Martin Rhodes has been appointed as the new Director of the Scottish Fair Trade Forum. Martin is currently a parliamentary researcher. He has been Chair of the Glasgow Fair Trade Steering Group and is a member of the Glasgow Fair Trade Co-operative.

Martin says, "I'm delighted to have been appointed as Director of the SFTF and I'm looking forward to working with fair trade campaigners across Scotland.

The Fair Trade Nation campaign is an opportunity for Scotland to lead the world in its commitment to global justice."

Martin takes up his duties as Director on 13 September.

Become a member! Click here to see membership benefits and forms.

The Scottish Fair Trade Forum was established by a group of Scottish Fair Trade campaigners, Scotland-based NGOs and the Scottish Government in January 2007 to take forward Scotland's work to become one of the world's first Fair Trade Nations.

Our Fair Trade Nation campaign is the logical 'next step' to build on the successful Fairtrade Towns movement in the UK and involves Scots in a cutting-edge national, devolved Scotland-wide campaign that has already garnered international attention. We work closely with the Fairtrade Foundation and other fair trade organisations, companies and groups throughout the UK and elsewhere.

We work to support ongoing Fair Trade activity in Scotland and regularly bring campaigners together to network and share expertise as we seek to build the capacity of local groups to make them more sustainable and independent. We regularly bring Fairtrade/fair trade producers to Scotland to participate in events around the country during Fairtrade Fortnight and, in 2008/2009 have given away £20,000 to support local fair trade projects from Arran to Aberdeen.

 To see the criteria we must achieve to become a Fair Trade Nation, click here.

Click here to see photos from our Fairtrade Fortnight 2010 producer tour of Scotland. 

Click here to find out about opportunities to get involved in the Forum's work.