Bradford-on-Avon Fairtrade Group

In August 2008 Vivienne was priviledged to go on a Traidcraft 'Meet the People' tour to South Africa. Click link to 'Articles' to read all about the wonderful people who produce wine, fruit and flowers for us.

Mirror, mirror on the wall........who is the fairest of them all?

We are updating the highly successful 2008 Directory and we want to make sure all local businesses, cafés. restaurants, pubs, workplaces, schools, places of worship, clubs,B&B's and hotels are included.  

If you use Fairtrade and you're not already in the Directory, contact Viv Kynaston at 01225-863647 or vivkynaston@btinternet.com 

We were there! Christina, Vivienne, Ann, Mary and Rowena enjoyed the lively, busy community festival, talked to many Fairtrade supporters, and dispensed Fairtrade juice drinks. Many thanks to Kurt and the other Festival organisers for a great, fun event.

Once again we joined with Sainsbury's to celebrate World Fairtrade Day, which is organised by the International Fairtrade Association (IFAT), a global network and advocate for Fair Trade, ensuring producer voices are heard.We had a good day with lots of encouragement from shoppers, who were keen to taste Fairtrade food samples and pick up copies of the Directory. It is wonderful to see how many more people are aware of Fairtrade and already choose it when they shop.

Available from:

• Fairtrade Resource Centre, upstairs at Cottage Co-op Café, 33 Silver Street.
  
• Tourist Information Centre, St Margaret's Street.
• Fairtrade Town Group, 01225-863647 or kynaston@fish.co.uk

Also at a lot of shops, cafés, businesses, health centres, the library and the station.

Melksham became a Fairtrade Town in October 2007, and Warminster in February 2008.  This is a great achievement for all Fairtrade supporters in both towns, and we in BOA are delighted for them.  More good news - Trowbridge is launching its campaign for Fairtrade Town status during Fairtrade Fortnight 2008, so we hope they will soon be the fourth West Wiltshire Fairtrade Town.  Excellent news, because the more people here commit to Fairtrade, the more people in poorer countries can achieve a reasonable standard of living.

Our local Sainsbury's is a great friend of Fairtrade, and has worked with us on many in-store events. In recent years Sainsbury's nationally has committed to selling exclusively Fairtrade bananas and Fairtrade Red Label Tea, and the Chief Executive has set up a development fund of £6million over 4 years, in conjunction with Comic Relief. This is excellent news for Fairtrade producers, and shows that Sainsbury's know their customers value ethical shopping.

Go to the Cottage Cafe, get your Fairtrade drink and some delicious homemade food, then go upstairs and turn right. 

In the corner you will see lots of information and materials you can use. Take any leaflets you need, and if you want to borrow other stuff sign it out in the book. 

This resource centre is for anyone in the town, such as individuals, schools and young people, and other groups who want to promote Fairtrade.