Harry Potter joins campaign for fairly traded chocolate

Harry Potter Alliance have enlisted support of non other than the real Harry Potter, following several 'friendly conversations' with Warner Bros:

"regarding our advisors' concerns that the cocoa was coming from kidnapped children and exploited farmers. Warner Bros responded  citing a report they obtained, saying it negates the "F" grade in the Free2Work report"

Please see the video and visit showusthereport.com to join campaign to keep HP chocolate fairtrade

Keep an eye out for Fairtrade

Found this at sainsbury's Kings Heath.  Great range of Fairtrade sugars, very impressive.  and what's more, when I asked the assistant about them she was knowledgeable too.

Well done everyone at Sainsbury's  

Fairtrade Gold in Birmingham

A bit late putting this up, but great video

Renewal, meet, fair and Fair

The next FAB meeting will be on Thursday 22^nd November 5.30pm at

Midlands Co-operative Society

Member Relations Centre

BMI Margaret Street

Birmingham

B3 3BS

Everyone welcome – we will be discussing renewing the city’s Fairtrade status.  If anyone has information on Fairtrade events (over the last 2 years) that we could include please let us know

Come and visit the LUCIA Charity stall on 24^th November 11.00 – 3.00 at the Christmas Craft Fair - Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham for your Christmas cards and hand made and ethnic gifts.  LUCIA supports sustainable projects for women and children in Ethiopia.

Many thanks

Jane

Fairtrade Coffee flying off the shelves

Yes, at this coop on dog pool lane, Kings Heath people can't keep their hands off the fairtrade coffee, so the management keep it alongside the fags, whiskey and Moshi Monster cards behind the counter.

'when we had it before [on the shelf] it used to go walkies', the helpful shop assistant explains.

fairtrade coffee and hand model are both available at a supermarket near you.  

Walk Against Crime

On the 3rd week of July,2012 people from all walks of life are joining their hands(rather their feet) to help raise awareness of the plight of young people in a slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Mathare as it is called is an area of concern as it is rife with crime, prostitution and drug taking.  Living is a slum can be a horrid experience where there is no basic sanitation and clean drinking water .It becomes hard to make something out of your life when one is mired with such deprivation.

Slums are dotted everywhere in the world particularly affecting the emerging economies of South Asia and Africa. The rapid urbanisation of big cities brings with it hordes of immigrants from the countryside in search of better life. But they leave their farming community for a life of exploitation and trafficking.

There is hope for them if we do something about it. You can support a number of initiatives to support over 200 young people in Mathare by helping them come out of a life of crime. Three people from Mathare slum are joining us for our Transpenine walk from South Sea to Hornsea on 21st of July. You can either join us for a day or two, or three weeks. We would try to raise the awareness and hope to raise some money during our walk.

The UK charity, managing and planning the event is the Zuri Foundation supported by Jeremy Piercy, founder and MD of Shared Earth.


see: http://www.walkagainstcrime.org

Summer Ball for LUCIA