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Great British Farce if parkrun does not return but clubs and casinos do
Sean Ingle
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Slowly, if a little unsteadily, the endgame out of lockdown approaches. From Monday England’s pubs and restaurants can swing open their doors. Next month, clubs and casinos can join them. All of which makes the uncertain fate of parkrun, one of Britain’s greatest ever public health initiatives, even more extraordinary. It had planned to resume on 6 June. Instead it has become mired in a bureaucratic nightmare worthy of Kafka and faces indefinite postponement.
You might ask why, given that parkrun has spent six months working with Sport England, Public Health England and the DCMS on a framework to resume again. But those who must give their approval – local authorities and landowners – don’t appear to be listening. So far less than a third of the 589 events have approval, far short of the magic ....

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