Emily Graves spoke with the former Emmerdale star Tom Lister

Emily: Have you already started training for this?

Tom: I have. I've been at the gym this morning. I'm feeling a little bit sorry for myself right now as my body's aching. All I want to do is eat loads of rubbish food, but I'm not even allowed to do that.

Emily: Have you got a strict training plan that's been laid out until you go?

Tom: I've done things like this before, so I'm aware of what helps and what doesn't help. We'll hopefully do some sessions with some pro-cycling teams and some good trainers, but I did a long bike ride a couple of years ago from Leeds to London non-stop which is about 220 miles. That was with a few of the guys from Emmerdale. I know what a long bike ride entails, but I've just got no idea what it's going to be like doing it for such an extended period of time. There's not much you can do, but get on your bike and keep training and getting the miles in your legs. Ben's the one whose got his work cut out bless him, because not only is he leading this charity and running off with all these speaking engagements, he's got to try and get on his bike and get fit and do all the training that I've got to do and he hasn't got a lot of time, but he's doing a sterling job.

Emily: What is your main hope for doing this challenge?

Tom: The great thing about Hope for Justice is it's not just an empty claim saying we want to end slavery in our nation. They have a strategy and that's their vision and that's their end goal, but they've got a strategy in place and one of those strategies is raising enough money to fund things that we're calling Hopes, which are little groups of investigators and legal teams and volunteers who will sit within all the police boroughs within our nation. They will work in that area and investigate within that area and also work with the police to facilitate the rescue of more victims and to crack down on human trafficking where it's happening.

What we want from this bike ride is for people to be aware of the issue; for people to give generously; for people to come and join us and bike and also to raise enough money to fund one of these Hopes. The funds will go towards putting more investigators in the field; rescue more victims and if we get enough money then we'll bring a brand new Hope out, which will be called Zoe's Hope and it will be sat in a hot bed of activity at some undisclosed location in the nation.

Emily: If we want to find out any more information about Hope for Justice and about the Zoe Challenge where can we find out more?

Tom: Go on to Twitter and follow me at Tom Lister. You can follow the Zoe Challenge, which is at Zoe Challenge. You can go on the website www.zoechallenge.com and all the information's on there. We've got videos on there and information for businesses to come and partner with us and sponsor us and also just so you can see where our route is and where we're going to be going and stuff like that.