| Home | Meet the Group | News | Events | Gallery
| Directory | Links | Contact us | Fairtrade
Area Goals |
| Press Releases | Local Media | Fairtrade in the National Media |
|
Fairtrade for Bassetlaw News
|
| If
you have any Fairtrade news from around Bassetlaw and you would like it
published in our regular Newsletter, please send the information
to our Newsletter Editor at newsletter@fairtradeforbassetlaw.org.uk Click on the link to see our latest edition on Google Docs - F4B Newsletter - Winter 2010 The archive of old editions in in the Google Docs folder - F4B Newsletter Archive |
| John Mann signs the Early Day Motion recoginsing the 500th Fairtrade Town This week our local MP, John Mann, along
with anothe 60 + MPs has sign the House of Commons Early Day Motion to
congratulate the Fairtrade Towns "for their commitment to
fair and ethical trade; thanks local supporters, activists and
decision-makers across the country for their hard work and dedication
in making the Fairtrade town movement a success".
It is anticipated that the 500th Fairtrade Town will be named later this autumn (Bassetlaw was the 455th) and to celebarte this Fairtrade Supportors are staging a 500 mile cycle relay from Aberfeldy in Scotland to Cardiff in Wales. For more details see the web page on the Fairtrade Foundation site |
| Fairtrade for Bassetlaw Open Meeting 2nd October 2010 On Saturday October 2nd, we had a celebration of
our 2nd birthday and the 1st anniversary of achieving
Fairtrade Zone status with a series of events at St John’s Church in Worksop with our guest of
honour, the Rt Rev Paul Butler, the new Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham. There are phots from the event on our Gallery pages and a fuller report on our Google Docs area |
|
Civic Reception 16th March 2010
To mark the awarding of Fairtrade Zone Status to Bassetlaw, the
District Council held a Civic Reception for the Fairtrade for Bassetlaw
Group on March 16th 2010 at Worksop Town Hall, hosted by the Chair of
District, Cllr Helen Cotton. This was a chance to celebrate our achievement of
being awarded Fairtrade Zone Status and to hand out Certificates of
Appreciation to some of the organisations who have helped us
achieve this. There are photos from the Reception on our Gallery pages and also another page of photos from giving out Certificates to those organisations who couldn't get to the Reception. |
|
Fairtrade Fortnight 2010
This year Fairtrade for Bassetlaw was very busy during Fairtrade
Fortnight, from Fairtrade fairs in Worksop & Retford, a Fairtrade
Concert in Carlton and "Big Swap" events in Sainsbury's and in Marks
& Spencers in Worksop. There are photos from all the events on our Gallery pages |
Bassetlaw Achieve Fairtrade Status !In September 2009, after just one year of campaigning by Fairtrade for Bassetlaw, we have achieved our initial goal of becoming a Fairtrade Zone. To do this we have had to show the Fairtrade Foundation that there are enough shops, cafes, restaurants, employers big & small, places of worship & voluntary groups that use or sell Fairtrade products and also that we have the backing of the District Council. That we could do this demonstrates that the people of North Nottinghamshire care about Fairtrade not just for themselves but also for those struggling to make a better life for themselves. |
©
2004 - 2010
Fairtrade for
Bassetlaw.
This site was designed with  To contact us, email secretary@fairtradeforbassetlaw.org.uk or phone 01909 485723
|