Holme Valley Fairtrade member Peter Beetlestone attended the Yorkshire Fairtrade Conference in York earlier this month. Here he has written of the day he spent there:
"A really good day at York- great to be in the company of lots of knowledgeable Fairtrade enthusiasts. Our display of Celebrity signed Fairtrade cotton bags attracted a lot of interest, many taking photos but not so many buying raffle tickets but some did and it was worth all the trouble. Highlight of the day? Fantastic vegetarian buffet lunch!
"A really good day at York- great to be in the company of lots of knowledgeable Fairtrade enthusiasts. Our display of Celebrity signed Fairtrade cotton bags attracted a lot of interest, many taking photos but not so many buying raffle tickets but some did and it was worth all the trouble. Highlight of the day? Fantastic vegetarian buffet lunch!
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There was a very full programme including welcome from two York MPs, short informative talks by Barbara Crowther (Fairtrade Foundation) and Linda McAvan (MEP), two workshops chosen from History of the Fairtrade Movement, Church Action on Fairtrade, Campaigning for Change, Maintaining Momentum in your campaign, Fairtrade consumption in the global south and Fairtrade in Schools. The plenary session included re-electing our rep, Karen Palframan, to the National Campaigner Committee at the Fairtrade Foundation and Question Time with panellists Professor Bob Doherty, Barbara Crowther and Joanna Pollard (Chair of BAFTS).
During the welcome coffee and the lunch break there were eight stalls to browse including our display and fairandfunky of course. The Chair of Liberation Nuts had travelled from London especially to have a stall and introduce us to National Nut Day, Thursday October 22nd.
The day was hosted by York Fairtrade Forum and chaired by Mark Dawson, thanks to them and I would recommend you consider attending next year’s event – watch this space!"
During the welcome coffee and the lunch break there were eight stalls to browse including our display and fairandfunky of course. The Chair of Liberation Nuts had travelled from London especially to have a stall and introduce us to National Nut Day, Thursday October 22nd.
The day was hosted by York Fairtrade Forum and chaired by Mark Dawson, thanks to them and I would recommend you consider attending next year’s event – watch this space!"
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