The Regional Fair Trade Project Draws to a Close
March 2008
The regional fair trade project for Yorkshire and the Humber is due to close as a project on 31 March 2008.
The project has been made possible through funding from the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Centre of Excellence (see www.yhcoe.rcoe.gov.uk ).
The project has facilitated:
- the launch of a Fairtrade Town campaign in three towns in the region,
- the organisation of a national Fairtrade Towns conference in Rotherham in September 2007,
- the creation of resources and promotional items on fair trade for the region's community groups and local authorities to use,
- primary schools fair trade resource packs,
- and a regional framework contract for fair trade products for local authorities to use.
This website will remain live as an information source on fair trade procurement and the first steps in a Fairtrade Town campaign. You will still be able to download resources or borrow exhibition stands that have been created as part of the project.
If your local authority is based in the Yorkshire and Humber region and would like to participate in the regional framework contract for fair trade products please contact Stephen Priestley, Procurement Unit, Leeds City Council on telephone number 0113 24 76664 or by email stephen.priestley@leeds.gov.uk
Regional framework contract for fair trade products.
Click on Fair Trade Procurement button on the left-hand menu to learn more about this regional contract for the supply of fair trade products.
The Fairtrade Yorkshire website is a one-stop point of reference for information on Fairtrade across the Yorkshire and Humber region. This website has been set up as part of the two year regional fair trade project for Yorkshire and the Humber (March 2006 - 2008).
The map below will allow you to visit the Fairtrade websites for each local authority. If your local authority and community has recently achieved Fairtrade Town status or is working towards Fairtrade Town status and is missing from the map please contact International Relations, Leeds City Council at the following email address: international@leeds.gov.uk
