How Candidates can support Vote Global

• Familiarise yourself with the asks in the Vote Global Manifesto
  

• Meet with anti-poverty groups in your area and pledge to work with them - whether or not you are elected



• Ensure that global poverty issues are reflected during your party's election campaign and manifesto - especially on the 'World Poverty Day' (Date TBC)

• Show your support for taking action on global poverty issues in your own election campaign literature  



• If elected, highlight global poverty issues in your work in Parliament by joining an All Party Parliamentary Group, e.g. the APPG on Debt, Aid and Trade

• Participate in local hustings, and reference Vote Global
  
  If you have any questions about the manifesto, please email Bond. 

Since the last General Election, the anti-poverty movement has been taking action

• In 2005 the Make Poverty History campaign won widespread public support

• In 2006 620 MPs were asked to support the campaign for a strong climate change law


• In 2007, as G8 leaders gathered in Germany for the G8 Summit, thousands of people descended on central London for The World Can't Wait rally by Westminster and the River Thames


• In 2008, 50, 000 people across the UK took a Stand Against Poverty to mark World Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The following year, 100,000 people in the UK took part, alongside almost 2% of the world's population


• In early 2009, the biggest London march since the large anti-war demonstrations took place - calling for the regulation of markets to deliver decent jobs, an end to poverty and inequality and a green economy. These numbers were beaten in December when the biggest march against climate change in history took place

These numbers display the ongoing concern of the British public for global issues.    

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