Lancaster and Morecambe Fairtrade District

Lancaster, Morecambe and the surrounding areas are now officially recognised by the Fairtrade Foundation as a Fairtrade Distrct. This certification acknowledges the number of outlets supplying Fairtrade products, the many organisations which support Fairtrade, the Lancaster & Morecambe Fairtrade Group which involves Lancaster City Council and the promotion of the Fairtrade message.

Fairtrade Directory

The Lancaster and Morecambe District Fairtrade Group maintains a directory listing of cafés and retail outlets supplying Fairtrade products in Lancaster, Morecambe and District.

More Information about Fairtrade

For more details about Fairtrade and national Fairtrade suppliers, see the Fairtrade Foundation website.

How your school, church or organisation can support Fairtrade

You could provide Fairtrade tea and coffee at your meetings or to your staff or perhaps you could run a regular Fairtrade stall. How about an ethical alternative to the vending machine? A new venture called "fair-traders" are able to supply a variety of solutions visit www.fair-traders.co.uk.

Please inform us of your commitment to Fairtrade by emailing a message with details to info@globallink.org.uk.

Dubble Chocolate Challenge

Sign the Chocolate Challenge Manifesto and join young people in the UK and Ghana who are challenging the most powerful people in the chocolate industry to give cocoa farmers a sweeter deal. On the website you can watch video created by young people about Fairtrade and you can enter a competition to win a kilo of chocolate! The 'Pa Pa Paa' educational pack teaching resource on cocoa farmers and Fairtrade (includes photocards and DVD) is also available at www.papapaa.org/ks2/index_5.htm.