Christmas Activities for Fairtrade 2023

22 Jan Christmas Activities for Fairtrade 2023

Thanks to the creativity and hard graft of our Chair, Bernadette Fagan,
we had an eye-catching and appealing presence at two events over the
Christmas period.   As usual we had a Fairtrade stall at the Victorian
Fayre on December 3rd. The low sun and the sharp cold provided an
appropriate setting for this cheerful and wonderfully well attended
event. Our stall was well stocked with attractive and fairly traded
goods from the Caldbeck One World Shop whose mission is to make the
world a fairer place through selling goods sustainably and fairly trade
from around the world.

We talked to people about the continued importance of Fairtrade for
farmers in the developing world,  and Bernadette offered Fairtrade
gingerbread to children passing by the stall.

Bernadette also created a tree for the Southey Street Methodist
Festival. I am biased, but I thought it stood out with its simplicity
and clear message from some of the other rather more extravagantly
decorated trees.

Our third endeavour was to  remind people that there are Fairtrade goods
for sale perfectly appropriate for this festive season. We set up a
table at Booths for one morning with Fairtrade goods available for
purchase in the store, focusing on wine and chocolates.  Booths  has a
choice of Fairtrade wines from Chile, Argentina and South Africa at
reasonable prices, and a wonderfully  enticing choice of chocolates. Two
brands new to us, Whitakers and Beeches, were offering especially
appealing boxes.

Thank you for continuing the support the campaign: we do appreciate your
loyalty.    If any one of you has the talents required for setting up
displays at stalls we would be very grateful for your help.