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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 … Continue reading →

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. … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

Marples Sweet Shop 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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →