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York Festival of Fairtrade
27 February - 11 March 2012
2006 saw York's first ever Festival of Fairtrade.
During the Festival there will be over a hundred events including sales, tastings and events at churches, schools, community groups and at the city's universities.
The highlight of the Festival will be the three day York Fair Trade Market, held in partnership with City of York Council, which will take place on Friday 9th - Sunday 11th March. Parliament St will be filled with a wide variety of colourful stalls selling Fairtrade food & drink, crafts, clothes, bags, jewellery and fashion accessories.
For the full festival programme, click here
Fairtrade ensures that producers in developing countries are paid a fair price for the goods that they produce.
Fairtrade groups, as well as guaranteeing a steady price, also pay producers a premium and establish long term trading relationships. This can save the producers from bankruptcy and homelessness and enables them to afford to send their children to school, buy medicines and contribute financially to community projects.
Fairtrade benefits some of the World's poorest countries. It offers a long term solution & a way out of poverty.
York has a long & proud history of campaigning alongside the World's poor.
York is a Fairtrade City.
Contact Details
M: York Fair Trade Forum, c/o York CVS, 15 Priory Street, York, YO1 6ET
