New research from parkrun, using data from Sport England and polling by You Gov, says…
Parkrun saves the NHS:
- £13.8m in the preventative treatment of depression
- £13.5m relating to type 2 diabetes
- £9.2m in reduced GP and hospital visits
Research by YouGov shows that 70% of Britons support GP’s socially prescribing parkrun.A social prescribing programme with the Royal College of GPs currently links one-third of GP practices with their local parkrun.
This helps move the dial on inactivity, because around 20% of parkrun participants consider themselves inactive at registration, and just under a quarter are from the lowest socio-economic groups (who face the biggest barriers to activity).