Fairtrade fortnight in Kenilworth
Fairtrade Fortnight ended with evidence of growing support for the initiative in Kenilworth.Hundreds of people in the town, from residents to local businesses and schools and churches, all took part in the fortnight to raise awareness of Fairtrade.
The fortnight kicked off with a promotional event in Talisman Square. Despite the wind, many people expressed their support for the Fairtrade movement by signing a supporter’s card. A draw was held of all the cards collected and the winner of the Divine Easter Egg was resident, Anne Brough, who helps organise Kenilworth carnival each year.
For the whole fortnight, a Town Trail competition was run in the town. More than 60 people entered the competition to solve cryptic clues, taking them to 15 local business supporting Fairtrade. The winner of the competition, a pupil at Clinton School, will receive a hamper of Fairtrade products, kindly donated by Sainsbury’s.”
Later in the fortnight Jeremy Wright MP attended a supporters’ coffee evening at Kenilworth Youth and Community Centre. He showed off his cooking skills, whilst sporting a Sainsbury’s Fairtrade cotton apron and making Fairtrade muffins under the watchful eye of local caterer Janet Arter. Mr Wright spoke of the importance of ‘sustainable development’ and thanked the people of Kenilworth for supporting the Fairtrade initiative. Staff from Browsers bookshop, in Talisman Square brought along copies of the new Fairtrade Everyday Cookery Book and Deputy Mayor, Coun Spencer Harrison, sampled cakes made according to recipes in the book.
Other events that took place during the fortnight included a food and coffee tasting at the Olive Tree Deli and a Fairtrade fast by the youth group at St Francis Church. More than 100 people in the town have now signed the supporter’s card to say that they regularly use Fairtrade products at home.
