MORE than 250 schoolchildren missed lessons on Firday morning to take part in the global School Strike for Climate Action campaign.
Inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who started the world’s first school strike, pupils from first school age right through to high school children took to the town’s bandstand to make their opinions about the climate breakdown heard.
Friday’s strike at the bandstand was organised by members of the Hexham Youth 4 Climate group to coincide with protests going on at the same time across the world.
School Strike for Climate protests were held in 100 countries worldwide, with tens of thousands of schoolchildren estimated to have taken part in strikes across the UK.
The youth protest group is a subsidiary group of Hexham Climate Action, a group formed to forge links with Tynedale Greenpeace and Transition Tynedale and highlight concerns about the state of the climate.
Since forming last month, the group has attracted around 60 people interested in becoming members.
A full report of the strike will appear in this week's Hexham Courant.
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