You might not know that White Stuff on the corner of St. John’s Street in Keswick is selling a few Fairtrade cotton clothes. On Tuesday 7th May at 7.00 pm, Mike Glover and Jo Alberti from the Keswick Fair Trade Campaign will be speaking at...
The injustice at the heart of chocolate arises from mainly from the fact that historically cocoa is a highly volatile commodity, with many factors contributing to the unstable prices and boom-bust cycles which have significant consequences for those who depend on it for their livelihood. As...
**January 2023 ~ Traidcraft, one of the Fairtrade Foundation's founding members, has now sadly gone into Administration ~ more news as it becomes available ** We would also encourage you to buy presents and provisions from Traidcraft, the Fairtrade pioneer. As many of you will...
On Saturday 28th October four members of Keswick Fair Trade Campaign stood outside Sainsbury’s in Cockermouth: they talked to customers and collected signatures on a letter to the store manager. The letter called attention of the manager to the concerns of those who shopped at...
The Keswick Fair Trade Campaign are concerned about a recent development announced by Sainsbury’s which is the world’s largest retailer of Fairtrade products. Four Sainsbury’s executives met farmers from some of Africa’s biggest tea-growing co-operatives in Nairobi last month. Fairtrade certification establishes strict rules to...
16th June 2016 Aldi has become the fastest growing retailer of Fairtrade roses following a 21 per cent surge in year-on-year sales. The supermarket, which stocks Fairtrade roses in all of its 645 UK stores, saw sales increase from 1.4m to 1.9m bunches during the last...
West View is an award winning Victorian Guest House close to the lake and Theatre and only minutes from the town centre. Our guest lounge has a spectacular view of the fells. All our rooms have all facilities including a ground floor bedroom. All coffee,...
Allerdale House, is an interesting and impressive Lakeland stone building dating from 1877. It is now run as a small personal guest house with all facilities and full en suite accommodation. Allerdale House are committed to sourcing as many organic products as possible from both local...