Saturday July 18^th marked another step forward for Fair Trade in Aberdeen, when the former Third World Centre, which traded until March 2009 in St Mary’s Chapel, Kirk of St Nicholas,  re-opened in new premises at 101 George Street.  Established in 1983, the Centre was one of the first Fair Trade shops in Scotland and was the driving force behind  the campaign that led to Aberdeen’s becoming a Fairtrade City in March 2004. 

 Fair Trade products have come a long way in twenty-five years and as well as those products that carry the Fairtrade Mark, the new shop will also stock a large range of goods from the wider Fair Trade market.   Supermarkets may be improving their ranges, but there will always be room for the shops that go that one step further, what you might call the “gold standard” of Fair Trade. As before, the shop is dependent on the help of volunteer workers and this is particularly important since trading hours will increase.   Fair Trade Aberdeen will be open Monday to Saturday between 10 and 5. 

Tags: Aberdeen, Fair Trade

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