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Brampton Fairtrade Town Group

Last updated at 11:51, Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Fairtrade News...Brampton FT Events...Fairtrade Fashion Goody Bags...Brampton Flower bed...Brampton Council named National Fairtrade 'best practice'...Fairtrade Coffee that helps Save the Children...

For more information about Brampton Fairtrade Town Group and our Events or to join our Mailing List,
Please Contact: Kate Allan (Secretary) 016977 3111
or email cmallan4@hotmail.co.uk or
bramptonfairtrade@googlemail.com

 

Brampton Fairtrade Events

EVERYONE WELCOME

  • Next meeting: New members most welcome. (Contact info above for more details)
  • Autumn Coffee Morning: 16 October in the Moot Hall
  • The next AGM is Friday 1st October 2010 with Lord Frank Judd as speaker...and food! Note the date. Kate.

 

NEW! Fairtrade News

  • People Tree (Fairtrade fashion) has just launched their all new Goody Bags. Each one contains a mystery selection of at least 5 Fairtrade fashion pieces, worth more than £100. Find out more click: http://tinyurl.com/2dg7g7l
     
  • Fairtrade Flower Bed at the Sands, Brampton - NEW! Plaque next to the Flower Bed.
     
  • Brampton Council named as National Fairtrade 'best practice' click here for full article
     
  • Introducing Fair Instant Coffee -  A Fairtrade Labelled coffee with a special partnership with Save the Children, supporting children in coffee growing countries. Available from www.ethicalsuperstore.com/products/fair-instant/
  • Fairtrade clothes for little people - try Little Green Radicals. They are launching their brand new website www.littlegreenradicals.co.uk/ Twitter and Facebook Friends get 20% discount on first orders
    Shopping for Fairtrade products online? Try www.bubbleandbalm.co.uk or www.ethicalsuperstore.com/
     
  • Do you Tweet? Follow FairtradeUK to receive regular updates from the Fairtrade Foundation on producers, products and events. Use our lists to join the bigger Fairtrade conversation http://bit.ly/9iUSew
     
  • Fairtrade Foundation Wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise and calls on more brands and retailers to join a growing social movement. Find out more at http://tinyurl.com/y2d2eo7
     
  • This fortnight, our friends in Australia and New Zealand are celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight and taking part in The Big Swap. Have a look at what they're up to and share your best swapping tips http://www.fta.org.au/news/444
    Auckland Zoo makes jumbo swap to Fairtrade bananas!
    www.fta.org.au/news/444
    Entering in to the Fair Trade Fortnight spirit, Auckland Zoo is making a permanent swap to Fairtrade bananas. All of the Zoo’s primates, some exotic birds and Burma the elephant are now being fed the sustainable bananas. ...

 

Fairtrade News and Updates

BRAMPTON


Producer visit to Brampton
Krishnan Sainathan is the Fairtrade cotton project manager for Agrocel Industries Ltd, India. Read about his visit to
BRAMPTON PRIMARY SCHOOL here: http://thefairtradefoundation.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-road-for-fairtrade-fortnight-by.html

The Big Swap - Fairtrade Fortnight 2010
Congratulations to everyone that has taken part in Fairtrade Fortnight's The Big Swap! We've reached over one million and one swaps to Fairtrade. Read about those who have helped us hit our target. http://bit.ly/b81ctV

Brampton Fairtrade Flower Bed
Check out the FAIRTRADE FLOWER BED at the Sands, Brampton.
Photographs in the Picture Gallery above.

Fairtrade Towns Website
A new International Fairtrade Towns website that connects nearly 700 Fairtrade Towns in 18 countries has been launched by the Fairtrade Foundation.
Visit www.fairtradetowns.org/
Including BRAMPTON!


NATIONAL


CARLISLE FAIRTRADE GROUP
Visit the new Fairtrade City website which can be accessed through the COWC website or on www.carlislefairtrade.co.uk. We have also set up a Facebook Group which has some photos and comments. Feel free to join and to contribute!

FAIRTRADE FLOWERS
Brighten up your day and someone elses with Fairtrade certified flowers like these http://tinyurl.com/y3fbw5c from Interflora. Read about producers of Fairtrade flowers here http://tinyurl.com/lfl54d

Fairtrade Melons - welcome to the Fairtrade family! Produced by growers in Mossoro, Brazil, they're about to hit the shelves of Morrisons and Asda.

Nestle Kit Kats to be Fairtrade marked
We are really excited that Nestlé is announcing a switch to Fairtrade for their biggest selling chocolate brand, Kit Kat. This means huge benefits going back to cocoa producers in Côte d'Ivoire, one of the poorest countries in the world. Bars carrying the FAIRTRADE Mark will be available from January 2010.

Ben & Jerry’s goes Fairly Nuts
Ben & Jerry's, the UK's leading luxury ice cream brand, is introducing a delicious new Fairtrade flavour to its existing range.
Available from March 2010, Ben & Jerry's Fairly Nuts was created by a Ben & Jerry's fan who won the global 'Do The World A Flavour' competition. 

Fairtrade 2012
Fairtrade: to 2012, and beyond. Harriet Lamb, Fairtrade's executive director, reveals her ambitious plans for the foundation's next steps to Fiona Sims. Like a lot of people in the UK, Harriet Lamb is excited about the 2012 Olympics. But not just because of the games. No, she wants the athletes to embrace Fairtrade products – from the flower bouquets they get when the win, to the energy-giving bananas they munch for breakfast...

Sainsbury's has switched all its own-brand roast and ground coffee to Fairtrade, after doing the same with bananas, sugar and own-brand Red Label tea.

Fairtrade fun at Egremont Market Hall
The popular Fairtrade Farmers and Craft Market now takes place on the first and third Friday of every month. To read the article Click Here

Starbucks & Fairtrade
FANTASTIC NEWS for FAIRTRADE
Starbucks stores in the UK and Ireland today began serving 100% Fairtrade Certified and Starbucks™ Shared Planet™ verified coffee in all of their espresso-based beverages. Every one of the two million visitors per week can walk away with a Fairtrade Certified Cappuccino, Latte or Mocha and help support small-scale farmers and their communities in developing countries around the world. Please support this and mention Fairtrade when you order. WELL DONE STARBUCKS
More Information? www.starbucks.com/proudtosupportfairtrade/

Fairtrade SCHOOL UNIFORMS
Tesco in MANCHESTER have got some rather fabulous Fairtrade uniforms. Including a two-pack of polo shirts from £4 and Fairtrade cotton pinafores for just £6. Click Here to read the article

NEW Fairtrade Skincare ranges available
Fairtrade Skincare now available
Shop at www.bubbleandbalm.co.uk or www.ethicalsuperstore.com

Fairtrade Dairy Milk bars hit the shelves
Cadbury’s first Fairtrade Dairy Milk bars arrive on shop shelves today to potentially add an extra £200m in sales for the charity.
The chocolate giant announced in March that its Dairy Milk brand would get Fairtrade certification, with the new-look bars rolling out today sporting a prominent Fairtrade logo.
The 300 million Dairy Milk bars sold annually would generate an extra £200m of sales for the Fairtrade Foundation, according to the Times.

The Co-op
The Co-operative Group has announced strong sales in its own-brand range with year-on-year sales to the end of June 2009 up by 10.1 per cent — with particularly strong sales at both ends of the pricing spectrum, as well as continued growth in ethical and Fairtrade products. For more details www.thenews.coop/news/Retail%20Societies/1633


First published at 17:01, Monday, 26 April 2010
Published by http://www.bramptonlocal.co.uk

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