- Soup Lunch, 24 February, 12 – 1pm, St. Michael’s Centre, Fair Trade stall, tea and coffee [All welcome]
- Pre-school Fairtrade coffee morning, 3 March, 10.30am, Village Hall, Fair Trade stall [All welcome]
- Friendship Circle, Fairtrade meal in the Bay Horse Restaurant, 3 March, 12.15pm. Booking essential, contact 01964 550112
- Fairtrade Breakfast and Coffee Tasting, 6 March, 9 – 11.30am, St. Michael’s Centre [All welcome, contact 01964 550688 to ensure place]. Breakfast will be served anytime between 9 and 11.30am, with a mouth-watering selection of bacon butties to complement the Fairtrade mueslis, and toasts with Fairtrade honey or marmalade. Cafe Direct have kindly agreed to provide a range of their coffees to add liquid refreshment, and there will be a selection of Fairtrade products for sale. Free entry, with donations towards repairs to the church ceiling.
- Bay Horse – always serving Fairtrade tea and coffee, plus Fairtrade guest ale and Fairtrade on menu during the fortnight. Terry & Jo 01964 552917.
Welcome to the Cherry Burton Fairtrade and Local Produce Project Steering Group website
The East Yorkshire village of Cherry Burton became a ‘Fairtrade’ village in July 2003. It is only the second village in the country to do this. Over the past few years, members of the local community have been active in promoting the use and sale of fairly traded and locally produced goods in the local shop, school, pub and various other organisations. Please look around this website to find out more about the project, groups involved in fairtrade or indeed how to become involved yourself.
Join in Fairtrade Fortnight around the village
Banana Producer to visit Beverley
Beverley will be hosting a visit from a Windward Islands banana producer during Fairtrade Fortnight 2010. Nioka Abbot-Balcombe, of WINFA, will be speaking at Toll Gavel church on Tuesday 23rd February about the importance of Fairtrade to the Islands’ economic survival. The event starts at 7pm with Fairtrade refreshments, including cakes and chocolate, and stalls selling fair trade goods. Credo will perform an original sketch on bananas and fair trade, and Nioka will be happy to take questions after her presentation. The event is free – donations welcome to cover costs.
Councillor Stephen Parnaby, Leader of East Riding Council, has sent the following message of support:
“I welcome the opportunity to express support for the work of FERN
in promoting fairtrade and encouraging everyone to do their bit. Over the
last four years, East Riding of Yorkshire Council has gradually increased
the use of Fairtrade products across outlets where we have catering
contracts. Within the last year, all outlets, including County Hall,
leisure centres, and the Treasure House use Fairtrade tea and coffee. We
are also looking at introducing other Fairtrade products when procurement
processes have been concluded.
As well as this, one of our Community and Sustainable Development Officers
works closely with fairtrade activists developing resources for teachers on
the ‘e-riding’ website with one of the Council’s Curriculum Project
Managers.
I hope you all have an informative and enjoyable evening. I am sure that
Credo’s drama and Nioka’s presentation about bananas and Fairtrade will be
both stimulating and entertaining.”
Events
On Tuesday 3rd November 2009 we shall be hosting our third Local Farmers’ Market in the Village Hall, Cherry Burton. This event, sponsored again this year by www.theinternetfarmshop.com, will be held from 7 – 9.30pm, and will offer free entry to a variety of stalls offering lamb, beef, pork, ducks, free range eggs, honey, orchard apples, cold pressed rape seed oil, bread & bakery products, vegetables, preserves, hemp products, cheese, beers, liqueurs, cordials and juices. There will also be a raffle and refreshments. This will be a great opportunity to order your Christmas goose or turkey!
Scoop!
Ros Stanley receives the award from (l to r) George Alagiah, Patricia Alexander (CEO Shared Interest Foundation) and Harriet Lamb (Executive Director, Fairtrade Foundation)
Cherry Burton Fairtrade Village has been awarded “Runner-Up” in the Best Media Campaign category of this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight Awards!
Announcing the award, Veronica Pasteur, competition judge and Head of Campaigns at the Fairtrade Foundation, said “the village really punched above its weight in getting coverage in the Big Issue, Yorkshire Post, and three local papers as well as Radio Humberside. What sealed it for us was the story of Paco, the fair trade bear, who became a local celebrity after his parachute jump. You provided fantastic photo opportunities for the press and a full programme of events that gave plenty of opportunities for the papers to write about Fairtrade.”
Ros Stanley, our Hon. Secretary, received the award from George Alagiah and Patricia Alexander, Chief Executive of Shared Interest, when she attended the Fairtrade Supporters Conference on 10th October, and the Group is already planning how to use it to make next year’s activities even more exciting.
Trophy moves on
Congratulations to Hannah Stephenson, winner of the Fairtrade Trophy at the 2009 Village Produce Association Show!
