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Fair Trade Towns - From Garstang to Baskinta Welcome - How it all began The international movement The FIG Tree International Fair Trade Centre SANKOFA Return and get it (Learn from the past) A difficult start

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Fair Trade Towns

From Garstang to

Baskinta

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Welcome - كب لبهأ

 How it all began  The international movement The FIG Tree International Fair

Trade Centre

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SANKOFA

“Return and get it” (Learn from the past)

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A difficult start

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Garstang self declared as the world’s first Fair Trade Town

April 2000

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The Five Founding Goals

Council passes a Resolution supporting fair trade and agreeing to procure fair trade products. A range of fair trade products are readily available in the area’s shops & catering establishments Fair trade products are used by a number of work places & community organisations Attract media coverage & popular support for the campaign A local Fair Trade steering group is convened to ensure commitment to Fair Trade Town status

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Branching out around the world

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Clonakilty, Ireland 2003 Media, USA 2006 Saarbrucken, Germany 2009 New Koforidua, Ghana 2011 14 cities, France 2009 Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica 2009 Dunedin, New Zealand 2009 Differdange, Luxembourg 2011 Kumamoto, Japan 2011 Gent, Belgium 2005 Rome, Italy 2005 Sauda, Norway 2006 Yarra, Australia 2006 Neustadt, Austria2007 Cordoba, Spain 2008 Copenhagen, Denmark 2008 Pocas de Caldas, Brazil 2012 Hiiu District, Estonia2014 Tampere, Finland 2009 Litomerice & Vestin, Czech Rep. 2011 Malmo, Sweden 2006 Wolfville, Canada 2007

Poznan, Poland 2012

Groningen, Netherlands 2009 Menjez, Lebanon 2013 Glarus Nord, Switzerland 2016 Ebolowa, Cameroon 2015

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1,807 Fair Trade Towns in 28 countries

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Diversity of Fair Trade Towns

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Wales – The first Fair Trade Nation - 2008

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Followed by Scotland - 2013

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Where next?

“when we have 300 Fairtrade Towns in the UK we will have the largest campaign movement ever seen in this country” Simeon Greene – Banana Producer

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The Challenges

What do FTTs mean in the Global

South?

How do you guide, maintain and

resource a grassroots movement without losing its independence?

How do we enable FTTs to be more

inclusive and effective in fighting for Fair Trade and Trade Justice?

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The Responses

 New website at:

www.fairtradetowns.org

 International Fair Trade Towns

Stakeholder Proposal

 YOU and this conference

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The FIG Tree

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The FIG Tree Centre in Garstang

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Fair Trade & Local Café & Shop

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Exhibition & Interactive Displays

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Tourism & events

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Chocolate Workshops

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Bean to bar chocolate

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The FIG Tree @ St.Johns

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Time to move on

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Garstang Keswick Arnside Lancaster Kendal Windermere Grasmere

The Fair Trade Way

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Hasta Manana

Bruce Crowther International Fair Trade Towns Ambassador brucecrowther300@gmail.com www.fairtradetowns.org www.fairtradecentre.org

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Martin Luther King had…

 …a SMART Goal?  …an achievable

target?

 …a personal

development plan?

 …a dream?