AGM & Annual Report 2018
The Keswick Fair Trade Campaign AGM will be held on Wednesday June 6th at Crosthwaite Parish Rooms at 7pm....
24 May, 2018
FAIR TRADE KESWICK
We know that simply through shopping for Fairtrade and other fairly traded products we can help transform the lives
of countless farmers, workers and their families in developing countries.
We know because we have seen it for ourselves.
The pictures below show improvements in water provision through Fairtrade investments
in the coffee farming community of Choche, Ethiopia, which we frequently visit.
ABOUT US
Keswick & District Fair Trade Campaign, together with local businesses, have been promoting Fairtrade since 2003. We became a Fairtrade Town in March 2005.
Visit PageFIND
In and around Keswick there are many businesses serving and selling Fairtrade and other fairly traded products. Find where you can buy, stay, drink and source these.
Visit PageSUPPORT
You can promote Fairtrade and other fairly traded products by buying as much as you can. You can also help our campaign by becoming a member or supporter.
Visit PageCOFFEE & ETHIOPIA
Coffee is a good example of how conventional trade can be tough for small farmers, like the ones we know in Ethiopia, and also how Fairtrade can help them.
Visit PageTRADE JUSTICE
Conventional trade often works against the interests of small producers, both here and in developing countries, because they are rarely involved in making the rules.
Visit PageFAIRTRADE or FAIR TRADE?
Confused? You are not alone – many are! Here we explain how Fairtrade and Fair Trade and similar terms are used and what the different ethical marks mean.
Visit PageSupport Fair Trade Keswick and help make a real difference
WHY SUPPORT FAIR TRADE KESWICK
FOUR FAIR TRADE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH WE CAMPAIGN
We promote Fairtrade, and any other trading system which has at its heart genuine concern for poor and marginalised producers and workers. Below you will find the bottom-line principles by which we work:
PAYING FAIR PRICES
Fairtrade does this by taking account of all production costs through extensive consultation and regular review with producer organisations worldwide, and fixing a guaranteed minimum price for each product.
SAYING ‘NO’ TO CHILD LABOUR
Fairtrade does this by requiring, amongst many other things, that no child under 18 can undertake work which jeopardises his or her schooling, or social, moral or physical development.
ENSURING WHOLE COMMUNITIES BENEFIT
Fairtrade does this specifically through the payment of a ‘social premium’, to be invested in business and community development projects, such as new classrooms, clinics and clean water supplies.
BUILDING ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Fairtrade does this by encouraging long-term trading relationships, so that producers and their organisations, such as cooperatives, are not trapped in short term arrangements, but are able to plan for the future.
LATEST NEWS
The latest news from Fair Trade Keswick
CUMBRIA FAIR TRADE NETWORK AGM
Members of the Keswick Fair Trade Campaign attended the AGM of the Cumbria Fair Trade Network in Ambleside on Saturday. The network is an alliance of like-minded groups, all of which are promoting Fairtrade and Trade Justice around the county. It was formed in......
24 May, 2018
Fairtrade Fortnight in Keswick
Fairtrade Fortnight runs from 26 February to 11 March. The Fairtrade Foundation asks that “you join us in supporting the farmers and workers who grow our food. With Fairtrade we have the power to change the world every day. Fairtrade opens doors. ” The theme is......
19 February, 2018
Fair Trade Locally. Fairer Trade Worldwide.