The importance of fairtrade
Kenilworth will be supporting Fairtrade Fortnight again this year by raising people's awareness of the products.
The Fairtrade Action Group will be running events in the town from Monday February 28 to Sunday March 13 to try and make more people buy Fairtrade.
We will hold a reception for supporters at the Almanack, have a stall at Abbey End on Saturday March 12, which will be decorated with Fairtrade labels collected by Crackley Hall school students, and will also hold a prize draw.
To enter the draw people need to write down the names of ten Fairtrade businesses in the town and put their entry in the collection box at their school or at The King’s Table cafe in Warwick Road by Friday March 11. Competition prizes have been donated by Waitrose, Sainsburys, the Co-op, The Almanack, Andrew Davies Bakery and Starbucks.
Sue Proctor, chairman of the town’s Fairtrade Action Group, said: “The fortnight is great because it gives us the opportunity to encourage people to use Fairtrade. I use these products because it’s a way of ensuring the people who make them are treated fairly.”
The movement to make Kenilworth a Fairtrade Town started in 2006. It is now supported by around 60 places in Kenilworth that either supply Fairtrade products or use them in the work place.
