Sport & Physical Activity Health & Wellbeing 2025
parkrun Global

Annual Report 2024-2025

parkrun Global is a UK-based charity founded in 2004 that delivers free, inclusive 5k and 2k weekly events in parks across 23 countries. Their 2024-25 annual report — marking parkrun's 20th anniversary — covers a record-breaking year with 2.3 million participants, 897,000 first-timers, £11m turnover, and groundbreaking Sheffield Hallam research showing £667m in annual societal value to the UK economy.

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📋About

Weekly free 5k and 2k events in parks and open spaces; junior parkrun (children 4–14); parkrun practice (GP social prescribing); parkruns in prisons (31 custodial locations); Wellbeing research and policy advocacy Custom geography from upload: Global

📊Key Metrics

2.3 million people took part in 126,593 events across 2,600+ locations — first time in history over 2 million participants in a single year Key Metric 1
£11m consolidated turnover (up from £9.4m); £16.70 in societal benefit returned for every £1 spent; Sheffield Hallam research estimates £667m value to UK economy per year Key Metric 2
897,689 first-time participants; 309,220 volunteers contributing 2.2 million instances of volunteering; 190 new events launched in 20th anniversary year Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Sheffield Hallam University research (75,000+ responses) shows life satisfaction improves after as few as two events; benefits greatest for least active; £10 returned in healthcare benefits alone per £1 spent
  • 90% of volunteers feel happier; 70% say physical health improved; 40% say mental health improved; 99% would recommend volunteering at parkrun
  • Junior parkrun hit 1 million finishes for first time; 20% year-on-year participation growth overall; North America grew 24.4% in events and 28.8% in participation; Lithuania added as new country

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