Many congratulations to the primary pupils at Sherfield School who raised £2309 for the Fairtrade Foundation by taking part in a sponsored walk. Read the full story on the school web site.
Our second Fairtrade Fortnight event in Festival Place has been a great success! Hundreds of bananas distributed and questions answered. Many thanks for support from Fyffes, Oxfam, Sainsbury’s, Southern Co-ops, Lush, Holland & Barrett and the Festival Place events team. Pictures in the gallery.
The winners of the raffle were:
1st – Sheila, Central Basingstoke
2nd – Nicola, Hatch Warren
3rd – Mrs Poulter, Oakley
Runners up prizes went to winners in Winchester, Beggarwood and Popley.
It’s Fairtrade Fortnight so come to the Community Hotspot in Festival Place (near Debenhams / Laura Ashley / Hawkins Bazaar) and help us to celebrate! Volunteers from the Basingstoke and Deane Fairtrade Group and students from local Fairtrade School, Aldworth Science College, will be giving away free bananas (donated by Fyffes, Europe’s biggest importer and ripener of Fairtrade bananas) and tea, coffee and chocolate samples, as well as raffling some superb Fairtrade hampers and getting you to guess the weight of the Fairtrade pineapples (and win them), or asking your school to register as a Fairtrade school. Come along to see the wide range of Fairtrade goods available these days, learn more about what Fairtrade really means, and ‘take a step’ for this year’s campaign – and so helping farmers from the poorest countries in the world to work their way out of poverty.
Join us in Festival Place on Saturday 3rd March to learn more about Fairtrade. Raffle, free bananas and more. We’ll be in the area outside Laura Ashley from 9am to 5.30pm.
Watch out for other activities during Fairtrade Fortnight at:
What step will you take during Fairtrade Fortnight?
Many congratulations to Aldworth Science College on the award of Fairtrade school status.
Fairtrade Foundation news