Portsmouth Fairtrade Forum 

The Borough Council passed a resolution to  support Fairtrade and it serves Fairtrade products, such as coffee and tea, at its meetings and in its offices   The resolution was passed on 4th October 2006.    

click on the Gosport logo for details  

A range of Fairtrade products are sold in about 30 shops (target was 16)  and in 10 cafés and catering establishments.(target was 8)  We have exceeded the targets [but we'd really like more cafes, pubs and restaurants tojoin in].                                                               

A number of local work places and community organisations use Fairtrade products.  [Most Churches do and a few schools, voluntary organisations and businesses but would be good to have lots more]

Fairtrade activities attract media coverage and popular support [plenty but always room for more]                                                                                           

Ensure continued commitment to Fairtrade borough status. [we have a great team but would welcome more people particularly from Lee-on-the-Solent and Rowner/ Bridgemary]

Survey of:

- businesses,

- community

     organisations

- Schools 

- Youth

-General public          

[Goal 3]

 Schools   

   Schools   - There's a great new website for you

            http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/schools/

for ideas, resources and information on how to become a Fairtrade School 

Resources include a detailed action guide. poster and fliers and a powerpoint presentation.             

          GFA can help you too:

GFA can provide speakers, PowerPoint presentations for different age groups and someone to talk to about how to become a Fairtrade school

GFA has a travelling exhibition about Fairtrade:

 it contains posters: (which can also be used in A4 format as work sheets)

                 - what Fairtrade is;

                 - the benefits - with case studies of:

                                                 bananas from the Windward Islands,

                                                 fruit juice from Cuba

                                                 sugar from Costa Rica

                                                 tea from Sri Lanka;

                                                 women and coffee in Nicaragua

                - What it means for Gosport to be a Fairtrade Borough.

 There is a quiz based on the information in the exhibition.

 If you would like to borrow it, please contact us   

 If you would like a GFA  speaker, please contact us     

St John's Primary School did a Fairtrade Project from September to October,07. They borrowed the

GFA exhibition and had a GFA speaker. The pupils work was outstanding from T shirts decorated with

a Fairtrade theme to persuasive letters explaining the benefits of Fairtrade to the School Staff. Their

campaign worked; the staff voted overwhelmingly to become a Fairtrade Staff Room. Well done, all of you.                  

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Youth Festival 7th July 07

Competitions attracted lots of attention as illustrated here:

to guess the number of Fairtrade labels on the coat made by the Youth Council [LEFT]

[winner Lara Cain]

 and [BELOW] - a quiz based on information about Fairtrade on the display. [Winner: Helen Pottle]

A "Fairtrade Coffee Morning" for shoppers and the general public was hosted by the Worshipful Mayor of Gosport in the Civic Wing of the Gosport Town Hall on Saturday 2nd. Sept. 2006, from 9am - 1pm.  Fairtrade tea, coffee and cakes were served. Gosport Charities had stalls.

Gosport Fairtrade Action had an exhibition about Fairtrade, a stall selling Fairtrade and Traidcraft goods; and provided a raffle prize of Fairtrade products.

The Mayor held  similar "Fairtrade Coffee Morning" on Saturday, 25th November, 2006, in aid of her Charities and up until May 2007. Gosport Fairtrade Action's stall sold Fairtrade and Traidcraft goods.

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News                  

Wednesday 30 April 2008 2.00 pm	Tree planting in Falkland Gardens The Mayor of Gosport, Councillor Keith Gill, joined members of GFA to plant a tree to commemorate the award of Fairtrade Borough Status to Gosport in 2008. The growing tree symbolises both the continuing growth of Fairtrade in Gosport and the way in which Fairtrade enables Fairtrade producers and their families and communities to grow healthily and sustainably as Fairtrade pays them prices that cover their cost and encourage more organic production methods.
Sunday 27 April 2008 12.00 - 4.00pm