Bristol Directory and Website Launch for Fairtrade Fortnight
The 2006 Bristol Fairtrade Directory and the city’s new Fairtrade
website have been launched with a Fairtrade breakfast at the Create
Centre in Bristol.
The 36-page directory (pictured middle) was produced in association with the Co-operative Group especially for Fairtrade Fortnight which runs from March 6 to 19. It includes features on Fairtrade wine and an interview with Carolyn Whitwell from Bishopston Trading Co – one of the first retailers in the country to sell Fairtrade cotton goods. The 2006 Bristol Fairtrade Directory was produced in association with the Co-op and is supported by Bristol City Council and Faragher Jones.
There are also Fairtrade recipes from Bart Spices in Bedminster and Jenny Foster from Café Unlimited on Gloucester Road. The directory carries comprehensive listings of cafes, shops, bars and restaurants that sell Fairtrade goods plus details of suppliers and businesses that serve Fairtrade tea and coffee to their staff.
Hilary Farey at parishioners at St Bonaventure’s Catholic Church in the Bishopston area of Bristol said: “Buying Fairtrade is all about promoting human dignity. It guarantees that the producers are paid a living wage for their hard work, helps communities to work together, and also emphasises care for the environment. The Fairtrade logo is instantly recognisable, and there are now around 1300 products to choose from. Consumers potentially have huge power to influence our capitalist marketplace in favour of the Common Good and I think they should use it!”
The new website at http://www.bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk means that directory entries can now be added on line. It will also have full details of events throughout Fairtrade Fortnight and beyond.
Richard Jones, of Faragher Jones, publishers of the Bristol Fairtrade Directory said: “Buying Fairtrade goods has a direct impact on the quality of peoples’ lives in other parts of the world. A growing number of Bristolians are saying they are prepared to pay a fair price for products so that producers and their families can afford healthcare and education.”
Bristol has been chosen as one of 10 Key Cities for Fairtrade Fortnight. The Bristol area has the highest level of awareness in the country of the Fairtrade Mark.
Fairtrade Fortnight Events
6 to 19 March
Throughout the fortnight, volunteers will be running tasting sessions at Co-op stores including: Bishopston, Crow Lane (Henbury), Downend, Hanham, Shirehampton, Keynsham, Staple Hill and Stoke Lane (Westbury on Trym)
There will also be a stand at the Co-op Bank on St Stephen's Street.
6 to 19 March
Café Unlimited, 209 Gloucester Road
Fairtrade recipe cards compiled by Jenny Foster of Café Unlimited, plus other Fairtrade promotions.
6 to 19 March
Natural Nursery, North Street
10 per cent discount all Fairtrade toys and all Fairtrade clothing. Ranges include toys by Lanka Kade, clothing by Bishopston Trading, Namaste. Plus Fairtrade info packs handed out on North Street.
6 to 19 March
Special Fairtrade promotions in all Bristol Oxfam shops.
6 to 19 March
Cake Etc Café, Ginger Gallery, 84 - 86 Hotwells Road
Fairtrade Chocolate Brownie promotion throughout Fairtrade fortnight.
7 and 8 March
CREATE Centre, Smeaton Road
Global Citizenship Days
A one-year project on Global Citizenship through The GLEN SW Education Network. Activities in FT Fortnight 2006.Schools taking part include Hartcliffe Community Engineering College & Hanham High School. The Activities are organised as part of Fairtrade Fortnight and support the ‘Global Dimension’ in the school community – helping support leadership teams, teachers, pupils, parents and governors to improve their school by including a global dimension in all areas of school life.
Saturday 11 March
10.30 am to 12.30 pm
Coffee morning and sale of fairly traded goods in the Apostle Room at Clifton Cathedral, Pembroke Road
There will also be an informative display on Fairtrade.
Tuesday 14 March
Café Unlimited, 209 Gloucester Road
11.00 am to 12.00 pm
Spice up your Life for Fairtrade
Matthew Shaw, Sales Director of Bart Spices gives a talk on the Bedminster company’s partnership with growers in Sri Lanka and the Comoros Islands in the production of Bart’s Fairtrade Vanilla Pods, Ground Turmeric, Ground Ginger and Cinnamon Sticks. Free samples of cakes made with Bart’s Fairtrade range of spices.
15 and 16 March
Global Citizenship Days
A one-year project on Global Citizenship through The GLEN SW Education Network. Activities in FT Fortnight 2006.Schools taking part include Hartcliffe Community Engineering College & Hanham High School. The Activities are organised as part of Fairtrade Fortnight and support the ‘Global Dimension’ in the school community – helping support leadership teams, teachers, pupils, parents and governors to improve their school by including a global dimension in all areas of school life.
Thursday 16 March
Bristol Link With Nicaragua (BLINC) presents a film premiere at La Ruca Cafe, 89 Gloucester Road, Bishopston
6.00 pm to 7.00 pm food available
7.00 pm Regional premiere of new documentary Coffee - Take it Fairly. Interviews with three Nicaraguan women Fairtrade coffee producers. (25 mins Eng subtitles)
7.30 pm Presentation by Janixce Florian and Felicity Butler Fairtrade coffee development workers from Nicaragua and UK questions/discussion all welcome/free but donations accepted. 60 places available, come early as event will be packed.
Supported by the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign, Bristol International Twinning Association, UWE and Bristol City Council.
Friday 17 March
Bristol Cathedral, College Green
1.00 pm to 3.00 pm
Visit to Bristol of of Mr Silver Kasoro-Atwoki from the Mabale Growers Tea Factory in Uganda. Mr Kasoro-Atwoki (pictured bottom) will speak on the positive impact that Fairtrade has made to Ugandan tea farmers.
Sunday 19 March
Watershed cinema, Harbourside
6.00 pm
BLINC presents the regional premiere of The Devils Miner, an award-winning documentary of unfair trade featuring the use of child labour in the silver mines of Bolivia. Film will be introduced by Roy Youdale, local musician and BLINC supporter who has lived in the mining communities of Bolivia, researching the miners songs and struggles.
20,000 copies of the Bristol Fairtrade Directory have been published by Faragher Jones. They will be distributed as an insert in Bristol and Bath’s leading listings magazine ‘Venue’ and at Fairtrade outlets during Fairtrade Fortnight and beyond.
Bristol received its Fairtrade City status in March 2005. Windward Islands banana producer Regina Joseph handed over the Fairtrade City certificate to Lord Mayor Simon Cook at an event on board ss Great Britain during Fairtrade Fortnight.
Richard Jones
The 36-page directory (pictured middle) was produced in association with the Co-operative Group especially for Fairtrade Fortnight which runs from March 6 to 19. It includes features on Fairtrade wine and an interview with Carolyn Whitwell from Bishopston Trading Co – one of the first retailers in the country to sell Fairtrade cotton goods. The 2006 Bristol Fairtrade Directory was produced in association with the Co-op and is supported by Bristol City Council and Faragher Jones.
There are also Fairtrade recipes from Bart Spices in Bedminster and Jenny Foster from Café Unlimited on Gloucester Road. The directory carries comprehensive listings of cafes, shops, bars and restaurants that sell Fairtrade goods plus details of suppliers and businesses that serve Fairtrade tea and coffee to their staff.
Hilary Farey at parishioners at St Bonaventure’s Catholic Church in the Bishopston area of Bristol said: “Buying Fairtrade is all about promoting human dignity. It guarantees that the producers are paid a living wage for their hard work, helps communities to work together, and also emphasises care for the environment. The Fairtrade logo is instantly recognisable, and there are now around 1300 products to choose from. Consumers potentially have huge power to influence our capitalist marketplace in favour of the Common Good and I think they should use it!”
The new website at http://www.bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk means that directory entries can now be added on line. It will also have full details of events throughout Fairtrade Fortnight and beyond.
Richard Jones, of Faragher Jones, publishers of the Bristol Fairtrade Directory said: “Buying Fairtrade goods has a direct impact on the quality of peoples’ lives in other parts of the world. A growing number of Bristolians are saying they are prepared to pay a fair price for products so that producers and their families can afford healthcare and education.”
Bristol has been chosen as one of 10 Key Cities for Fairtrade Fortnight. The Bristol area has the highest level of awareness in the country of the Fairtrade Mark.
Fairtrade Fortnight Events
6 to 19 March
Throughout the fortnight, volunteers will be running tasting sessions at Co-op stores including: Bishopston, Crow Lane (Henbury), Downend, Hanham, Shirehampton, Keynsham, Staple Hill and Stoke Lane (Westbury on Trym)
There will also be a stand at the Co-op Bank on St Stephen's Street.
6 to 19 March
Café Unlimited, 209 Gloucester Road
Fairtrade recipe cards compiled by Jenny Foster of Café Unlimited, plus other Fairtrade promotions.
6 to 19 March
Natural Nursery, North Street
10 per cent discount all Fairtrade toys and all Fairtrade clothing. Ranges include toys by Lanka Kade, clothing by Bishopston Trading, Namaste. Plus Fairtrade info packs handed out on North Street.
6 to 19 March
Special Fairtrade promotions in all Bristol Oxfam shops.
6 to 19 March
Cake Etc Café, Ginger Gallery, 84 - 86 Hotwells Road
Fairtrade Chocolate Brownie promotion throughout Fairtrade fortnight.
7 and 8 March
CREATE Centre, Smeaton Road
Global Citizenship Days
A one-year project on Global Citizenship through The GLEN SW Education Network. Activities in FT Fortnight 2006.Schools taking part include Hartcliffe Community Engineering College & Hanham High School. The Activities are organised as part of Fairtrade Fortnight and support the ‘Global Dimension’ in the school community – helping support leadership teams, teachers, pupils, parents and governors to improve their school by including a global dimension in all areas of school life.
Saturday 11 March
10.30 am to 12.30 pm
Coffee morning and sale of fairly traded goods in the Apostle Room at Clifton Cathedral, Pembroke Road
There will also be an informative display on Fairtrade.
Tuesday 14 March
Café Unlimited, 209 Gloucester Road
11.00 am to 12.00 pm
Spice up your Life for Fairtrade
Matthew Shaw, Sales Director of Bart Spices gives a talk on the Bedminster company’s partnership with growers in Sri Lanka and the Comoros Islands in the production of Bart’s Fairtrade Vanilla Pods, Ground Turmeric, Ground Ginger and Cinnamon Sticks. Free samples of cakes made with Bart’s Fairtrade range of spices.
15 and 16 March
Global Citizenship Days
A one-year project on Global Citizenship through The GLEN SW Education Network. Activities in FT Fortnight 2006.Schools taking part include Hartcliffe Community Engineering College & Hanham High School. The Activities are organised as part of Fairtrade Fortnight and support the ‘Global Dimension’ in the school community – helping support leadership teams, teachers, pupils, parents and governors to improve their school by including a global dimension in all areas of school life.
Thursday 16 March
Bristol Link With Nicaragua (BLINC) presents a film premiere at La Ruca Cafe, 89 Gloucester Road, Bishopston
6.00 pm to 7.00 pm food available
7.00 pm Regional premiere of new documentary Coffee - Take it Fairly. Interviews with three Nicaraguan women Fairtrade coffee producers. (25 mins Eng subtitles)
7.30 pm Presentation by Janixce Florian and Felicity Butler Fairtrade coffee development workers from Nicaragua and UK questions/discussion all welcome/free but donations accepted. 60 places available, come early as event will be packed.
Supported by the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign, Bristol International Twinning Association, UWE and Bristol City Council.
Friday 17 March
Bristol Cathedral, College Green
1.00 pm to 3.00 pm
Visit to Bristol of of Mr Silver Kasoro-Atwoki from the Mabale Growers Tea Factory in Uganda. Mr Kasoro-Atwoki (pictured bottom) will speak on the positive impact that Fairtrade has made to Ugandan tea farmers.
Sunday 19 March
Watershed cinema, Harbourside
6.00 pm
BLINC presents the regional premiere of The Devils Miner, an award-winning documentary of unfair trade featuring the use of child labour in the silver mines of Bolivia. Film will be introduced by Roy Youdale, local musician and BLINC supporter who has lived in the mining communities of Bolivia, researching the miners songs and struggles.
20,000 copies of the Bristol Fairtrade Directory have been published by Faragher Jones. They will be distributed as an insert in Bristol and Bath’s leading listings magazine ‘Venue’ and at Fairtrade outlets during Fairtrade Fortnight and beyond.
Bristol received its Fairtrade City status in March 2005. Windward Islands banana producer Regina Joseph handed over the Fairtrade City certificate to Lord Mayor Simon Cook at an event on board ss Great Britain during Fairtrade Fortnight.
Richard Jones
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