PARISHERS in Appleton will embark on a trip to Scotland to call on leaders of the world's richest countries to make poverty history.
Campaigners from St Monica's Church will don the trademark white wristbands on July 2 as they head to Edinburgh for the rally demanding better aid for the world's poorest countries.
Together with tens of thousands of people from across the UK, the Appleton group, who are CAFOD members, hope to deliver a powerful message at the G8 Summit.
They will form a human white band - the symbol of the campaign - around the city.
Margaret Thompson, organiser of the trip, said: "We need to go to Edinburgh to deliver the Make Poverty History messages to the G8 leaders.
"It's no good just to talk about it, you have to get involved and take action, show them that we'll no longer stand by and watch this atrocity continue.
"This year is the best chance we have of convincing governments that with political will they can lift millions out of poverty, save lives and bring about justice."
The same message will be supported by millions of people supporting the Live 8 concerts around the world.
The Make Poverty History campaign is being led by the largest ever coalition of charities ever assembled in the UK to fight global poverty and the town's CAFOD supporters are at the forefront of the campaign, mobilising youth groups, schools and churches.
The aim is to protect 30,000 children who die of extreme poverty every day.
