There
are a number of ways you can help support small producers from
developing countries.
Businesses
How can Kendal businesses help?
- Stock Fairtrade products
If you sell any products of which there are Fairtrade varieties, please stock
them. We are not asking retailers to stock exclusively Fairtrade products,
but to add them to their existing range to give consumers a choice. For
a full list of Fairtrade products available please see the Fairtrade Foundation
website at www.fairtrade.org.uk. For a full list of
suppliers click here
If you do stock Fairtrade products please display
a Fairtrade town sticker in your window (pictured on the right). We also
have available ‘Fairtrade products available here’ stickers
for shop / cafe windows. For copies simply call 01537 720255.
- Use Fairtrade products in your work
place
Whether you have a canteen, a vending machine or just a jar of coffee, start
using Fairtrade products and encourage your colleagues to do the same.
- Buy Fairtrade products
Every time you buy a Fairtrade product you make a difference, so whether
it be your coffee, bananas or your daily fix of chocolate switch to a Fairtrade
product and encourage friends, family and colleagues to do the same.
- Sponsor the campaign
The ‘Kendal Fairtrade Town’ campaign is being run by the South
Lakeland branch of the World Development Movement, we are a group of volunteers
and have very little financial resources. We rely solely on donations and
subscription fees. The backing of businesses is essential, so if you feel
you could make a donation, sponsor an event or help towards publicity costs
please contact us.
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Ex mayor Roger Bingham and Fatima Ismael from SOPPEXCCA (Nicaraguan
Society for Small Coffee producers and exporters) discuss the benefits
of supporting Fairtrade, October 2002
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| Schools
How can Kendal schools help? The organisation People and Planet is working with students from
sixth form schools and colleges to help them become Fairtrade schools.
To order a Fairtrade Action box and their excellent Action guide
visit their website www.peopleandplanet.org/fairtrade
The Fairtrade Foundation produces ‘Fairtrade in Your School’ a
free resource that aims to enable teachers to introduce and develop
the concept of Fairtrade in the classroom from Key Stage 2 to 16+,
in a range of curriculum areas download it at www.fairtrade.org.uk/downloads/pdf/fairtradeinyourschool.pdf
Comic relief and Dubble Chocolate have produced a very good Teaching
Pack on Fairtrade and Chocolate for KS 3 it is downloadable from
www.divinechocolate.com/edu.htm or
alternatively the Kendal Fairtrade town group has a copy to lend
out.
If you would like somebody from the Kendal Fairtrade town steering
group to run an assembly at your school please contact us.
Churches
How can Kendal churches help?
- Put up a Fairtrade display, and give out leaflets
- Include prayers and info on Fairtrade in a service
- Use the ideas from the Fairtrade Foundation website church page
to put together a church magazine article
- Serve Fairtrade tea and coffee after services
- Discuss Fairtrade in a house group or Bible study
Individuals
How can the residents of Kendal help?
- Buy it.
- Ask for it. We have produced a number of ‘request postcards’ which
we leave at shops and businesses, which don’t use Fairtrade
products (or could expand their range).
- Talk about it
- Join our group.
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