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ST ANDREWS HAS BEEN A FAIRTRADE
TOWN
SINCE ST ANDREWS DAY 2005
Latest news
- The Cupar Fairtrade Campaign Group are holding a Fairtrade cookery demonstration by Christopher Trotter
to which all are welcome. It will be held at the Old Parish
Centre, Short Lane, Cupar, on Saturday 9th October at 7.30pm. Tickets
are £5 and include drinks and nibbles.
- Read
the minutes
of
the St Andrews Fairtrade Town Campaign meeting 19 August 2010.
- Fairtrade at the Open was a real success. More than
30,000 cups of fairly traded tea, coffee and hot chocolate as well as
many thousands of snacks were consumed at the Open in St Andrews in
July. For the first time at an Open Championship all tea and
coffee available through the official catering sites was Fairtrade.
Many thanks are due to The R&A for their pro-active support
for this Campaign, and to the national media who commented on it.
- There are many initiatives going on in Scotland to
help improve the lives of people in the developing
world. One example is the importing of rice by Just Trading
Scotland. By supporting this venture, Councils, churches and
other organisations are
ensuring better education in Malawi.
- Fairtrade Fortnight ran this year from 22 February
to 7 March. The theme was The
Big Swap.
As part of the Big Swap the St Andrews Town
Campaign Supporters issued leaflets to shoppers about what it
means to producers if shoppers change their habits and buy Fairtrade
goods. Have a look here
at how it went.
- People across Fife are now working towards Fife
becoming a Fairtrade Kingdom. This is in line with
initiatives
that Fife Council are already taking. If you are
interested in being involved with this or would like to join the St
Andrews Fairtrade Town Campaign group, please contact our Secretary.
- Issues that the St Andrews Fairtrade Town Campaign
are focussing
on in the coming months are
- to continue to encourage all the local
supermarkets to
increase the range of fairly traded products that they offer
- to promote the use of fairly traded catering and
other
products by local hotels and B&Bs in and around St Andrews.
Our aims
The St Andrews Fairtrade Town Campaign aims to promote
awareness of fair trade and to encourage a constant increase in the
supply of and demand for Fairtrade products.
What we do
We publish a directory of accommodation,
shops and cafés and restaurants
in St Andrews where Fairtrade products are available and of workplaces and community organisations which
have pledged to support Fairtrade.
We organise events during Fairtrade
Fortnight each year in St Andrews.
Having successfully retained our Fairtrade status in
2008 we're still campaigning – currently we're working on
two
fronts - encouraging the supermarkets to stock more Fairtrade products
and promoting the use of Fairtrade products during the Open
Championships in St Andrews in 2010. Meanwhile you can demand Fairtrade in St Andrews.
And if your workplace
or community organisation
uses fairly traded drinks but isn't in our directory, please let us
know!
What are Fairtrade products?
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Fairtrade products carry the FAIRTRADE Mark to
show that the producers receive a fair and stable price for their
labour, along with extra income to improve their lives and to allow
them to conserve their local environments. Without these, millions of
families who produce our tea, coffee, bananas, cocoa beans, sugar, wine
and footballs, etc, are vulnerable to market forces which ignore their
rights to even the most basic essentials.
The FAIRTRADE Mark is awarded to products that
meet international Fairtrade standards set by the Fairtrade Labelling
Organisations International (FLO). Producers registered with
the FLO receive a minimum price to cover production costs and an extra
premium for the local community.
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What is a Fairtrade Town?
A Fairtrade Town is a community which has made a
commitment to Fairtrade.
Firstly, there is significant awareness and understanding of the
concept of Fairtrade.
Secondly, Fairtrade products are available, bought and used in
commercial and community organisations.
Finally, a group exists to maintain and increase awareness and sales.
Five specific goals have to be
fulfilled before Fairtrade status is granted by the Fairtrade
Foundation. These include gaining support for the campaign
from the local council, getting Fairtrade products into a number of
shops and cafés/restaurants, encouraging local work places
and community organisations to use Fairtrade products in their regular
tea breaks and meetings, and attracting media support and coverage for
the campaign.
(last updated 26 August 2010)
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