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ST ANDREWS HAS BEEN A FAIRTRADE
TOWN
SINCE ST ANDREWS DAY 2005
Latest news
- View the minutes
of
the St Andrews Fairtrade Town
Campaign meeting 29 October 2008.
- Do you want to learn more about Fairtrade?
Dundee University is the venue for a Scottish Fairtrade
Campaign Day on 29th November. There will be talks
and workshops on a variety of topics. If you
would like more information or to register for the day, visit the
Scottish
Fairtrade Foundation.
- Why don't you take part in our Competition
to
celebrate St Andrews
Day and another year of Fairtrade in St Andrews?
- A meeting was held on 16 September in Glenrothes of
representatives of a wide number of groups from across the Kingdom
interested in Fife becoming a Fairtrade County. It was
agreed to go forward with this and that it is in line with initiatives
that Fife Council are already taking. The next meeting of this group is on 11 November at 8pm at Fife House Glenrothes. 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 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 the organising committee when the Open Golf Championship
returns to St Andrews in 2010.
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 6 November 2008)
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