On Saturday 1st October, hundreds of campaigners came together to bear witness for the world’s poorest people on the eve of the Conservative Party Conference. We were asking our government to lead international efforts to support those most affected by our changing climate. On the hottest October day on record, we wanted them to feel the heat.

Emma Cain, Hexham and Newcastle

Angela Powell, Allan Macdonald, Northampton and Maria Kerrigan, Hallam

Katja Jewell, North Wales

“I’m here in Manchester to be a movement of people. I’m looking forward to meeting other people who feel passionate about the things that I am passionate about” Rev Dr Martin Poulsom SDB

Mike and Helen Schoonjans hold the banner for North Wales

”We’ll be watching for when blue and yellow truly make green” Kevin McCullough, Head of Campaigns, CAFOD

Father Mike Fitzsimmons and James Tyrell, Liverpool

Kevin McCullough: “At times like these we’re reminded of the words of Martin Luther King: ‘Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.’ Two years ago before the Copenhagen climate talks we marched as a roaring wave. Tonight, we are by our very presence here, planting apple trees and seeds of hope”.

Chris Bain, CAFOD Director, joins Loretta Minghella, Christian Aid Director and Paul Cook, Tearfund’s Head of Advocacy, to hand in Campaigners’ messages to Number 10.