How you can help

Although we have now achieved Fairtrade status, this is not the end of the journey but the beginning of a new stage!

We continue to seek to promote Fairtrade in the shops, catering establishments, community organisations and workplaces of the borough. If you are aware of any place that offers Fairtrade goods, either exclusively or alongside non-Fairtrade brands, we would be very glad to hear from you: please let us know. (See the Contacts page for details of how to get in touch.) This is not restricted to places where Fairtrade goods are sold; if, for example, your workplace uses Fairtrade tea and/or coffee in the staff room, we would like to know about it.

If you know of a place which doesn't offer Fairtrade, and you would like them to do so, please encourage/ask/pester them! - and get in touch with us if you would like some help. One incentive which you can offer to retailers and caterers is the chance to get a bit of free publicity in our Fairtrade Directory.

If you are interested in becoming involved with the working group, please get in touch, or come along to one of the meetings listed on the About us page.

Join our Blood campaign!

Do you give blood? Have you ever wondered why, when you have a cuppa at the end of the session, you aren't offered a Fairtrade choice? We have, and we think it's not on! We wrote a letter We wrote a letter to the National Blood Service and received a very positive response, saying that they were going to offer a Fairtrade option on a trial basis. So if you give blood, ask for Fairtrade!