Wandsworth Fairtrade Campaign

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Comment by Dave Kemp on February 2, 2010 at 3:42pm

Also on Saturday is my 50th Birthday Party starting at 6.30 pm at the Salvation Army Hall. For those of you that know me and would like to come, please email dave.kemp@ymail.com or see me at the Coffee Shop.

Comment by Dave Kemp on February 2, 2010 at 3:38pm

Sorry for the late announcement. The next Salvation Army Coffee Shop is this Saturday February 6th from 10am. The address is 9 Ram Street, Wandsworth, SW18 1TJ. Love to see you there!!

Comment by Hanna Rose on December 8, 2009 at 12:35am

Was very excited about kit-kat too- think they deserve a sparkly card!

Comment by Louise on December 7, 2009 at 12:32pm

WOW! How amazing that Nestle are going Fairtrade with KitKat?!?! Fairtrade Foundation have just announced it! www.fairtrade.org.uk

Comment by Amy on October 25, 2009 at 12:14am

The Theme of Fairtrade Fortnight 2010 (22nd Feb - 7th March) has been announced - The Big Swap! The idea is that people swap their usual something for the Fairtrade version e.g. cotton wool, bananas etc. The product focus of the Fortnight is tea (Strictly Come Fairtrade Tea Dancing anyone?!). We'll use a meeting soon to discuss what we are going to do locally during the fortnight.

Comment by Dave Kemp on October 12, 2009 at 1:46pm

To keep in touch with WSA Coffee Shop please join our group at:

http://www.projectdirt.com/group/WSAfairtradecoffeeshop
We are supporting the aims of the Wandsworth FT Campaign at a local level as well as spreading the message to other churches.
We will occasionally offer special offers to members.

Comment by Amy on October 11, 2009 at 9:40pm

I recently attended the Cadbury launch of their first product to go fairtrade - their flagship Dairy Milk. At the launch were Cadbury brand and marketing managers, as well as several representatives from the Ghanaian community and various FT folks including Harriet Lamb. Whatever feelings there are about large multinationals, there is no denying that this is going to make a massive impact on the people of Ghana as that it where Cadbury source all their beans. By having them certified Fairtrade the minimum Fairtrade standards will be applied to thousaends more farmers than before which can only be a good thing. Now we just need all those other cadbury products to go FT too....

Comment by Amy on July 31, 2009 at 9:28am

Housekeeping: so that our page doesnt get out of hand please can people delete any comments that are out of date below as only the person who put it up is allowed to delete it.
thanks!!

Comment by Denny on March 19, 2009 at 10:58am

Amy

I know relations between the council and WFC are not the greatest, but have you ever considered asking the council if you could use the Town Hall as a venue? Wandsworth Environment Forum meetings are held there, although admittedly we have a slightly different relationship with the council, but it could be worth a try if you haven't done so yet.

Also, many council estates have clubrooms that you might be able to use? I'm actually a resident on the Fitzhugh Grove estate, oppositie the County Arms, and we have a community clubroom. I've got no idea how you get around to booking it, but there is a link here to other such clubrooms, so you could check them out?
http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/Home/LeisureandTourism/Communityctrs/clubs.htm

TT Wandsworth are also interested in finding venues, so if you get any other ideas/suggestions, do let us know. Or we could even potentially collaborate at some point...

Denny