Seagoe Parish promotes Fairtrade Fortnight!
Fairtrade Fortnight is upon us (February 28 to 13 March) when the benefits of Fairtrade are promoted and the range of Fairtrade products on sale is highlighted in local stores and other outlets.
Seagoe Parish, Portadown is a Fairtrade Church, the first in Portadown to be accepted onto the register. As such they serve only Fairtrade tea and coffee and try to encourage the use of other Fairtrade products. Parishioners can then be confident that those who have worked to provide these drinks will have been paid a fair price for their produce and for their labour. That has to be a good thing.
In support of Fairtrade Fortnight, Judith Huddleson, Seagoe's Fairtrade co-coordinator (on left in picture) has organised to have the Rotunda Café at Seagoe Parish Centre open to the public as follows from Monday 7th March to Saturday 13th March.
Opening hours:
Monday - Friday 10am-4pm and 7pm -10pm
Saturday 10am – 1 pm.
In addition to the Café, where Fairtrade refreshments and food items will be served, there will be a display about Fairtrade and a stall selling a range of Fairtrade items.
St Gall's, Carnalea, is also a Fairtrade Church. Are there others in the diocese? Click here to learn more about becoming a Fairtrade Church and please tell us if you register or have already done so.
The Fairtrade Foundation is the independent non-profit organisation that licenses use of the FAIRTRADE Mark on products in the UK in accordance with internationally agreed Fairtrade standards.
The organisation's vision is of a world in which justice and sustainable development are at the heart of trade structures and practices so that everyone, through their work, can maintain a decent and dignified livelihood and develop their full potential.
Churches organise hundreds of events during Fairtrade Fortnight and throughout the year as well as including prayers and readings about Fairtrade in their worship. Faith groups continue to be key supporters of Fairtrade which is making a real difference to the lives of more than 7 million farmers, workers and their families in 59 developing countries.