Author: Ruth Self

Fair Trade Fayre and Hot Food

GO BANANAS at THE CORNERSTONE FAIR TRADE FAYRE SULYARD STREET, LANCASTER LA1 1PX Saturday 11th March 11.00 am – 3.00pm Stalls, Displays, Craft and Delicious Hot Food For more information : contact Simon Stewart on 01524 840027...

Slavery and Fairtrade

The Slavery Family Trees Community Research Exhibition at Lancaster City Museum and runs until February 26, 2023 To quote Bruce Crowther (p104 of his book Not in my Lifetime): ‘The abolitionists used the message: “It is simply immoral...

Warm up with Fairtrade

The Cornerstone Lancaster is providing hot Fairtrade drinks as a drop-in “Pay as you can” facility on Tuesday afternoons from 1pm to 3pm and during January and February at least, it will be one...

Fair Christmas

Look out for stalls that sell fairly traded crafts (locally made or from communities overseas) and luxury items to give as Christmas presents. For example there will be some for sale at the Cornerstone Christmas...

GAIA Festival of the Earth

GAIA Festival of the Earth Lancaster Priory: June 24th – July 17th Visit of spectacular Earth artwork   4 weeks, 4 themes:      COMMUNITY WEEK,    NATURE WEEK,    SUSTAINABILITY WEEK,    HOME WEEK Fair...

Climate Justice and Fairtrade

Fairtrade Fortnight 2022 is again concerned with highlighting the challenges that climate change brings to farmers in the communities Fairtrade works with. The online Choose the World you Want Festival will return from 21st February to...

Gola Rainforest, RSPB and Fairtrade

FILM: ‘GUARDIANS OF THE RAIN FOREST’ A four-minute version of this film was shown in Lancaster Priory by members of Lancaster and District Fairtrade Group during an afternoon in November and another in December in...