BURNLEY'S FAIRTRADERS CELEBRATE
- Only 7 more shops needed to make Burnley a Fairtrade Town!

This week, Burnley’s Fairtraders joined Kitty Ussher MP in celebrating the official forming of Burnley’s Fairtrade Steering Group - the group responsible for making Burnley a Fairtrade Town. The campaign has been a great success and now only 7 more shops are needed to make Burnley a Fairtrade Town.

Representatives from cafes, shops, churches, schools and community groups who use Fairtrade products met to officially set up Burnley’s Fairtrade Steering group and to celebrate the success of Fairtrade products in Burnley.
So far over 64 establishments in Burnley have committed to either serving, selling or using at least 2 Fairtrade products.

These are:
Co-op
Asda
Tesco
Sainsbury’s
Marks & Spencers
Sommerfield Briercliffe
Sommerfield Padiham
Holland and Barrett
Greggs
Tesco Express
Central Church Coffee Bar – Tea and Coffee and biscuits
The Chai Centre
Eileen Mary’s Cafe
Rhode Island Coffee
Marks & Spencers Cafe Revive
Red Triangle Café
Burnley United Reformed Church Coffee Bar
Sainsbury Café
Burnley Hospital
Burnley College
Burnley & Pendle Travel
Calico Housing
The Community Engagement & Cohesion Unit (Burnley Borough Council)
Aircelle
Francis Bradsahw partnership
Co –op
Office of Kitty Ussher MP
Hameldon Community Collage
Bassnett Street Nursery
Whitegate Nursery
Rockwood Nursery
St Peter’s RC primary School
FLAG
Thursby Surgery
The Bridge Project
Briercliffe Ladies Group
Higham District Women’s Institute
Stoops & Hargerclough Community Association
Community Alliance
Burnley Soropitmist International
St Johns Youth
Christ The King RC Church
St Teresa’s RC Church
Central Methodist Church
Greenbrook Methodist Church
St Matthews Church
United Methodist Church
Brunshaw Methodist Church
Parkside Methodist Church
Padiham Methodist Church
Sabden Methodist Church
Burnley United Reformed Church
St Andrews with St Margaret & St James
St Andrews (Duke Bar)
St Leonards Church
Ightenhill Methodist Church
St Margaret’s Church, Hapton
Rosehill Baptist Church
St John’s Presbytery
St John’s Ivy Street
St John the Baptist
Life Church
St Mary’s RC Church

Burnley needs 7 more retail outlets and 1 more cafe to commit to using at least 2 Fairtrade products in order for the town to be awarded Fairtrade status. However, retailers and café owners at the meeting already signed up to Fairtrade were keen to express the benefits of using Fairtrade products.

Andrew Smalley manager at Rhode Island manager states
“Fairtrade products are made by companies that care about other people and are therefore of a very high quality. Our customers come to us because of the high quality of our products and are more than willing to pay extra for that and for the knowledge that they are purchasing ethically sound products. Far from being reduced, our profit margins are increased by offering Fairtrade products”

Indeed the benefits in terms of sales are quite clear - in the UK Fairtrade sales are doubling every two years with sales of Fairtrade products in the UK now worth £300m per year. There are now over 2,500 retail and catering products carrying the Fairtrade mark. In other words Fairtrade is a rapidly expanding market with huge growth potential.

Kitty Ussher states
“In Burnley, the demand for Fairtrade products has been rising and this is one of the reasons why I started the Fairtrade Town Campaign. By stocking Fairtrade products now you would be making the most of this growth opportunity. Most wholesalers do stock Fairtrade products you just need to enquire about them. Indeed, Burnley’s own cash and carry - Booker’s on Gannow Lane has a range of Fairtrade products available.”

If you’re a retailer or café owner in Burnley please ask yourself the following questions. Do you want to be one of the Fairtrade Shops? Do you want your establishment to be included in the Town’s Fairtrade directory? Do you want to receive free publicity support for your store? Do you want to be recognised as a socially responsible and caring trader? If you replied yes to any of the above then please join the Fairtrade campaign and sell or serve 2 Fairtrade products. It is as simple as that you do not need to serve only Fairtrade products just add 2 Fairtrade items to the other products you sell”

If you want to be one of the Fairtrade shops or cafes or want some more information about using Fairtrade products then please contact Vicky Rees on 01282 450840 or at reesv@parliament.uk.

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