Fairtrade fortnight

I thought this might be of interest to readers of the blog which details the events for the Fairtrade Fortnight directly involving Wigan Council

MAIN EVENT : Tuesday 26 February

1. Wigan Town Centre all day event : tastings and marquee display in Market Place / Standishgate involving stores from Galleries and Grand Arcade. Mayor (11am to 12pm) and Fairtrade Steering Group councillors invited to attend.

Barbara Crowther to visit town centre event. (Barbara is Head of Communications for the national Fairtrade Foundation, the body which awards “Fairtrade Town” status).

Press coverage of the above, plus articles in the Town Centre Manager’s magazine and Borough Life to follow.


OTHER ACTIVITIES (various dates)

2. Fairtrade display and tasting stand at Wigan Town Hall all day on Tuesday 26th February. (Location : outside main entrance to Council Chamber).

3. Fairtrade display and tasting stand at Civic Buildings, New Market Street all day on Wednesday 27th February. (Location : foyer).

4. Fairtrade display and tasting stand at Wigan Investment Centre all day on Friday 29th February. (Location : foyer).

5. Fairtrade display and tasting stand at Leigh Library all day on Friday 7th March. (Location : foyer).

6. Fairtrade slide presentation being sent to local schools.

7. (After FT Fortnight). Follow-up articles in Wigan (school) Governors’ magazine and internal Council newsletters.

8. (After FT Fortnight). Badging of Fairtrade-friendly businesses in Wigan Business Directory.


Contact : Janet Withington (ext 4236) or Yasser Alromisse (ext 4242) from the Council’s Sustainability Team in Environmental Services Department.




Other Fairtrade Fortnight events (not directly involving Wigan Council)



- Co-op DVD about their Tanzania Fairtrade Project to be sent to specified local schools.

- “Co-op Fairtrade “Floor Football” event with local schools.
Jo Parker
Coop representative
Co-op Group
joparker22@blueyonder.co.uk


- Fairtrade display / tasting at Golborne High School.
Merry Macdonald
Member
Lowton Youth Club
M.Macdonald@wigan.gov.uk


- Fairtrade display / tasting at Leigh Library.
Mary Waterworth
Member
Wigan Borough Coop Members Fairtrade Group
marywaterworth@blueyonder.co.uk


- Series of Fairtrade coffee mornings at various Adult Services locations.
Janet Laithwaite
Member
Adult Services
Wigan Council
j.laithwaite@wigan.gov.uk


- Wigan Literary Festival Fairtrade event on 29 March involving BBC reporter George Alagiah (Patron of Fairtrade Foundation).
Ann Chantler
Secretary
Wigan Borough Coop Members Fairtrade Group
d.j.chantler@btinternet.com

The event on Saturday 29th March is part of the Words 08 Wigan Literary Festival. It will take place at Wigan Town Hall during the afternoon. George Alagiah will speak at 3.00. The Wigan Borough Fairtrade Group will have a display stand of literature and Fairtrade products and a tasting table at the event.


- Screening of “Black Gold” film at Mosley Common on 10 March.
Iain Hodcroft
Member
Wigan Borough Coop Members Fairtrade Group
iain.hodcroft@tiscali.co.uk

There will be a screening of this film on Monday 10th March at the Parish Church of St John, Mosley Common at 7pm. Further screenings at different locations in the Borough are being explored.