Fairtrade Fortnight 2019 - Come on in to Fairtrade!
Fairtrade Fortnight 2019 runs from Monday 25 February – Sunday10 March 2019
For two weeks each year, thousands of individuals, companies and groups across the UK come together to celebrate the people who grow our food, people who live in some of the poorest countries in the world and who are often exploited and badly paid.
This year we are focusing on the people – in particular the women – who grow the cocoa in the chocolate we love so much.
She Deserves £1.86
£1.86* is the amount a cocoa farmer in West Africa needs to earn each day in order to achieve a living income. Currently, a typical cocoa farmer in Cote d’Ivoire lives on around 74p** a day. Almost all cocoa farmers in West Africa live in poverty.
For the women the situation is even worse. They may plant and harvest on the farm, look after children, carry water, collect wood, cook and clean for the family, and transport the cocoa beans to market but often with fewer rights than men.
This is why we at Fairtrade are campaigning for a living income to become a reality for cocoa farmers in West Africa. If we can work together with governments, chocolate companies and retailers to make the commitments and policies necessary, then we can make it happen.
*WIP estimation based on the Living Income Community of Practice
**This is the estimated daily income per household member based on a typical cocoa farming household.
For two weeks each year, thousands of individuals, companies and groups across the UK come together to celebrate the people who grow our food, people who live in some of the poorest countries in the world and who are often exploited and badly paid.
This year we are focusing on the people – in particular the women – who grow the cocoa in the chocolate we love so much.
She Deserves £1.86
£1.86* is the amount a cocoa farmer in West Africa needs to earn each day in order to achieve a living income. Currently, a typical cocoa farmer in Cote d’Ivoire lives on around 74p** a day. Almost all cocoa farmers in West Africa live in poverty.
For the women the situation is even worse. They may plant and harvest on the farm, look after children, carry water, collect wood, cook and clean for the family, and transport the cocoa beans to market but often with fewer rights than men.
This is why we at Fairtrade are campaigning for a living income to become a reality for cocoa farmers in West Africa. If we can work together with governments, chocolate companies and retailers to make the commitments and policies necessary, then we can make it happen.
*WIP estimation based on the Living Income Community of Practice
**This is the estimated daily income per household member based on a typical cocoa farming household.
Resources
Fairtrade Fortnight 2019 Action Guide
The Action Guide contains everything you need to know about Fairtrade Fortnight 2019, including case studies and producer stories, as well as resources and ideas for activities and events. It's the perfect place to start!
Full of ideas for making breakfast count in your community, as well as inspiring stories about how Fairtrade makes a difference for farmers and workers.
To download, click here
The Action Guide contains everything you need to know about Fairtrade Fortnight 2019, including case studies and producer stories, as well as resources and ideas for activities and events. It's the perfect place to start!
Full of ideas for making breakfast count in your community, as well as inspiring stories about how Fairtrade makes a difference for farmers and workers.
To download, click here
Fairtrade Posters and Recipe Booklet
We've got a range of posters and a recipe booklet you can download and print - they're all in PDF format
We've got a range of posters and a recipe booklet you can download and print - they're all in PDF format
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Events in Bury during Fairtrade Fortnight 2019
Bury Fairtrade have teamed up with local businesses, community groups and some of the best known names in ethical shopping to ensure Fairtrade Fortnight gets local consumers thinking about how their food is produced, with the message: Come On In - Buy Fairtrade!
Saturday 23rd February - Bury Unitarian Church
Time: 2:00pm till 4:00pm
Admission £2.50
Come and join us for our Launch Event at Bury Unitarian Church. Share Afternoon Tea with us and buy some scrumptious fairtrade cakes to take home and enjoy! Cakes will include vegan, and gluten-free varieties, all made with fairtrade sugar generously donated to us by Tate and Lyle.
There will also be a raffle with prizes donated from local fairtrade businesses.
Friday 1st March - Visit from Rosine Bekoine from the CAYAT cooperative
We are delighted and honoured to have Rosine Bekoine from the CAYAT cooperative in Ivory Coast as our guest.
Rosine is featured on the first of our "She Deserves Fairtrade" posters above.
Rosine is a mum of five, cocoa farmer and member of CAYAT co-operative in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast, West Africa).
Rosine is slightly unusual as cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire go – because she owns and runs her 2.5-hectare farm, which was passed to her from her mother. Normally it is men who own farms and earn the income from them.
Rosine used to sell her cocoa to local middlemen (pisteurs), who come to buy cocoa from individual farms at harvest time. But it was difficult to get close to a decent income working and trading in that way. A nearby co-operative, CAYAT, held a meeting about Fairtrade in Rosine’s village, which convinced her that uniting with other farmers would actually make her more autonomous and independent.
Rosine says "I’ve seen that Fairtrade has helped us a lot in cocoa farming. The Fairtrade Premium has enabled us to do many thing, especially women. It has enabled us to advance our children, and also we use the Fairtrade Premium to build for the future."
During her visit, Rosine will be at Holy Cross Sixth Form College in the morning holding a Q&A session with students and visitors, followed by a visit to Valley Community Primary School in the afternoon.
For more information about Rosine and the CAYAT Co-operative click here.
Sunday 3rd March - Sunday Worship
Our local churches will be holding Fairtrade-inspired services.
Join in at Bury Unitarian Church and Bury United Reform Church.
Wednesday 6th March - Millgate Centre
They will be hosting an information stand with free tastings on including chocolate from Divine Chocolate (http://www.divinechocolate.com/us/) and vegan chocolate bars from Vego (http://www.vego-chocolate.com/).
6th and 7th April - Ramsbottom Chocolate Festival
We will have a stall at the Ramsbottom Chocolate with our usual Fairtrade goodies.
All Fortnight
Displays at several locations, including the Town Hall, and the Mosses Centre.
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Council display screens will be publicising the council’s support for Bury as one of the UK’s Fairtrade Towns.
Faith Groups
Faith groups throughout Bury will be holding coffee mornings and sales of Fairtrade goods. If you are organising an event, please let us know. Find out more at http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/en/get-involved/in-your-community/faith-groups
Schools and Colleges
Schools and colleges will be focusing on Fairtrade at assemblies and in lessons - some using new materials being produced by the Fairtrade Foundation. Find out more at http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/en/get-involved/in-your-community/schools
Looks like it’s going to be even better than last year – hope you can join us!
Saturday 23rd February - Bury Unitarian Church
Time: 2:00pm till 4:00pm
Admission £2.50
Come and join us for our Launch Event at Bury Unitarian Church. Share Afternoon Tea with us and buy some scrumptious fairtrade cakes to take home and enjoy! Cakes will include vegan, and gluten-free varieties, all made with fairtrade sugar generously donated to us by Tate and Lyle.
There will also be a raffle with prizes donated from local fairtrade businesses.
Friday 1st March - Visit from Rosine Bekoine from the CAYAT cooperative
We are delighted and honoured to have Rosine Bekoine from the CAYAT cooperative in Ivory Coast as our guest.
Rosine is featured on the first of our "She Deserves Fairtrade" posters above.
Rosine is a mum of five, cocoa farmer and member of CAYAT co-operative in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast, West Africa).
Rosine is slightly unusual as cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire go – because she owns and runs her 2.5-hectare farm, which was passed to her from her mother. Normally it is men who own farms and earn the income from them.
Rosine used to sell her cocoa to local middlemen (pisteurs), who come to buy cocoa from individual farms at harvest time. But it was difficult to get close to a decent income working and trading in that way. A nearby co-operative, CAYAT, held a meeting about Fairtrade in Rosine’s village, which convinced her that uniting with other farmers would actually make her more autonomous and independent.
Rosine says "I’ve seen that Fairtrade has helped us a lot in cocoa farming. The Fairtrade Premium has enabled us to do many thing, especially women. It has enabled us to advance our children, and also we use the Fairtrade Premium to build for the future."
During her visit, Rosine will be at Holy Cross Sixth Form College in the morning holding a Q&A session with students and visitors, followed by a visit to Valley Community Primary School in the afternoon.
For more information about Rosine and the CAYAT Co-operative click here.
Sunday 3rd March - Sunday Worship
Our local churches will be holding Fairtrade-inspired services.
Join in at Bury Unitarian Church and Bury United Reform Church.
Wednesday 6th March - Millgate Centre
They will be hosting an information stand with free tastings on including chocolate from Divine Chocolate (http://www.divinechocolate.com/us/) and vegan chocolate bars from Vego (http://www.vego-chocolate.com/).
6th and 7th April - Ramsbottom Chocolate Festival
We will have a stall at the Ramsbottom Chocolate with our usual Fairtrade goodies.
All Fortnight
Displays at several locations, including the Town Hall, and the Mosses Centre.
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Council display screens will be publicising the council’s support for Bury as one of the UK’s Fairtrade Towns.
Faith Groups
Faith groups throughout Bury will be holding coffee mornings and sales of Fairtrade goods. If you are organising an event, please let us know. Find out more at http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/en/get-involved/in-your-community/faith-groups
Schools and Colleges
Schools and colleges will be focusing on Fairtrade at assemblies and in lessons - some using new materials being produced by the Fairtrade Foundation. Find out more at http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/en/get-involved/in-your-community/schools
Looks like it’s going to be even better than last year – hope you can join us!
