Among the many Cut the Carbon marchers are a core team who will cover every one of the 1,000 miles. This team includes 10 marchers from the UK, as well as representatives from Christian Aid partner organisations around the world.
Below we introduce the UK-based marchers. To read about our international marchers, click here.
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Rachel Tavernor, 19, from Newcastle
Rachel was heavily involved in Make Poverty History, has trekked through the Himalayas and is starting her degree at Durham a week late in order to complete the march.
Neil Cutcliffe, 57, from Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Neil is a protestant priest, a Christian Aid organiser and experienced marcher.
Angela Rowe, 25, from Glasgow
Angela is very involved with community projects in Glasgow, including an allotment group which works especially with asylum seekers and refugees to bring about cultural integration and an environmental awareness of community food production.
Stuart Douglas, 19, from Motherwell
Stuart is a student and the youngest ever candidate to stand for election in Scottish parliament.
Fraser Winterbottom, 50, from Buckinghamshire
Fraser is a businessman currently on a sabbatical to complete an MSc in environment and development.He is also a keen guitarist, singer and songwriter.
Simon White, 20, from London
Simon is studying international development. He has worked in Tanzania with Global Development Links.
Rosie Leach, 22, from Oxford
A student at Oxford, she was a member of the Environment Committee for the university's student union. She has also worked on an environmental project with Student Partnerships Worldwide in Uganda.
Merryn Hellier, 68, from Hereford
Merryn has participated in protest marches in the past, including the Jubilee Debt Campaign and the Church Action on Poverty march in 1999. She has also been a Methodist preacher. Her motivation for marching is summed up in Christian Aid’s phrase ‘live simply, that others may simply live’.
Tim Jones, 25, from London
Tim works at World Development Movement and will represent the organisation in various ways along the march. Tim is a youth leader at his Baptist church in London.
John Morlais Rowlands, 53, from Cardiff
John works for the Environment Agency. He is also a deacon in his local Presbyterian Church. John has previously worked as a geography teacher and a radio journalist.