From Preston & South Ribble Fairtrade Group. Just to add our voice rather belatedly to the discussion. When asked originally about the criteria, our group was...
... Congratulations! ... I'd be particularly interested to hear how your work with the County Council goes, as I haven't heard much about counties passing...
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Bruce Crowther
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Jun 9, 2002 4:06 pm
Francis Irving wrote in response to a message from Preston and South Ribble Fairtrade Group: 'I'd be particularly interested to hear how your work with the...
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Bruce Crowther
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Jul 10, 2002 4:35 pm
Dear all, Well if you are still reading this after seeing the title you must be one of my more generous contacts or very foolish; I'm sure the former is more...
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Bundy Riley
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Jul 10, 2002 4:53 pm
Hello Bruce Yes of course I will sponsor you, will £20.00 be OK. I may be out of a job soon, if not I will increase it to £50.00. Sounds a great if not mad...
Hello! The Christian Aid/CAFOD group in Hadleigh (small town in Suffolk) has decided to try and get another FT town off the ground. With only 3 cafes and one...
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AMITCHELL@...
Jul 19, 2002 12:06 am
I will be out of the office starting 16/06/2002 and will not return until 22/07/2002. Any urgent queries speak to Liz Leaver on ex 3446 l We have the chance...
Can anybody tell me what economic advantages can be gained from becoming a fairtrade town. We all know that it is about the ethics, but I need to give...
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Bruce Crowther
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Jul 19, 2002 8:56 pm
Dear Phil, Good to hear you're involved with a Fairtrade Town yourself.. Good luck with it and please keep us all in touch. Lancaster and Morecambe are set to...
Hi Bruce (et al!) it is certainly different being self-employed. After a busy year, I am trying to work part time this year - carries the risk of not working...
Hello all. I am new to this, and am currently writing my dissertation for my geography degree on "Fair trade", and was led to this forum by the fairtrade...
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Jim Hollyman
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Aug 16, 2002 6:56 pm
What do you need to know Helen? Just give a list of questions for starters.....!! Jim Hollyman ... From: Helen Jones To: FairtradeTown@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Bruce Crowther
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Aug 17, 2002 11:11 am
Dear Helen, It is always good to hear about people interested in the Fairtrade Town initiative. Garstang was the first Fairtrade Town, instigated by the...
Calling all other Local Authorities. Even though our Councillors have passed a Fairtrade Resolution, I am struggling to get Fairtrade tea & coffee into the...
There's an interesting article on green procurement in the latest issue of Ethical Consumer magazine, which suggests that switching to Fairtrade tea and coffee...
Hi Everyone Veronica (a volunteer) and I are working together to produce some examples of good practice within local councils in procuring Fairtrade products....
Thank you very much for our quick responses, it is nice to find people so willing to help as so far I have not had much luck! I am concentrating a great deal...
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Jim Hollyman
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Aug 29, 2002 10:31 am
Helen, I'm not sure where you are living - but I think the most obvious thing to do is a bit of market research locally - in other words hard work! In Bolton...
Hi Helen I think there is a slight misunderstanding here. Supermarkets (mostly) stock FT products, not for policy reasons, but because consumers want them. So...
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Arthur Edwards
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Aug 31, 2002 1:16 pm
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Hi Helen, I'm in the early stages of trying to make Bradford a Fairtrade City (with some early success!). One aim is to compile a list of shops in the...
Hello Sarah, Sorry I can't answer any of the questions! I'm in Macclesfield and we are just starting working on the Fairtrade town initiative. So far a member...
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acleary@...
Sep 4, 2002 12:05 am
I will be out of the office starting 03/09/2002 and will not return until 05/09/2002. If you need to speak to one of my colleagues in the Manchester Office ...
Hello everyone, I live in Arbroath, a country town of about 23,000 on the east coast of Scotland, between Dundee and Aberdeen. I've joined this discussion list...
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Jim Hollyman
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Sep 9, 2002 4:45 pm
Hi Linda. Best of luck with your efforts to increase FT awareness in Arbroath. I'm responding just to let you know that Bolton (Greater Manchester - or as it...
Hello, can anybody help me? I am trying to find out how many fairtrade towns/cities/zones now actually exist in Britain, and how many are working towards it,...
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Jim Hollyman
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Sep 10, 2002 2:51 pm
Hi Anne. Virtually the same question was asked yesterday by Linda McDonald from Arbroath - so you could look up my reply to her on the web-site as a start....
Thanks Jim. Just looked at your reply to Linda. Do you know the contact info for FT in London, or should I just take a contact off of the Fairtrade Foundation...
Hi Linda, I,m in Macclesfield and like you we are just starting on the Fairtrade Town initiative. I'm struggling a bit to know how to get started particularly ...
