Scottish Fair Trade Forum

Please find attached (linked) the SFTF July 2008 Newsletter.

As well as FairTrade news from around Scotland it includes

• details of SFTF Open Evening in Edinburgh - Friday July 25th
• details of SFTF EGM in Inverness - Thursday August 28th
• an advert for a part-time SFTF volunteer adminstrator's post - to be based in Edinburgh

All the best,
Betsy

Betsy Reed
Fair Trade Nation Campaign Coordinator
Scottish Fair Trade Forum

Please find attached (linked) the SFTF June 2008 Newsletter.

It includes:

• A report from Betsy Reed, SFTF Coordinator, who has reecently returned from her trip to Kenya visiting the Kiegoi and Michimikuru factories that lie in the centre of the country.  These areas were benefitting from having access the Fair Trade market for 5 years and Betsy was able to witness first hand the contribution this has made to the local people and community.
• Renfrewshire Council push multi-nationals to source fairly traded options when sourcing products, condemning all exploitation of workers and resources in developing countries. (see website)
• A review of the Fair Trade Schools Conference that took place in the University of Glasgow on the 12th June.
• Wales declared world's first Fair Trade Nation. Comment from John McAllion, SFTF Chair. (see Fair Trade Wales Website)

As always we are very keen to hear about any Fair Trade activity that may be going on in your area. We would love to hear about any ideas you may have about promoting Fair Trade products or any events that you may know are taking place over the summer.

All the Best,
Betsy

Betsy Reed
Fair Trade Nation Campaign Coordinator
Scottish Fair Trade Forum

Please find attached (linked) the SFTF May 2008 Newsletter.

It includes

• a report from our Chair, John McAllion about evidence given recently to the Scottish Parliament
• World Fair Trade Day on May 10th
• Fair Trade Schools in Clydebank

You might also be interested to view a video on the BBC Scotland website: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7407725.stm

All the best,
Betsy

Hello all,

Attached (linked) is our April newsletter, which, once again, highlights some of the interesting and exciting Fair Trade-related activity going on in Scotland. Thanks again to our newsletter editor, Andrew Farquhar, who will soon be introducing regular features and, from time to time, an expanded format to allow room to talk about more of the great work many of you are doing. Please circulate our newsletter to your networks. It will also be available for download on our website, as always.

Hello from the Scottish Fair Trade Forum!

I hope all of you were able to enjoy some of the many Fair Trade activities that took place round Scotland during Fairtrade Fortnight 2008 (Feb 25 - March 9).

It was good to see and speak with many of you as our Fairtrade tea producer guest from Kenya, Julius Ethang'atha, and I made a grand tour of Scotland during Fairtrade Fortnight. Julius was surprised and thrilled at the energy and commitment to Fair Trade he encountered in Scotland.

February 25 marks the beginning of Fairtrade Fortnight 2008, during which there are scores of Fair Trade activities planned to take place around Scotland. Many of the events have been posted on our website and can be found under the 'Events' section at www.sftf.org.uk.

Happy New Year from the Scottish Fair Trade Forum! We anticipate 2008 as a year of huge progress together toward Scotland's Fair Trade Nation criteria.

Please find attached the PDF of our January newsletter, which includes news about

Updates
Since its inception at a meeting in Perth in January 2007, the Scottish Fair Trade Forum has developed into a membership organisation that is supporting existing fair trade activity in Scotland, as well as helping drive Scotland toward becoming one of the world’s first Fair Trade Nations by attaining the Fair Trade Nation criteria established in 2005.