Transformative Counselling Encounters Assignment 1

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TRANSFORMATIVE COUNSELLING ENCOUNTERS PYC3705 Assignment 01 1 The organisation which I chose to focus on for this assignment is the parkrun (always lowercase) initiative. It was a fairly obvious choice as it is something which I have been actively engaged in for the last 14 or so months. A little bit about the parkrun initiative (from the parkrun HQ): “parkrun started back in 2004 when 13 runners got together on a blustery day in Bushy Park, Teddington, UK. We’re now an international family of over half a million runners (and counting). parkrun is such a simple concept: turn up every Saturday and run 5km, or if you’re a junior then 2km every Sunday. It doesn’t matter how fast you go. It doesn’t matter what you’re wearing. What matters is taking part. There are now parkrun events each Saturday and Sunday in countries all around the world. Each event is based in a unique location like a park, beach or promenade. All events are organised by a group of our wonderful dedicated volunteers. parkrun is all about inclusiveness and wellbeing. We want as many people as possible to feel part of a real local community brought together by our events, as well as our global parkrun family. It’s why parkruns are never more than 5km – it’s a distance that anyone can complete (even if some of us are walking by the end.) 2 And it’s why we’ve kept the format of parkrun so simple: register once, then turn up and take part wherever you want, whenever you want. We’re super proud of the fact our volunteer­led, free­for­all 5km runs have been taken up by so many people across so many cultures in so many countries. It took nearly two years before parkrun spread beyond Bushy. Wimbledon was the chosen venue and we had to prove to ourselves that we could manage more than a single event at

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