Last updated: 29 March 2008
What's Fairtrade?
Fairtrade products aim to strengthen the economic position of disadvantaged producers in the developing world. Many small farmers don't earn enough to feed their families, send their children to school and invest in sustainable development.
The Fairtrade label is awarded to products that meet internationally recognised standards of fair trade.
The Fairtrade label is awarded to products that meet internationally recognised standards of fair trade.
Where to buy
Allerdale
Brampton
Carlisle
Eden (external link)
Kendal
Keswick (external link)
Lakes Parish
Millom
Windermere & Bowness
Fairtrade towns
Brampton
Carlisle
Cockermouth
Eden Valley
Egremont
Kendal
Kirkby Lonsdale
Keswick
Lakes Parish
Millom
Windermere & Bowness
News and Events
Harriet Lamb visits Keswick
During Fairtrade Fortnight 2008, Harriet Lamb, Director of the Fairtrade Foundation, visited Keswick. She was one of the speakers at ‘Words by the Water’, the annual Literary Festival at the Theatre by the Lake. Latest Fairtrade Villages
Caldbeck and Hesketh Newmarket have become the seventeenth community in Cumbria to gain Fairtrade status.
Cumbria Flags up Fairtrade
The New Accommodation Guide from Cumbria Tourism indicates Fairtrade hotels, guest houses and B&Bs.
Fairtrade sales booming
Estimated retail sales of Fairtrade products in the UK have reached half a billion pounds according to the Fairtrade Foundation. Fairtrade bananas are the best selling Fairtrade product with sales topping £150m, an increase of 130%. More importantly still, says the Fairtrade Foundation, in 2007 the real volumes (by weight or number) of produce more than doubled over 2006.
Black Gold on DVD
If you missed it at the cinema, here's another chance to see this powerful investigation into the global coffee trade. It 'stars' Tadesse Meskela, who visited Cumbria in 2005.
Who we are
We are an alliance of like-minded groups, all of which are promoting Fairtrade and Trade Justice around the county. We were formed in January 2004 at a meeting of campaigners in Ambleside. We have meetings twice a year, open to all campaigners.
Our aims are:
• to promote the concept and to increase the awareness of Fairtrade in Cumbria;
• to promote the buying, selling, serving and use of Fairtrade products within the county;
• to alleviate poverty by campaigning for a fair system of international trade.
The award of Fairtrade County status was presented by George Alagiah, Patron of the Fairtrade Foundation and BBC News Presenter, on 11th March, 2006.
Our aims are:
• to promote the concept and to increase the awareness of Fairtrade in Cumbria;
• to promote the buying, selling, serving and use of Fairtrade products within the county;
• to alleviate poverty by campaigning for a fair system of international trade.
The award of Fairtrade County status was presented by George Alagiah, Patron of the Fairtrade Foundation and BBC News Presenter, on 11th March, 2006.
Trade Justice
Find out the latest progress, or lack of, at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks, why Economic Partnerships Agreements drawn up by the European Union are a bad idea, plus what you can do to help.