Keep up the good work

Please feel free to join our Peros Fairtrade facebook page –

http://www.facebook.com/pages/PEROS-FAIRTRADE/80322014775?v=wall

The principle blockage is from the Conservative councillors.

The motion to become a Fairtrade town was recently raised in December’s Council meeting, but was rejected by ALL Conservative councillors.

Reasons given were free trade is more effective than Fairtrade; consumers and Barnet should have choice and that the council has more urgent priorities.

I feel that the only way to make change is to prove the community/global/business benefits and major support there is for Fairtrade. Which can only be achieved by members of the community coming together and lobbying the council.

If interested in making a change please join the Barnet Fairtrade Campaign Group, contact Maria on vpetnga@hotmail.com

I thought you or your website visitors would be interested in the
Fairtrade Merton campaign website which is at

http://www.fairtrademerton.org.uk

The site gives information about the campaign to get Merton to be
fairtrade. It also has how to get involved, information for faith
organisations and schools on becoming fairtrade, and a directory of
fairtrade outlets in Merton. If you could add a link to your website
so people can find out about the campaign we’d be really grateful,

Thanks

Alex

I thought you or your website visitors would be interested in the Fairtrade Merton campaign website which is at

http://www.fairtrademerton.org.uk

The site gives information about the campaign to get Merton to be fairtrade. It also has how to get involved, information for faith organisations and schools on becoming fairtrade, and a directory of fairtrade outlets in Merton. If you could add a link to your website so people can find out about the campaign we’d be really grateful,

Thanks

Alex

Shauna Chapman
Quail By Mail – ethical, organic and Fairtrade womens clothing made in Devon

Half of all the Sainsbury’s stores now stock Liberation nuts, we would like to be in as many as possible. Can you do us all a favour and ensure your local store stocks the nuts? You will find them in the snacking section…if they’re not there please ask for them! We need to sell thousands per week through JS to retain our listing so we have our work cut out, losing the listing would be a disaster for us and could impact on the producers further down the line. Appreciate all your help, and keep up the great work you’re all doing!

Shauna – your shop in Brixham sounds like a great opportunity, I hope you managed to sell lots of stuff. It’s great about Devon wanting to be a Fairtrade country, but there are already some counties that have achieved this, so you won’t be the first. Wales is really gunning it, they’ve got campaigns in every county and almost every single town now, with several having met the goals already.

I reckon the South East of the country has some major catching up to do….! C’mon Londoners!

On this subject, if anyone lives in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, we’re trying to get a campaign network together. You can join a newly started Facebook group – just paste this link into your browser to find it…. We’re hoping to have a presence at the Earls Court Food Festival on 6th July, as part of the wider London campaign. There will also be loads of other fair trade stuff there, so come along!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5897688699

Barbara