{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/127735.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":127735,"parliament":{"period":"2015-2017","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2017-05-03T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Keep parkrun free to encourage more people to stay fit and healthy!","background":"Stoke Gifford Parish Council have taken unprecedented decision to start charging people to take part in Little Stoke parkrun- a free weekly 5kmand 2km run for kids. \r\n\r\nWith UK obesity adult rates at over 60%, the government needs to protect parkrun from council fees to use their local parks. ","additional_details":"On Saturday at 9am, about 80,000 people – more than twice the number who take part in the London Marathon – will gather in parks across the country to run, jog and walk five kilometres. Parents with buggies, children and grandparents, super-fit sprinters, dog walkers and people with disabilities, as well as volunteers, will come together at hundreds of courses across the UK.\r\n\r\nParkrun is a non-profit running movement. The ethos for the 850 runs is for the event to be free and open to everyone.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":21,"created_at":"2016-04-13T01:54:28.360Z","updated_at":"2017-09-09T06:13:28.892Z","rejected_at":"2016-04-15T13:26:51.198Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2016-04-13T05:32:03.354Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. This was a decision taken by Stoke Gifford Parish Council. Local councils are usually responsible for parks. "},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}