Fairtrade Fortnight 2010 - Video

Link to Fairtrade Fortnight video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3YuP8QlM7k

Fairtrade Group Meeting 12th October 2009

The next meeting of the Fairtrade Group will be at 7.30pm on Monday 12 October 2009 at Carrington Lane Methodist Church, Ennerdale Drive, Ashton-on-Mersey M33 5NE.
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Help needed!

We are compiling data for Trafford's application to the Fairtrade Foundation for Trafford to become a Fairtrade Borough, and we need your help to let us know where you have been offered or can buy products with the Fairtrade logo on it, that is in addition to the regular supermarkets.
There are thousands of businesses in Trafford, plus cafes, restaurants, hotels, B & B's, guest houses, hairdressers, beauty salons, gymns and leisure centres, etc, to name just a few.

We have had excellent support from our steering group members who helped to achieve Fairtrade Town Status for Altrincham, and our newly formed Fairtrade Detectives from local charity United Response - but we need your help to identify those areas listed where we have gaps!

Trafford as a Fairtrade Borough is a prestigious title that we want to be proud of achieving, and will give us a higher ranking alongside the other Greater Manchester authorities who have achieve Fairtrade Borough or City status. NEXT STEP - be on the look out for the Fairtrade sign, make a note of the location, then email me to let me know. Thanks and good luck

sharman.frost@trafford.gov.uk

Ethical Television

Ethical Television is sponsored by the Co-operative Group.

Click here to have a look.

Stretford Fairtrade Stall - 11 July 2009

The Stretford Fairtrade Group will be having a stall from 1pm t0 3pm at the Victoria Park Sports Day (Stretford) on Saturday 11th. July 2009.

Come along and hear about Fairtrade!

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Fairtrade Stall at Altrincham Festival 4 July 2009

Trafford Fairtrade Group had a stall selling FT goods and giving information about FT at the Altrincham Festival held on Saturday 4th. July 2009. Basil Wakefield and Bill Bramley are staffing the stall here.

Later in the day were we visited by Lee Battle and Councillor Rosa Battle. Rosa and Lee are both active in the City of Manchester Fairtrade Group.

Fairtrade at Altrincham Festival

Altrincham and Sale Fairtrade Group will be having a stall at Altrincham Festival. Come and visit us at Beechfields Recreation Ground (off Grange Avenue, Timperley) from 11am onwards on Saturday 4th July 2009.

Fairtrade at Sale Festival - June 2009

Sale Festival supported Fairtrade and St. Anne's Church (Sale) had a Fairtrade stall at the Festival Family Fun day in Worthington Park on 13th. June 2009.

Fairtrade Group Meeting 27 April 2009

Please note that the next meeting of the Fairtrade Group will be at 7-30 pm on Monday 27 April 2009 at St. Matthew's Church Hall, Chapel Lane, Stretford. M32 9AJ.

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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.

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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.

Timperley Fairtrade Stall - 28 February 2009

Members of Trafford Co-operative Members Group organised a Fairtrade stall outside the Co-op shop in Timperley village.

A surprise visitor was Colombian coffee grower Rosa Helena Lopez de Soto.

Extract from Basil Wakefield's talk on Fairtrade at St. Matthews C of E Primary School (Stretford) during visit of Colombian coffee farmer Rosa Helena de Soto. 25 February 2009.

Fairtrade Coffee Afternoon - Afternoon Tea

Fairtrade Coffee Afternoon & Afternoon Tea
Christ Church Parish Centre
Lostock Road, Davyhulme, M41 0TD

Saturday, 7th. March 2009. 2pm to 4pm.

Enjoy a cup of Fairtrade coffee or tea; sample Fairtrade chocolate and food.Buy cakes made using Fairtrade ingredients and other Fairtrade goods.
Enter the raffle.
Entry £1.00. Admission includes tea or coffee, cake and tastings!
All profits to the Fairtrade Foundation and Traidcraft Exchange.

Contact: David and Mary Hough - 0161 747 0936.

Beverley Hughes MP Fairtrade Coffee Morning

Stretford and Urmston MP Beverley Hughes will be hosting her annual Fairtrade Fortnight Coffee morning at the Morris Hall, Atkinson Road, Urmston from 10 am to 11.30 am on Friday 27th February 2009.
All Welcome!

Fairtrade Stall

Saturday 28 February 2009.

11am to 1 pm.

As part of Fairtrade Fortnight, Co-op Members will be running a stall with Fairtrade goods and information outside the Co-op Shop at 244 Stockport Road, Timperley.

A Taste of Fairtrade

Come and enjoy fairly traded food and drink at our Fairtrade Fortnight event.

Stalls with fairly traded good for sale include AZTEC SILVER CHILLIES FAIRTRADE OXFAM

St. Matthew's Hall, Chapel Lane, Stretford (next to Shopping Mall).

Wednesday, 4th March 2009

7-30pm to 9-30pm.

Bananas Unite song & interview with banana grower

"Black Gold" Film on TV

BLACK GOLD UK TV

ScreeningTuesday 03 February, 10:00 PM on More 4


"EXCELLENT - angry, good-humoured and essential" - The Observer
The award-winning film BLACK GOLD will be shown onTuesday 03 February, 10:00 PM on More 4


As the screening is the result of a last minute change of schedule, it may not appear in media listings.


Black Gold is an eye-opening expose of the multi-billion dollar coffee industry and traces one man's fight for a fair price.


Visit BLACK GOLD site for more information about the film.

Famous Fairtrade Banana Fruit Loaf

BANANA FRUIT LOAF

8oz plain flour
2 eggs
2 teaspoons baking powder
4 ripe bananas
one half teaspoon salt
2oz chopped walnuts
3oz butter or margarine
2oz seedless raisins
5oz sugar
2oz glace cherries
2oz candied peel

[Note: several of the ingredients besides the bananas can be Fairtrade (sugar, nuts, soft fruit). The soft fruit may be varied, and the nuts omitted.]

Grease a loaf tin about 8 inches by 5 inches. Sift flour with baking powder and salt on piece of kitchen paper. Cream butter or margarine with sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Fold mashed bananas into mixture until well blended. Add chopped nuts, coarsely chopped raisins, quartered cherries and chopped candied peel. Gradually stir in flour mixture. Turn into prepared tin. Bake in moderate oven (190oC) for about 1¼ hours (less in fan oven) until cooked through.

February 2009 Meeting of Fairtrade Group

Please note that the next meeting of the Trafford Fairtrade Group will be at 7-30pm on Monday, 9th. February 2009 at 39 Sandy Lane, Stretford, M32 9DB, the home of the Rev. David Thomas.

The main business will be to discuss plans for Fairtrade Week 2009.

Directions/Map

Watch "Bananas of the World Unite!" Video

"Bananas of the World Unite" video

Alternative lyrics:-

"Bananas of the world unite and...
Peel banana Peel Peel Banana, Peel banana Peel Peel Banana, Mash banana Mash Mash Banana, Mash banana Mash Mash Banana, Blend Banana Blend Blend Banana,Blend Banana Blend Blend Banana, Pour Banana Pour Pour Banana, Pour Banana Pour Pour Banana, Drink Banana Drink Drink Banana, Drink Banana Drink Drink Banana, Bananas of the world UNITE!"

January 2009 Meeting of Fairtrade Group

IMPORTANT! PLEASE NOTE THE NEW VENUE.
Please note that the next meeting of the Fairtrade Group will be at 7-30 pm on Monday 19 January 2009 at St. Matthew's Vestry, Chapel Lane, Stretford. M32 9AJ.

The Church Hall is being used for Stretford Area Board and the car park is therefore likely to be full. It is suggested that visitors to the Fairtrade meeting use the free car park at Stretford Mall. The entrance to this car park is off Chester Road and down by the side of the Church.

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