Oxford Chemistry staff and students form volunteer team for parkrun

As part of Mental Health Awareness week, a team of 33 staff and students from the Department of Chemistry acted as volunteers at the University Parks parkrun on May 14th.  Team members provided support to 412 parkrun participants and the event was much enjoyed by all.  Sue Henderson, who organised the event, said: “I wanted to highlight the mental health benefits of taking part in parkrun, which combines activity and the outdoors and has been found to be very beneficial to those who are lonely or struggle with their mental health.  When I put out the call to my colleagues at the Department of Chemistry I had an amazing response.  Thank you to all our volunteers.”