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Fairtrade’s
the fashion
This year's Fairtrade Fortnight theme calls
on everyone to be proud of buying Fairtrade
products and ‘show off your label’.
Buying products with the Fairtrade logo
is a straightforward way of giving poor
people in developing countries a chance to
work their way out of poverty.
In Brent the council is focusing on one
of the most important Fairtrade products,
cotton. Fairtrade cotton was launched in
Britain six years ago and is now worth
around £50 million a year through sales
from leading high street stores.
To find out more about more about
Fairtrade cotton come along to the council's
special fashion event to mark Fairtrade
Fortnight at the town hall on 3 March.
There will be a series of fashion
photographs capturing well-known
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models on display as well as African food,
stalls, schools displays and short films,
including Sir Steve Redgrave visiting
Fairtrade cotton producers in Mali.
The event will be opened at 5pm by
the Mayor of Brent, Councillor Harbhajan
Singh. Speakers will include Ben
Ramsden, founder of Pants to Poverty.
Fairtrade gives millions of people in
Africa, Asia and Latin America a chance to
work their way out of poverty with dignity,
by guaranteeing a decent price for what
they produce.
On top of that, they are paid a premium
that their community decides how to
spend, for example on health facilities.
They are assured of safe working
conditions and the right to form trade
unions.The local environment is
Brent Council will be
joining the nation in
celebrating Fairtrade
Fortnight 2011 which
runs from 28 February
until 13 March.
also protected.
Dr Peter Moore, Chair of Brent
Fairtrade Network, said: “Fairtrade is
special for millions of producers of food,
drink, footballs, flowers and cotton. And it
is also special for us in Brent. Buying
products with the Fairtrade logo is an easy
way we can help poor people thousands of
miles away.”
Brent Council is committed to Fairtrade
and aims to become a Fairtrade Borough,
working with the community through the
Brent Fairtrade Network.
To find out more about Fairtrade
Fortnight in Brent email
marion.hofmann@brent.gov.uk