Tam 5️⃣0️⃣ Alex, Emma and James 2️⃣5️⃣ William

James also completed his 400th parkrun, Terry his 350th, and Hamish his 200th! 🦺A wonderful 𝟯𝟵 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 helped make event 𝟭𝟰𝟴 happen this Christmas morning. Thank you all so very much for sharing so much Christmas cheer with all our parkrunners.🧡 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘀!

🦺We love welcoming new volunteers to the hi-vis fold, and we were very happy to have two this Christmas morning! Susie handed out finish tokens with Louise and Marcus, and did a brilliant job of keeping up with the fast flow of finishers! Lawrence was also a first-time volunteer, as a fantastic marshal. Thank you both so much, we hope you enjoyed this start to your Christmas! 🎄

If 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗱 like to volunteer, please get in touch with us on universityparks@parkrun.com. 🌳 #loveparkrun

A glorious, and FREEZING, 10k around Stowe this morning. The grounds are absolutely stunning even if we cursed the hill in the middle.

We warmed up with coffee and scones afterwards, because you legally can't visit a National Trust place without eating a scone........

Special congratulations to Andy for completing his first 10k run. sorry that we chose such a tough course!

• To the tune of Jingle Bells...*

Dashing through the streets,
on a chilly winter's day,
Around the roads we go,
Laughing all the way.
Leaflets for The Porch,
Funds are very tight,
Oh what fun it is to do,
A Good Deed task tonight.

Letter flaps, Christmas lights,
Chatting all the way,
Oh what fun it is to help
The Porch this December day.

Last night we delivered flyers around the streets of Cowley, raising awareness of The Porch centre's Winter Fundraiser.

The Porch Day Centre provide day-long support for homeless and vulnerably housed people wanting to move forward in their lives, away from street-life. They focus on housing, health, wellbeing, education and employment, providing healthy food, practical help, companionship, learning skills, work related skills and opportunities for development.

A morning well spent, raking the fallen leaves from hundreds of metres of paths around Boundary Brook Nature Park. If left the leaves would make the paths squelchy and slippery, undoing all our hard work in laying the stone in the first place. This task helps keep them accessible all year round.

During Christmas 2023, inspired by two CAMHS volunteer elves, Christmas for CAHMS ran a paper chain making project. It went down so well in CAMHS units (CAMHS stands for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) that they’re going to do it again in 2024, and this time we got involved!

The paper chains are a team effort - they will be started by members of the public (like us), and then the young people will connect them together when they arrive in the CAMHS units. Each paper chain will have a cheesy cracker joke written on the inside to add an extra bit of fun during assembly.

We all gathered at City Hall and set up in the reception area. Drinks (some more fortifying than others.......) were provided by Markand we set to work.

After an hour of trimming, writing and chatting we managed to produce 138 slips and a packet of blank ones for other elves to use.

A lovely wholesome, and WARM, task!