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Fairtrade Fortnight 2013

Event date and time: 
Mon, 25/02/2013 - 09:00 - Sun, 10/03/2013 - 09:00
Event summary: 
Main Events in Preston during the Fortnight
Event information: 

Fairtrade Fortnight in Preston 2013

25 February - 10 March

Fairtrade Fair on the Flag Market, Preston, PR1 3NU Going Further for Fairtrade

Saturday 2nd March 2013, from 10am till 4pm

  • A variety of covered stalls selling a wide range of fairly traded products (crafts and food)
  • Support producers across the world and hear their stories
  • Dance performances throughout the day
  • Come and take a step for Fairtrade
  • Hot drinks available

Fairtrade Evening at The Atrium, UCLAN Student's Union, Fylde Road, Preston, PR1 2TQ

Wednesday 6th March 2013 from 7pm 

Speaker: Barbara Crowther, Head of Policy and Communications at the Fairtrade Foundation.

'Fairtrade - Going Further to Change Trade for Good'

Fairtrade refreshments, followed by presentation at 7.30 and opportunity for questions. All welcome. Free entry.

 

Film Evenings at The Continental Pub, South Meadow Lane, Preston, PR1 8JP

Tuesday 26th February 7.30pm

Bananas!

Lawyer Juan "Accidentes" Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers he is tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility. Can he beat the giant, or will the corporation get away with it?

Tuesday 5th March 7.30pm

Big Boys Gone Bananas!

The film 'Bananas' was selected for the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival. Then filmmaker Gertten received a letter from Dole's attorneys threatening legal action if the film was shown at this festival. This powerful film reveals precisely how a multinational will stop at nothing to get its way.

Tickets £6 or £10 for both films.

Available from The Continental; or contact 07813 870641; or on door.

Contact: 
Anne Garsed 07813 870641
Fairtrade Fortnight 2013

What happened in previous years:

Fairtrade Wine Tasting

Event date and time: 
Sat, 10/03/2012 - 07:30 - 10:00
Event location: 
St. Peter's School, Meadowfield, Fulwood
Event summary: 
Fairtrade wine and local cheese – come and taste and find out more
Event information: 

Taste different Fairtrade wines.

Combine them with local cheeses.

Find out where they are produced and how Fairtrade makes a difference to the producers.

Find out where to buy them.

 

 

Event cost: 
Tickets £10 available from June Eccles (718240), Margaret Harrison (712869), or Anne Garsed (717376)

Film Evening - Blood in the Mobile

Event date and time: 
Tue, 06/03/2012 - 20:00 - 21:30
Event location: 
The Continental, South Meadow Lane, Preston
Event summary: 
Showing of Blood in the Mobile
Event information: 

An eye-opening film, first shown in UK Oct 2011
We love our mobiles, but the production of phones has a dark, bloody side…

 

Event cost: 
Tickets £5 available on the door
Contact: 
Anne Garsed 07813 870641

Fairtrade Fair on the Flag Market

Event date and time: 
Sat, 03/03/2012 - 10:00 - 16:00
Event location: 
Preston Flag Market
Event summary: 
Fairtrade Fair - Take a Step for Fairtrade (in conjunction with Preston FM)
Event information: 

  • A variety of covered stalls selling a wide range of fairly traded products (crafts and food)
    including Traidcraft crafts and food, Created, Fairnecessities, Cuckoo Bags, Palestinian crafts and food,
    Jireh Women, Jireh Books & Gifts, Oxfam, East Timor crafts

  • Support producers across the world and hear their stories

  • Hot coffee on tap (courtesy of Starbucks)

  • Dance performances throughout the day

  • Come and take your step for Fairtrade in Guild Year

Contact: 
Anne Garsed 07813 870641

Fairtrade Evening

Event date and time: 
Wed, 29/02/2012 - 19:00 - 21:30
Event location: 
St. Wilfrid's Parish Centre, Chapel Street
Event summary: 
Meet Massatoma Mounkoro, Fairtrade Cotton Farmer from Mali
Event information: 

The evening will start with a Jacob's Join (bring and share food) at 7pm.

Presentations will follow at 7.45pm from Massatoma, who will share his experiences as a cotton farmer and answer questions.

Bruce Crowther, founder of the Fairtrade Towns movement, will also speak.

All welcome.

Event cost: 
No charge - just bring some food.
Contact: 
Anne Garsed 07813 870641

Fairtrade in Avenham Park

Event date and time: 
Sat, 12/03/2011 - 10:00 - Sun, 13/03/2011 - 16:00
Event location: 
Avenham Park Pavilion
Event summary: 
Fairtrade samples and information, plus Fairtrade stall
Event information: 

Take a stroll in Preston's favourite riverside park and enjoy a Fairtrade cuppa in the pavilion.
Find out more about Fairtrade cotton and where to buy it. Sign a letter to your MEP about EU cotton subsidies.
Browse the Fairtrade stall and pick up some samples.

Contact: 
Anne Garsed 07813 870641

Teatime All Day

Event date and time: 
Sat, 12/03/2011 - 10:00 - 17:00
Event location: 
16 Franklands, Longton
Event summary: 
All day teaparty
Event information: 

Enjoy a Fairtrade brew and browse the Fairtrade stall

Contact: 
Cath Greenlees 613500

Fairtrade Bunting Finale

Event date and time: 
Sat, 12/03/2011 - 13:00 - 16:00
Event location: 
Williamson Park, Lancaster
Event summary: 
Grand final display of bunting
Event information: 

The bunting which has gradually travelled along the canal from Preston first by foot and from Bilsborrow onwards by boat via Garstang to Lancaster will be displayed all together in the wonderful setting of Williamson Park. It should be a sight to behold.

Fairtrade Masterclass

Event date and time: 
Tue, 08/03/2011 - 11:00
Event location: 
Starbucks, Fishergate
Event summary: 
Coffee Masterclass
Event information: 

Fairtrade coffee making sessions

Fairtrade on the Flag Market

Event date and time: 
Sat, 05/03/2011 - 10:00 - 16:00
Event location: 
Flag Market, Preston
Event summary: 
The Big Brew
Event information: 

You will find us around the Citizenzone Bus. Pop in for a free coffee (courtesy of Starbucks), browse the Fairtrade stall, find out about Fairtrade and local honey, watch a DVD, find out where to buy Fairtrade cotton products, sign the petition to our MEP on the scandal of cotton susbsidies.

There will also be a chance to decorate some bunting if you have missed out. Make a guess at how long our total bunting wil be - with a chance to win some Fairtrade goodies.  At 2pm we will be displaying all the bunting created so far by Preston folk. Come and see how loud and proud the people of Preston are about Fairtrade.

 

Contact: 
Anne Garsed 07813 870641

Fairtrade Fridays

Event date and time: 
Fri, 04/03/2011 - 09:00 - Fri, 11/03/2011 - 17:00
Event location: 
Starbucks, Capitol Centre
Event summary: 
Fairtrade tastings and DVD showings

Fairtrade Tasting

Event date and time: 
Wed, 02/03/2011 - 12:00
Event location: 
Starbucks, Fishergate
Event summary: 
Fairtrade tastings and information afternoon outside the Fishergate branch.
Event information: 

Pop inside to decorate a Fairtrade cotton bunting triangle to add to the national record attempt.

Celebration Meal

Event date and time: 
Tue, 01/03/2011 - 19:15
Event location: 
Foxholes Restaurant, Runshaw College
Event summary: 
Celebration Meal to celebrate the second anniversary of South Ribble becoming a Fairtrade Borough
Event information: 

Meal followed by presentation by John Wareing on 'Meeting the People Behind the Products', on his recent visit to producers of Fairtrade products in Chile.

Contact: 
Cath Greenlees 613500

Fairtrade on the Canal

Event date and time: 
Sat, 26/02/2011 - 10:00 - 15:00
Event location: 
Owd Nell's pub in Bilsborrow
Event summary: 
Visit our canal boat and enjoy our hospitality while finding out more about Fairtrade cotton
Event information: 

Come aboard the canal boat The Margaret Kane which will be moored outside Owd Nell's, Billsborrow, and join us for a Fairtrade cuppa and learn more about Fairtrade cotton. Inside the boat, Fairtrade cotton bunting decorated by Myerscough College students will be displayed. Find out what a coffee, tea and cotton plant looks like, find out where to buy Fairtrade cotton products and sign our petition to our MEP on the scandal of cotton subsidies. Relax in front of a DVD and try our samples.

A group of Fairtrade walkers from Preston will arrive by 13.00 hopefully, bringing bunting decorated by schools and groups in Preston.

Contact: 
Anne Garsed 07813 870641

Fairtrade Along the Canal

Event date and time: 
Sat, 26/02/2011 - 09:00 - 13:00
Event location: 
Lancaster Canal
Event summary: 
Walk along canal from Preston to Bilsborrow
Event information: 

Here in Preston we will be working with our colleagues in Garstang and Lancaster using a canal boat along the Lancaster Canal to bring our message to people across Lancashire. Come and meet us as we travel the canal and find out more about our work, including our current campaign on Fairtrade cotton.

To start the Fortnight: Join us at 08.45 outside UCLAN's Foster Building (the old canal basin)  to set off at 9am.
We will take bunting decorated by Preston schools and other groups to join our 'Fairtrade' canal boat at Bilsborrow.
Friendly Fairtrade chat and refreshments en route.
Distance of 11 miles, so be prepared.

Contact: 
Anne Garsed 07813 870641

Fairtrade Fortnight 2011

Event date and time: 
Sat, 26/02/2011 - 09:00 - Sun, 13/03/2011 - 17:00
Event summary: 
Getting Loud and Proud about Fairtrade in Preston
Event information: 

Millions of people around the UK will be showing off their passion for Fairtrade for two whole weeks. The aim is to get more people excited about Fairtrade and the difference our every day choices can make; from the power of your pineapple to the transformation stirred up by your cup of tea. But most of all how you and your Fairtrade cotton socks can challenge the injustices that make Fairtrade and trade reform so vital for cotton farmers in West Africa and India.

So far around 7.5 million people in the developing world - farmers, workers, their families and communities - have benefited from Fairtrade, but there is a long way to go as Fairtrade still accounts for a tiny percentage of world agricultural trade.