We all had a lovely afternoon last Saturday at St James Church, Thornton. We were treated to some Fairtrade cakes and also some Ghanaian food. There was also a display of handicrafts from Ghana such as some lovely canvas bags and hand woven fans. We listened to stories about Ghana. We also learned more about the Chocolate has a name project https://www.chocolatehasaname.org.uk/ where children in Ghana, who don’t know what chocolate is – learn how to make it and taste it in their schools.
To celebrate our 18th birthday as a Fairtrade City, Imaan Hussain from Greenmount Primary School presented a birthday card to the Lord Mayor, Councillor Asghar Khan at Leeds Civic Hall. Imaan had won the competition to design the birthday card. We hope that Leeds City Council will help us promote Fairtrade in the City of Leeds for many years to come.
We are delighted to announce the winner of our 18th birthday card competition. Congratulations to Imaan Hussain who made this lively design. We had 60 entries, and 5 were highly commended. Imaan’s design will now be printed and sent to the Lord Mayor of Leeds, all the Leeds Councillors and the Leeds MPs.
Pupils at Royds Academy buying Fairtrade snacks at the Grab and Go stall. Royds Academy had a very successful Fairtrade Fortnight. In addition to a Tombola stall they held a raffle and sold more than 300 raffle tickets. Well done to everyone who took part.
Horsforth is a Fairtrade town and at the top of Town Street (number 118) you’ll find Marples Sweet shop. It’s stuffed full of super buys for Christmas including a lovely stock of Fairtrade chocolates which would make ideal Christmas presents.
This is Pushpanath Krishnamurthy who is a climate activist. He is on his way to COP26. On the way he stopped over in Leeds. He “took the knee” in Millenium Square and met with other activists in the Oxfam Bookshop in Headingley. He also met Alex Sobel MP for Leeds NW and had a good conversation about climate change.
Sorry folks, we’re a bit late with this but there are some really interesting events still to go to, see http://www.climateactionleeds.org.uk/launch
Don’t miss the Zoom meeting on Thursday 14th October from 7 – 8pm . Topic is Climate Policies of the North.
As Fairtraders we all are well aware that our carbon footprint extends to all the countries we rely on for our food. By helping farmers in developing countries to adapt, by buying Fairtrade products, we are helping them to cope with a changing climate. That means that while we live in Leeds, we try to limit our impact on the earth, both in our city and world wide.
The GREAT BIG GREEN WEEK begins on Saturday 18th September and lasts till 26th September .
Large numbers of people are getting busy to show their leaders that they want immediate action to combat climate change throughout the world. They want the wealthy countries to help the less developed countries.
We Fairtraders know only too well the problems that farmers in the developing world are coping with. We also know that everytime we buy something with the Fairtrade mark, we are helping farmers to earn a living wage and also have the knowhow to protect their crops.
