sudbfair, Author at Fairtrade Sudbury

13 Mar

Fairtrade Fortnight 2014! Well done all volunteers!

Thanks to all volunteers for a successful Fairtrade Fortnight 2014!

“Make bananas fair” was the theme .

at Kettle & Fish, in St Peters, 27th Feb and 6th Mar (Market days)
at the children craft workshops, 9th March, at the Sudbury Library
in Sudbury schools, where Assemblies on the theme “Make bananas fair” took place
on Sudbury streets, where we gave away FT bananas in North Street on the 8th March, kindly donated by Waitrose

28 Jan

Fairtrade Fortnight (24th Feb-9th Mar)

“Make bananas fair” is the theme of 2014 Fairtrade Fortnight. We are planning various events/actions promoting Fairtrade bananas

at Kettle & Fish, in St Peters, 27th Feb and 6th Mar (Market days)
at the children craft workshops, 2nd and 9th March, at the Sudbury Library
in Sudbury schools,
on Sudbury streets, giving FT bananas away
in Sudbury Free Press and Sudbury Mercury, with publication of FT bananas recipes

Watch this space as preparations are under way!!!!!

28 Jan

Volunteers meeting – 17th March 2014 – All welcome!

The next Fairtrade Meeting will take place the 17th March 2014 at 7.30pm. Anyone interested is welcome to join in. For more info, please use the contact email address on the home page.

28 Jan

2013 Christmas Tree Festival in St Peter’s

The Fairtrade Christmas Tree was in good place again this year in St Peter’s. The Christmas Tree Festival attracted a record number of visitors which enjoyed the lovely atmosphere and could get acquainted with all the active Sudbury Associations which we are proud to be part of.

Christmas Tree Festival 2013

28 Jan

I Spy Fairtrade

Over half-term (Oct 26th-Nov 3rd 2013) , the Sudbury Fairtrade Group invited everyone to spot some of the shops and other organisations which support Fairtrade. We are grateful to the 11 local shops which displayed a Fairtrade poster and to Waitrose for donating the prizes.

A Fairtrade prize was given to a correct entry with the best Tiebreaker.The prizes kindly donated by Waitrose were presented by David Ayre, the Personnel Manager of Waitrose, Sudbury.

20 Jun

9th May 2013: Fairtrade Fun Fete was a success!

The After School Fairtrade Fun Fete took place in St Peter’s the 9th May and attracted enthusiastic children (and parents) from the area. They enjoyed the bouncy castle and various traditional games.

St Peter’s was buzzing with activity; children throwing hoops, watching puppets, making banana splits, creating friendship bracelets, spotting Fairtrade hidden objects, sewing bananas, drinking refreshments, bouncing and more besides!

Thank you to all the bakers of buns and cakes and to those who are not part of our regular crew who joined in.

20 Apr

Sudbury has been granted Fairtrade status!!

Thanks to all organisations, companies, charities and individuals efforts, Sudbury has been granted Fairtrade status. The group has recently received some significant grants towards maintaining this website. Thanks are due to Suffolk County Councillor, Colin Spence, who has paid to secure our domain for the next three years. Sudbury Town Council has agreed to pay for ongoing website management costs over the coming year. We are also grateful to Babergh District Council for subsidising our training to run this website.’