parkrun: Building a community

How can you transform peoples lives through running?Growing up in South Africa, parkrun founder - Paul Sinton Hewitt - used running as a way to unwind and challenge himself. But it was often a solitary experience. Later, as his career took him around the world, he realised what he wanted was a running community.And so, he dreamed up parkrun: to bring people together, to run, to chat, in a welcoming atmosphere – all at no cost.It’s been a sensation.  Each week at parks around the world, hundreds of thousands of people meet at the start line. And with a little help from The National Lottery, it’s now bigger than ever.Game Changers host, Aimee Fuller - two-time Olympian, author and broadcaster – meets Paul to talk about his visionary idea, and discovers not just Paul’s modesty, but his ambition – to make parkrun an even bigger success.We also have a special guest: broadcaster Clare Balding reads a new poem inspired by The National Lottery’s sporting Game Changers.  The poem has been written for display in several sporting locations across the UK. Artist and poet Robert Montgomery describes the challenge of floating the poem on the surface of a swimming pool, and the inspiration he has taken from Paul and all the Game Changers in Sport.Be inspired. Follow to catch every episode. Game Changers is brought to you by National Lottery players, who raise £30 million each week for good causes across the UK. For more information about projects that help ordinary people, visit: https://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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If you could champion a Game Changer, someone helping transform the UK, who would YOU choose?  Aimee Fuller – two-time Olympian, author and broadcaster – presents Season 3 of The National Lottery 'Game Changers’ podcast.    This extra special series celebrates the 30th birthday of The National Lottery, as Aimee travels the UK to hear from exceptional individuals who have been transforming communities over the last three decades, with a little help from The National Lottery.Including the music initiative providing a launchpad for artists like chart-topper Rizzle Kicks and supported by Rag ‘N’ Bone Man. There’s also Alice Dearing, the first black woman to swim for Team GB at an Olympic Games.  Meanwhile, at Jodrell Bank the universe is revealed in bold new ways to the public with the help of a pioneering physicist, remarkable things also emerge from the earth thanks to the brains behind the Eden Project.  Hear too from well-known names like Sir Tony Robinson, Adele Roberts and Clare Balding, and why they are championing our Game Changers and their incredible work.  Be inspired. Follow to catch every episode.  Game Changers is brought to you by National Lottery players, who raise £30 million each week for good causes across the UK. For more information about projects that help ordinary people, visit: https://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk  A Listen production for The National Lottery.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.