Fair Trade in an Unfair World

Christians Aware Manchester Conference (Open to All)

Explore the challenges of fair trade with speakers from some of the leading names in the field (Traidcraft, Divine Chocolate). The day includes an opportunity to buy a variety of fairly traded items.

Saturday
April 4th 2009
(10.15am to 4pm)

Denton Methodist Church,
Hyde Road, Denton, Manchester, M34 3AQ
(opposite Morrisons supermarket)

more information: gerardcrawshaw@hotmail.com or 07821 359321

March 2009 Meeting of Fairtrade Group

The next meeting of the Fairtrade Group will be at 7.30pm on Monday 23 March 2009 at Carrington Lane Methodist Church, Ennerdale Drive, Ashton-on-Mersey M33 5NE.

Directions/Map

Fairtrade Event at St. Matthew's Church, Stretford

Trafford Fairtrade Steering Group held an event with St Matthew's Stretford during Fair Trade Fortnight. "A Taste of Fairtrade" was a lively and well-attended event, where people enjoyed a wide variety of home-made cakes, all produced using as many fair trade ingredients as possible, had the opportunity to taste various food and wine samples, watch dvds, and browse the goods on stalls run by Oxfam, Aztec, Silver Chilli jewellry and Traidcraft. Thanks to the generosity of the Co-op (the Barton Road store and the Customer Services Team) there was a superb range of fair trade products to sample and an excellent raffle. The group was also grateful to Tesco, in the Mall, for providing a range of fair trade chocolate and cakes. The event raised £170 for Traidcraft Exchange, to support its work with producers in various countries.

Annie Lennox supports World Fair Trade Day on 9 May 2009.

Sale Goes Bananas Event - March 6th, 2009
Left to right, Cllr Barry Brotherton, Basil Wakefield (Chair of Altrincham & Sale Fairtrade Group), Paul Goggins M.P., Cllr Roland Griffin (with banana).

Harriet Lamb and Todd Stitzer, CEO of Cadbury

Harriet Lamb of the Fairtrade Foundation and Todd Stitzer (Chief Executive Officer of Cadbury's) discuss Cadbury's decision to make Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate completely Fairtrade.

Sale Goes Bananas!

Fairtrade Banana Event

Sale Waterside Friday 6th March 2009

1pm to 2-30pm.

Special guest - Paul Goggins M.P.

Free samples of Fairtrade coffee, chocolate and other goods!

Be part of the world's biggest Fairtrade banana-eating record attempt. Join in by eating a Fairtrade banana anytime between noon on Friday 6 March and noon on Saturday 7 March.

Bring your own FT banana to the event at Waterside or buy one there for 20p!

Be part of the world’s biggest Fairtrade banana-eating record attempt. Join in by eating a Fairtrade banana anytime between noon on Friday 6 March and noon on Saturday 7 March.