Fairtrade Coffee Morning in Brookhouse
Wednesday 4th July 2018 10.30 to 11.45 St Paul’s Church Hall, Brookhouse Hot or cool drinks Fairtrade and other stalls Quiz, Raffle Admission 50p including refreshments CHILDREN FREE Proceeds to...
Author: Ruth Self
FAIRTRADE at Spring Fair in Caton
A SPRING FAIR AND PLANT SALE took place in May at the Caton Victoria Institute in May 2018. The refreshments were all Fairtrade certified and one of the stalls included a variety of Fairtrade...
Fairtrade Fortnight 2018
Fairtrade is promoted throughout the year by people who organise Fairtrade events and stalls. Fairtrade Fortnight is a time when special offers appear in shops and a number of extra events take place nationwide....
Bean to Bar Chocolate Making Demo
Recently the FIG Tree @ The Priory www.fairtradecentre.org held one of its displays and demonstrations showing the stages that are required to make chocolate. The cocoa beans used are Fairtrade and originated from farmers...
PHOTO EXHIBITION: Discover Fairtrade Gold
Morecambe Library: Fri 9th February-Thurs 15thFebruary This powerful photo exhibition, produced by the Fairtrade Foundation, includes pictures giving a glimpse of life in some mining communities, and their journey with Fairtrade to improve their...
Discover Fairtrade Gold Evening
A special viewing of the Discover Fairtrade Gold Photo Exhibition was held on Thursday 1st February 2018 in Lancaster Library where short films about Gold Miners, Mining and Fairtrade were also shown. During the...
Going for Gold? Go for Fairtrade
The Fairtrade Gold certification ensures that production and trading of the gold is ethical and environmentally sound. More …
East meets West
At the invitation of the FIG Tree, group members joined Meg (Megumi) Morita, a visitor from Japan’s Third Fair Trade Town, on a guided walk around parts of the Lancaster Slave/ Fairtrade Trail. Christopher...
New Mayor Favours Fairtrade
Lancaster’s new Mayor, Cllr. Roger Mace, attended the AGM of the Lancaster, Morecambe and District Fairtrade Group on Monday, May 15th. He was welcomed by Margaret Rand, Chair of the Group. She presented him...