It is 7:09am on a Saturday and my alarm is still rumbling away next to my head. Whoever invented the snooze button was either genius or a monster- I haven’t quite decided what. Against all odds I manage to pull myself out of bed and into the shower, a task that wasn’t easy to do. But here I am, up and ready to jump the tube into central London. Why, you may ask, am I up and about so early on my day off? Well today I get to exercise my democratic right to go and shout really loud at our leaders.

Ok, that makes it sound quite confrontational, but it really wasn’t. Today I joined 30 or so activists from all around the country and together we went to No.10 Downing Street to support a campaign stunt for the Tax Dodging Bill Campaign. Armed with a wheelbarrow full of chocolate coins to illustrate the billions lost each year through corporate tax avoidance, we went to the streets of London to talk to people about the campaign and how they could make a difference.

Before the election, David Cameron and the Conservative Party promised that they could raise £5 billion though tackling tax avoidance. Well today, we used his first day in office to remind him that he needs to keep this promise.

The Tax Dodging Bill Campaign is a group of charities and NGOs who have come together to call for a Tax Dodging Bill to be introduced within the first 100 days of the new Government. A Bill could raise billions that could be used to tackle poverty, here and abroad. It’s a sad fact that developing countries lose as much as $160 billion a year through corporate tax avoidance; If big corporations didn’t use legal loopholes to dodge paying their fair share, developing countries could be transformed.

You can make a huge difference to this campaign. Over 75,000 people have already signed our petition calling for a Tax Dodging Bill. Use the form below this article to add your name to it and email the Prime Minister to tell him that this is an issue he can’t dodge (see what I did there).

Last week, millions of people exercised their democratic right and voted, but for me democracy doesn’t just end at the ballot box. The only way things change is when people like you and me use our voice to say enough is enough. Standing outside Downing Street with placards or signing a petition- it’s all the same. Use your democratic right and help us end corporate tax dodging once and for all.