Many apologies for my lack of blogging for the past two months (HOW has it been two months?!). They have been action-packed, but anyone who’s ever spent much time around the SFTF office knows it is nothing if not action-packed at all times.

In early September, I headed to Malawi for two weeks to visit Fair Trade projects and key players. My wonderful driver and I clocked up 2,700km in just 12 days. I visited Kasinthula Sugar (and here), in the Southern Region - their sugar can be found in the ‘Help Make Scotland a Fair Trade Nation’ sugar packets we hand out at events - and Karonga in the Northern Region - from where Just Trading Scotland sources the fairly traded rice provided by several Scottish local authorities in their local school meals.

There were several stops along the way, and I enjoyed giving a wee presentation about the Scottish Fair Trade Forum and our Fair Trade Nation campaign to a COFTA seminar for Malawian Fair Trade leaders working to set up a regional Fair Trade network.

Pictures coming soon….

We’ve got several new volunteers and interns starting and continuing (most of whom can be found on our People page), working on website projects, fundraising, communication and much more. We couldn’t do it without each of these skilled people giving their time and we can’t thank them enough.

Don’t forget to check for updates on information on our upcoming Scottish Fair Trade Campaign Day, taking place in Edinburgh on Saturday 14 November, 10-4. Spread the word and come along to take part!

Off to London soon for the Fairtrade Foundation’s Supporters Day Conference on Saturday, squeezing in some meetings with friends and partners as long as I’m in London. I hope to see some of you there!

All the best,
Betsy