Events
Bovey Tracey Fairtrade market stall
20-22 December
Visit Chesham on 23 Feb - 8 March
The global food crisis and Fairtrade: small farmers, big solutions?
Date & Time:
19 February 2009 from 12:00 to 18:00
The global food crisis is having a serious impact on small farmers and poor communities across the world.
This conference, hosted by the Fairtrade Foundation and chaired by George Alagiah, will explore the effects of the crisis on small-scale producers, discuss whether current responses are adequate and examine the role of Fairtrade in supporting solutions.
The conference is by invitation only. However, a number of seats have been reserved for professionals and academics with an interest in the subject. If you would like to attend please send a paragraph expressing your interest in the event to conferences@fairtrade.org.uk
Venue Address:
Mountbatten Room, The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London
London
SW1P 3EE
Venue website
Contact:
Imogen Martineau
Fair Trade Mardi Gras
Date & Time:
21 February 2009 from 10:00 to 16:00
A day of feasting and fun before Lent begins. Come and sample Fair Traded Food and Drinks and local ethically produced fayre, browse Fair Trade Stalls, enjoy fun and games for all the family. And help promote Fair Trade Fortnight begiining the Monday after!
Venue Address:
St John's Church and Hall and The Town Hall, Long Street Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 1NS
Venue website
Contact:
Canon Paul Richardson
Fairtrade Exhibition
Date & Time:
23 February 2009 @ 10:00 - 28 February 2009 @ 00:00
A wide selection of Fairtrade posters and leaflets will be on display.
Venue Address:
Public Square, Chelmsford Library
Essex
CM1 1LX
Chiltern Fairtrade Film Festival at the Elgiva, Chesham
Date & Time:
23 February 2009 @ 20:00 - 07 March 2009 @ 22:00
Chiltern Fairtrade Film Festival at the Elgiva, Chesham
Monday 23rd February at 8pm;
Film: 'The End of Poverty?'
Why, when there is so much wealth in the world, is there so much poverty? This film describes how poverty is not an accident - 1492 marks the birth of modern times when conquistadors violently extracted gold and other natural resources. Since then the economic system has been financed by the poor - forcing them to give up their land and access to natural resources.....
Narrated by Martin Sheen, the film features Chesham's own John Christensen
Tickets £5.50 (£4.50 concessions)
Tuesday 24th February at 8pm; Film: 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
Set in the rural American south in the 1930s and based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer prize winning book about intolerance
A Gregory Peck all-time classic which won three Oscars
Tickets £5.50 (£4.50 concessions)
Thursday 5th March 7.30pm Film and Fairtrade fashion show
Film: 'China Blue'
Starting with the film China Blue which takes us inside a blue jeans factory in China. The film, made clandestinely, shows us what the international retailers don't want us to see.
Fairtrade Fashion Show
After the film, there will be a show of Fairtrade fashion clothes from the Traidcraft and People Tree collections.
Additionally, Shed@ThePark the inclusive theatre company based at Chesham Park Community College will also perform their own specially written Fairtrade song.
Tickets £9 (£7.50 concessions) with £1 off if bought with a ticket to the Fairtrade Film Festival.
Venue Address:
The Elgiva Theatre, St Mary's Way, Chesham
Buckinghamshire
HP5 1HR
Venue website
Contact:
Colin Cartwright
Fair Deal
Date & Time:
25 February 2009 from 11:00 to 15:00
IAMS is hosting a day for primary schools at which they will run a Fairtade Market, eat a Fairtrade packed lunch and watch a performance by IAMS Year 9 pupils that looks at the price of cheap fashion
Venue Address:
IAMs,
Turle Road
London
N4 3LS