Leeds Uni Oxfam support us
The Oxfam Campaigns Group at the University of Leeds are backing Fairtrade Yorkshire.
Sean & Soo from Leeds Uni Oxfam
Archive for September, 2012
Yorkshire Oxfamers back Fairtrade Yorkshire
Key Oxfam activists from across Yorkshire have given their backing to the campaign to make Yorkshire the UK’s first Fairtrade Region.
Pictured here are Oxfam Campaigns representatives from Todmorden, Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield, Sheffield and York.
Celebrating Co-operation at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Fairtrade Yorkshire campaigners at our stall
Fairtrade Yorkshire occupied a marquee at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Wakefield on 16th September, as part of a celebration of the International Year of Co-operatives. Crowds came to our information stall and to view our Global Advocates exhibition.
Ian McMillan’s poem for Fairtrade Yorkshire
Ian McMillan lends his support to the campaign
Yorkshire poet and national treasure Ian McMillan, the Bard of Barnsley, has leant his support to the campaign to make Yorkshire a Fairtrade Region.
The presenter of BBC Radio 3’s “The Verb” and poet-in-residence at Barnsley FC has penned an ode to the campaign called simply “Fairtrade Region”:
Let’s make Yorkshire a Fairtrade place,
Put a Fairtrade smile on a trader’s face;
From the northern dales to the steel-built south,
Let’s bring a grin to a trader’s mouth;
From the Western Moors to the East Coast ships,
Let’s raise a cheer from a trader’s lips.
Let’s make a Fairtrade county – make it fair,
Show that we’re Yorkshire and show we care!
Hear Ian McMillan reading the poem – we’ll be uploading a video soon!
Many thanks, Ian!
A Fair Fair
Fairtrade activists gathered in Acomb for the annual Acomb Green Fair which is held on the traditional, triangular shaped, village green.
The Fairtrade stall drew in the crowds, as chocolate samples were given out, as well as Fairtrade leaflets & information on Oxfam’s Grow campaign.
Supporters also gave out hundreds of leaflets promoting Fairtrade Yorkshire.
Other attractions at the Fair included a steam locomotive and the rousing sounds of the Mardi Gras jazz band.
