HUNDREDS of children's shoes will be on display in the centre of the city as part of an environment protest. 

Members of Extinction Rebellion Worcester will sit in The Shambles for a "Future of our Children" protest.

The protest will run from 12pm to 2.30pm on October 23.

The protest is ahead of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.

Travis Blake, from Lansdowne Road, Worcester and father of 8 and 12 year-old girls, donated football boots and slippers his girls have grown out of for the protest.

He said: "Frankly I’m terrified for the future of all our children – their lives will be massively impacted by climate change.

"Today’s politicians are the last with a chance to lead us to net zero in time.

"Will they confront the reality and offer people a meaningful route to change?

"Will they choose to lead us to life or death?"

Mum and former head of support for a brain tumour charity Rosemary Warmington, said: "The shoes are to remind those in power of the need to protect young people from climate change.

"We lost our daughter Frances to a brain tumour which we could do nothing about.

"I don't want to lose my son to something that is totally preventable.

"Governments both at home and across the world need to act now and get rid of fossil fuel use and subsidies before it’s too late to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

"Or they will have to take responsibility for the inevitable outcome, preventable child deaths."

In a new survey and paper on ‘Young People’s Voices on Climate Anxiety’ by the University of Bath, 72 per cent of young Brits believe ‘the future is frightening’, while nearly 40 per cent say they are hesitant to have children because of the climate crisis.

Overall, 45 per cent said their feelings about climate change negatively affected their daily life and functioning.

This is the biggest survey to date of 10,000 young people aged 16-25 in ten countries which collected data on their thoughts and feelings about climate change and government response.

Extinction Rebellion will donate the shoes to anti-poverty charity Shoe Aid following the action.

There is more information on XR demands and actions at https://extinctionrebellion.uk