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 ...
Hello Anne, No I don't have a list but Macclesfield is just starting to work on the initiative. Natalie Abbott ... From: "Anne Deveureux"...
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Bruce Crowther
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Sep 11, 2002 8:30 am
Hi Linda, I'm so pleased to hear about your work in Arbroath. I'm from Garstang which, as Jim mentioned, is indeed the world's first Fairtrade Town and we are...
Is there any particullar group leading on this in Macclesfield, and do they have info about what is being done on the web? ... starting to work ... how ... ...
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Jim Hollyman
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Sep 11, 2002 9:44 am
Anne - if you receive (as you should!) Bruce Crowther's reply to Linda from Arbroath - it will give you as good an answer as you're likely to get I think....
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Jim Hollyman
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Sep 11, 2002 9:44 am
Hi Natalie. Our way into the Council in Bolton was to ask to meet with the leader. Two of us from the FT group met him and one of the council executives and...
Does your steering group have a website at all? ... McDonald ... site as a ... how ... have ... link? ... http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/...
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Bruce Crowther
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Sep 11, 2002 1:50 pm
Dear Jennie / Anne, I have just read your message after sending my own reply to Linda which you should have received also and should answer your questions. ...
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Jim Hollyman
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Sep 11, 2002 4:14 pm
Our site is www.boltoncommunity.co.uk/boltonfairtrade/ It's pretty new and only contains small amounts of info at present - hopefully to grow quickly. Cheers...
Hi Natalie, Bradford's approach to the council consisted of sending every councillor (all 90 of them!) a small pack containing a letter, Fairtrade Foundation ...
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Arthur Edwards
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Sep 11, 2002 8:05 pm
Oxford is also working on becoming a Fairtrade town. We have passed the motion through the council and have a group that meets regularly to find ways of...
Hello, I'm calling the group "The Fairtrade Town Group"! It is made up of members of several different churches of most major denominations, members of the...
