6. Portsmouth

Displays on Southsea seafront: pictures thanks to Toby Smith.

Who are we?

We are volunteers who worked with Portsmouth City Council to make Portsmouth a Fairtrade City in 2004.

We have been meeting regularly since 2002

Our aims are to raise awareness of Fairtrade, encourage more people to use Fairtrade goods, and more retailers and catering establishments to sell them. We seek to promote Fairtrade in community organisations and workplaces of the borough.

We meet at Portsmouth Civic Offices each month

Together with Portsmouth City Council we’ve achieved Fairtrade City status for the City.

We’ve organised lots of events for Fairtrade Fortnight

We’ve helped produce articles for lots of magazines and newsletters.

We’ve spoken to lots of different groups

We’ve held stalls at local events and put up displays

We’ve organised some public meetings

We’re doing surveys of shops, cafes, hotels and guest houses, to find out which ones use Fairtrade products. Then we produce local guides to Fairtrade. (Contact us if you’d like some).

We’ve produced a window sticker for businesses to show they sell or use Fairtrade products 

We’re helping local schools and churches to get Fairtrade status