Fairtrade Fortnight Mon 9th to Sun 22nd September
Be the Change. Choose Fairtrade
I'm getting in touch as Fairtrade Fortnight is in a few weeks and it would be great if you could offer your support, promote the Fortnight and encourage your colleagues and friends to buy Fairtrade products. Would it be possible to once again put something in the SSAB newsletter like last year? The theme this year is Be the Change. Choose Fairtrade. Buy Fairtrade products and speak up for fairer trade.
This is a special year as it is the 30th anniversary of the Fairtrade Mark in the UK. Much has been achieved over the years and there are now around 5000 Fairtrade products available to buy. From1994 to 2022, farmers have received £1.7 billion in Fairtrade Premium payments to invest in their communities and businesses. But much more needs to be done to build a fairer future.
Buying Fairtrade is helping to protect the UK's most loved food and drinks (such as tea, coffee and cocoa) and the livelihoods of millions of farmers who grow them and are faced with with the severe impacts of the climate crisis - droughts, floods, extreme temperatures and unpredictable weather.
For more information and digital resources, please see
https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/
https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/
During Fairtrade Fortnight, we will be doing Fairtrade stalls on Fri 13th Sept at Oru, Sutton High Street and on Sat 14th at All Saints Church Carshalton. Please do encourage people to come along and also find us at the EcoFair in Carshalton Park on Bank Holiday Monday 26th August.
