York Fair Trade Forum has pledged support for York's status as the UK's first Human Rights City. You can do the same by visiting their website. … [Read more...]
Our support for York as a Human Rights City
Our stall at York Pride 2018
Our stall at this weekend's York Pride event was really successful.Thanks to good weather and a fantastic atmosphere we engaged lots of people with our "Sticker Pong" game - prizes kindly donated by Divine Chocolate.We raised over £50 for our work promoting fair trade around the city and spoke to lots of people about the range of fair trade and … [Read more...]
Fairtrade Fortnight 2018 – Come On In
We're looking forward to Fairtrade Fortnight 2018 which runs from Monday 26 February to Sunday 11 March. Before Fairtrade Fortnight starts you'll find a Fairtrade theme at Acomb Parish Church's regular monthly coffee and craft morning on Saturday 24 March. There will be a fair trade … [Read more...]
Don’t Ditch Fairtrade – day of action Saturday 28 October
Our first clothes swap fundraiser
Saturday 30 September saw the forum's first clothes swap event. Volunteers and stalls filled the church hall at St Lawrence's church between 2 and 4, where we welcomed the public. Attendees brought three items of clothing they rarely wear any more - and we all have plenty of those, don't we? In exchange for a £3 entrance fee shoppers were treated … [Read more...]
A Divine Fairtrade evening
York Fair Trade Forum organised this celebration of all things chocolate on 5th March as part of Fairtrade Fortnight. The evening at Aroma Café, Haxby, was very well attended and centred around an extremely enjoyable Divine Chocolate tasting. Nine different flavours were sampled, ranging from White Chocolate … [Read more...]
Foyer focus on Fairtrade Fortnight
Do you want to know more about fair trade and the Fairtrade Foundation? During Fairtrade fortnight (which starts on 23 Feb) there is an information-packed display in the foyer of City of York Council (West Offices, Station Rise). There are details about what the Fairtrade mark means and how it helps the producers; explanations about what York's … [Read more...]
Going bananas for Fairtrade
Fairtrade campaigners in York went bananas as they called on Tesco to stock more Fairtrade. Members of the York Fair Trade Forum gathered at Tesco’s Clifton Moor superstore on Friday 12th December and, with the help of a 5 metre long inflatable banana, drew attention to the campaign: ‘Asda and Tescos make your bananas Fairtrade.’ The campaigners … [Read more...]
York’s Fairtrade City status successfully renewed
Celebrations are in order! We have just learnt (26 November) that our Fairtrade City status has been successfully renewed. This is a process that has to be completed every two years, and we are especially grateful to our Chair Kathryn Tissiman and Councillor Linsay Cunningham-Cross for completing the large amount of paperwork. They obviously did a … [Read more...]
York Multicultural Market
York Fair Trade Forum ran a stall at this great market, held on 8 November in the Unitarian Chapel in St Saviourgate. We met many who were interested in Fair Trade and were delighted to be able to take away information or buy some items from the Incalljatta goods which were also on the stall. Other stalls included ethically traded items from … [Read more...]