London Fairtrade Week

The London Fairtrade Festival is going to be in full swing from the 7th - 9th May at Potter’s Field Park. Over 4,500 products are licensed to carry the Fairtrade Mark including coffee, tea, chocolate, sugar and even clothing and cotton wool.

This action-packed family fun weekend celebrates World Fairtrade Day on the 8th May, and will feature music, films as well as football-themed fun and games. Tom Palmer, author of two football fiction series for children, The Football Detective and The Football Academy, will be launching his latest book, Offside. Tom recently travelled to Ghana to learn about cocoa and Fairtrade and Offside features a young footballer who is the son of Fairtrade cocoa farmers in Ghana.

Dubble, the Fairtrade chocolate bar created for kids, by kids, is celebrating its 10th birthday with free chocolate tastings and loads of kids entertainment.

There will be Fairtrade chocolate and wine tasting on Friday night and films on Friday and Saturday evenings. There will also be stalls selling and sampling produce from a range of Fairtrade companies including Bishopston Trading, Cafédirect, Divine Chocolate, plus many more. For more information visit: www.fairtrade.org.uk

Written by: Carine Seitz