Yet again the sun shone on York Fair Trade Forum’s stall, this time at Rowntree Park’s Big Birthday Bash. The Park was celebrating its 95th birthday and the fair teemed with people of all ages enjoying the weather and the many attractions. We’ve experienced holding stalls in storms, icy temperatures and gales, so we were delighted that all we had … [Read more...]

There was a wonderful turnout at West Bank Park fair. Even the weather smiled on us - although at times it was a bit windy so thanks Dave for doing a great job holding down the Forum's gazebo (look carefully at the photos)! Many people stopped to look at the stall and take away information leaflets. Rachael Maskell, MP for York Central, also came … [Read more...]

York Fair Trade Forum is delighted to announce that our new book is hot off the press. Fair's Fair - Inspiring stories of Fair Trade champions from the 18th century to the present day is the vision of Forum members Kathryn Tissiman and Margot Brown, and the result of much hard work by them with help from many others. We’re very excited about the … [Read more...]

The build-up to the Forum’s fundraiser at St Crux, at the end of the Shambles in York city centre, involved a huge amount of organisation as well as cake-baking, craft-making and scouring homes for pre-loved books and bric-à-brac, not to mention brand new unwanted presents. At last the big day dawned – Thursday 12 May 2016 – and many of the team … [Read more...]

The 5th Annual Yorkshire Fairtrade Schools Conference took place on the 22nd March in the chapel at York St John University. After the opportunity to enjoy free Fairtrade drinks and cakes, and look round some stalls selling fairly traded products, the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Alyson Tobin, opened the … [Read more...]

There were several breakfasts held across York to mark the theme of this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight (29th February to 13th March): “Sit down for breakfast, stand up for farmers”. Of particular note were the brave souls who endured the cold to launch the Fortnight in Yorkshire, enjoying their fairly traded breakfast outside St Michael le Belfrey … [Read more...]

This year’s theme for Fairtrade Fortnight (29th February-13th March) is ‘Sit Down for Breakfast – Stand Up for Farmers’: as Martin Luther King said “Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you’ve depended on more than half the world”. York Fair Trade Forum will be holding a Fairtrade breakfast on Tuesday 1 March at the Holgate … [Read more...]

It was York's turn to host the annual Fairtrade Yorkshire Regional Conference this year, and attendance was the highest ever with over 70 supporters turning up. The conference took place on Saturday 19 September at the Priory Street Centre, and was a mix of talks and worshops culminating in a panel discussion with the opportunity to ask questions … [Read more...]

Thoughts on the International Fair Trade Towns Conference (4-5 July 2015) from Joanna Pollard, Aztec Arts and member of York Fair Trade Forum We walked into the party like we were walking onto a yacht - OK we were stepping off one of the many small ferries which ply the waterways on which Bristol is built, but the Friday night party at the … [Read more...]