Campaign News

St Michaels Bedford Park hosted a Fairtrade Winetasting on Tuesday September 15th, on behalf of Chiswick Churches for Justice and Peace. Harriet Lamb, the executive director of the Fairtrade Foundation, attended, as well as local restaurateurs who are being encouraged to stock Fairtrade wines. The local Sam's Brasserie provided the canapes.
 

St Peter's Church, Staines held their usual Traidcraft stall and then had a special Fairtrade presentation at their "Heaven at 11" service for families with young children, on Sunday 24 February.  The focus was on banana growers in Ecuador, and how the Fairtrade premium helps them
The City of London's Square Mile joins Sunderland as joint 300th Fairtrade Town   Congratulations to all in businesses, community organizations, schools and faith groups who worked hard to make this happen.  Revd George Bush of St Mary-le-Bow church and chairman of the City campaign steering group celebrates at the Barbican
  Ealing Fairtrade group stall at the Ealing summer festival had a pledge tree, with opportunities for people to attach their pledges, both small and large - anything from promising to buy one Fairtrade item a month to changing their workplace to using Fairtrade regularly

St Michael and All Angels Church promoted Fairtrade Recycle Bag Holders at the Bedford Park Festival in Chiswick in July.  With the festival's aims to recycle 100% of all rubbish, this stall featured Bag Holders, and the Bangladeshi group making them.  People running the stall made a point of talking about trade justice and the benefits of fair trade

 		 
 

Fairtrade at Stokefest in Clissold Park on Sunday 10th June

A stall run by members of local churches in the Highbury/Hackney area, including St Mary's Stoke Newington and St Augustine's Highbury.  A busy, noisy afternoon

 
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‘The fields of the poor may produce abundant food, but injustice sweeps it all away ....' Proverbs 13:23