Demo to press National Trust

Extinction Rebellion groups from Bath, Frome, Salisbury and South Somerset will demonstrate outside the National Trust AGM which is being held at the Assembly Rooms in Bath, on Saturday.

They will be demanding that the NT sever its links to Barclays Bank.

The groups say Barclays is investing billions of pounds in the fossil fuel industry which will mean more fracking, more climate change and more destruction of habitats – three things the National Trust stands firmly against.

Dave Searby, of Extinction Rebellion, said: “Climate change threatens catastrophic droughts, floods and famine in our lifetimes. Barclays Bank wants us to believe they are leading the transition to a greener energy future, but they are actually continuing with massive financing of further oil and gas extraction.

“The National Trust generally has a great record on the environment - it should have nothing to do with Barclays.”

The demonstration will include entertainment.