Conference 2014: Celebrating 20 years of the Fairtrade mark
Hannah Langdana (Chair of Fairtrade Yorkshire), Linda McAvan MEP, Karen Palframan and Richard Lane with the 20th birthday cake
This year is the 20th anniversary of the Fairtrade certification mark which guarantees fair payment and decent working conditions for millions of producers across the globe.
Fair Trade campaigners in Yorkshire celebrated at our conference, on Saturday 4th October at the Riddings Hall in the centre of Ilkley.
Speakers included Linda McAvan MEP (the chair of the European Parliament Committee on International Development) and Bruce Crowther (the founding father of the Fairtrade Towns movement). We heard a round up of what Fairtrade Yorkshire has achieved so far this year and discussed the Fairtrade movement with campaigners from across the region. And, of course, we celebrated with cake! This Fairtrade chocolate marvel was kindly made for us by Leeds’s Fairtrade Sinai Synagogue.
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- Karen Palframan, Chair of Bradford Fairtrade Zone and Yorkshire rep on the Fairtrade National Campaigner Committee, prepares to cut the cake
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- Attendees to the 2014 Fairtrade Yorkshire conference in Ilkley
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- Conference attendees with the incredibly chocolatey cake
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- Linda McAvan, MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber speaking at our 2014 conference
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- Bruce Crowther, founder of the Fairtrade Towns movement, speaking at our 2014 conference.
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- Sylvia Voisk (York Fair Trade Forum), Rita Verity (Fairtrade Haworth), Bruce Crowther, Mark Dawson (Fairtrade Yorkshire co-ordinator) and Karen Palframan mark 20 years of Fairtrade
