The minutes from the 2024 Annual General Meeting are now available.
The annual general meeting provides a summary of the organisation’s progress throughout the year and is attended by Parkour UK members.
You can read the minutes here.
If you are interested in reading minutes or recordings from previous meetings, please check out our governance page.
Over December 2023 and January 2024, Parkour UK’s connecting communities team conducted a survey to gain some further insight into the UK parkour community. The idea of this survey was to gain insight into the interest the UK parkour community has on both coaching and competition.
The survey also gave us some insight on age and geographic data.
It is worth noting that a sample size of 100 people is very small, and as such, we are not looking to generalise with this report.
The results of this survey have now been published, and can be accessed by clicking the link below.
Following our AGM at the end of 2023 and elected member elections early this year, we are pleased to announce some board updates.
Representing the community as an elected director, we welcome Dan Timms. Dan is director and coach at JUMP Parkour, and a tutor for Parkour UK. Dan has designed several parkour parks around the country and brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience. I know he is excited to contribute to the next phase of development for the organisation.
In the same director elections Chris Keighley was elected for a second term, well done to Chris. Our third elected director Richard Marshall continues in his post until 31st August.
We would like to thank Frazer Meek for his contribution to the board over several years. Having representation from the membership is hugely beneficial, allowing the board to be more closely connected to the community. Frazer has done that, led by his passion for Parkour, so a big thank you.
This summer we will be looking for further elected directors, so if you feel you can make a positive contribution to the future of Parkour UK, please do consider putting yourself forward. If you would like to discuss these opportunities informally then feel free to reach out.
We also wish our Independent Director, Natasha Preville, all the best for the future as she will be leaving the board at the end of her tenure. Natasha has been a huge advocate for diversity and inclusion and has brought significant experience to the board. Natasha has successfully led the ED&I Sub Committee, sat on the Nominations Sub Committee, and starting the process for our Diversity & Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP), a crucial part of our Code for Sports Governance requirements, which are mandatory to receive Sport England Funding. We are currently in the recruitment process for Natasha’s replacement.
Thank you to everyone who contributes to the Parkour UK board. These are all voluntary positions requiring a significant amount of time and energy from all. I’m personally proud of the work you all do, with the best intent for Parkour in the UK at the forefront. We look forward optimistically to the future, continuing to represent and support our community.
Dr Tracy Rea
Chair
Esprit Concrete: FYI has been working across London to deliver a combination of parkour coaching and counselling to communities.
The BBC recently ran a feature on them, which you can check out by clicking the link below!
The minutes from the 2023 Annual General Meeting are now available.
The annual general meeting provides a summary of the organisation’s progress throughout the year and is attended by Parkour UK members.
You can read the minutes here.
If you are interested in reading minutes or recordings from previous meetings, please check out our governance page.
Parkour UK would like to express a huge amount of thanks and gratitude to our Senior Independent Director, Parul Agarwal, who has stepped up as our interim CEO over the last few months.
Following our induction day on Friday, Parul will now hand over to Sam Bradley, our new CEO.
Parul has made an impact on both the Parkour UK staff team and the parkour community over the last few months. Parul stepped up at a very important time for Parkour UK.
Parul very quickly dedicated her time to Parkour UK, getting up to speed and going above and beyond. For Parul, no challenge was too tough, and she faced each one head-on with enthusiasm, passion, and energy.
When it comes to the staff team, Parul has been approachable, compassionate, and caring, with a huge focus on employee well-being. She has provided a number of opportunities for the staff team to develop and grow within their roles over the last few months.
With the community, Parul quickly identified areas where Parkour UK could be communicating more. Parul helped us run our “Employment Webinar” sessions and led our “Budget Webinar” – which broke down our spending and forecasts for the next year going forward to the parkour community.
Parul also gave parkour a go, visiting Parkour Generations London for the Mother & Daughter workshop run by Women in Sport in collaboration with Parkour UK.
We want to express a huge amount of thanks to Parul for all of her hard work over the last few months and the brilliant impact she has left on the organisation, team, and growth of the sport.
Thank you, Parul!
