Birmingham Fairtrade Association
The Fairtrade Foundation
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At the Church Council on 1st March 2005 it was agreed that the Church would endeavour to become a Fairtrade Church. This means it has agreed to:
- Use Fairtrade tea & coffee for all meetings for which it has responsibility.
- Take positive steps towards using other fairtrade products (sugar,biscuits, fruit and fruit juice).
- Promote Fairtrade during Fairtrade Fortnight - and through other activities whenevr possible.
Sunday morning coffee in particular is an important occasion in the life of the Church and we feel that using fairly traded tea and coffee on such occasions offers not only a quality tasty drink but also gives us ease of conscience, knowing that the producers have been given a fair price for their labour.
We have a Fairtrade stall every second Sunday in the month at the moment although this may increase in frequency in the future.
We stock all the consumable goods in the Traidcraft catalogue and we can stock anything else in the catalogue - ie take orders - for clothes or jewellery.
We currently stock:
- Drinks - Tea, Coffee - instant and filter, the best Hot Chocolate ever - both instant and regular, Cocoa and Orange Juice
- Muesli - Apricot, Fruit and Nut, Vine Fruit and Tropical
- Pasta - Fusilli, Penne and Basmati Rice (white and brown)
- Dried fruit - Apricots, Raisins, Sultanas, Mango, Sundried Pineapple and Mixed Fruit
- Nuts - Brazils and Cashew nuts - salted and plain,
- Spreads - Honey - set and clear, Strawberry Jam and Marmalade
- Sugar - Dark Muscovado, Demerara, Organic Cane, Golden Caster and Raw Cane
- NEW - Cakes - Cherry and Walnut Cake and Dark Genoa Cake
- Cookies - Double Chocolate, Brazil Nut and Stem Ginger
- Geobars - Apricot, Cranberry and Raisin and Chocolate
- NEW - Geoactive - energy bars for people with busy lifestyles - Cashew and Pineapple and Mango
- 'Sweets and Treats' - A delicious variety from the old favourite - Yoghurt Coated Raisins - through the more traditional barley sugars to the pretty coloured chocolate mini-eggs.
- Chocolate - Rico, Dubble and Divine - those you see in the supermarkets - and Traidcraft's own range of rich swiss chocolate - Cappuccino, Praline, Milk and Plain; and the speciality Almond White and Honey Milk
- We can also order boxes in advance for a special treat for a friend or relative. There is a gift-wrapped Belgian Finest Selection box that is extremely good (£5.99) and a box of tasty Belgian chocolates for just £3.75.
- NEW - Bombay Mix, Salted Cashew Nuts, Salted peanuts and Spicy Plantain chips
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