Guest interview — Tom Williams on the Little Stoke parkrun charging dispute

Appears in 2 episodes, first in episode 16.

Every appearance

• Episode 20 - Scott Westcott

  Recurring check-in with parkrun Global COO Tom Williams: no movement yet on the Little Stoke parish council's parkrun charge ahead of its 28 May deadline, parkrun's argument about charging for free non-revenue events on public land, and parkrun UK reaching its one millionth unique runner. Cued at [00:52:53]: "a couple of weeks ago on the podcast, we caught up with Tom Williams in the UK... so we thought it was time to get an update."

• Episode 16 - Pat Farmer

  Mel sets up the news story (Stoke Gifford Parish Council voting 6-4 to charge Little Stoke parkrun for use of the park) and both hosts interview parkrun Global COO Tom Williams: how the dispute began six months earlier with a demand of a pound per runner, why accepting any land-use fee would break parkrun's model worldwide, the decision to cancel the event, what a UK parish council actually is, how listeners can help (#LoveLittleStoke, the change.org petition), and the 40% spike in UK registrations that followed the coverage.