The Malmesbury Fairtrade Steering Committee are pleased to announce that Malmesbury has now achieved Fairtrade Town status.
The Committee made up of Town Councillors, local residents and representatives from our local schools, churches and businesses.
In order to attain Fairtrade Town status the Committee needed to demonstrate the achievement of four key goals:
GOAL 1. Local council passes a resolution supporting Fairtrade
Resolution from Malmesbury Town Council passed on July 10th 2007.
Please see attached PDF and links below.
These links detail the formal Town Council resolutions tabled and approved with respect to promoting Fairtrade in Malmesbury.
GOAL 2. A range of (at least two) Fairtrade* products are readily available in the area’s shops and served in local cafes/ catering establishments
Malmesbury shops and cafe's stock a wide range of Fairtrade products:
The Wild Food Co
22, High St, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9AU
Tel: 01666 824443
Hours: Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5.30pm
58 products
The Fromagerie
13, High St, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9AA
Tel: 01666 824744
Hours: Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5.30pm
2 products
Summer Café
4, High St, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9AU
Tel: 01666 822639
Hours: Monday to Saturday 8am to 6pm,
Sunday 10am to 5pm
2 products
Amanda’s Café
4, Oxford St, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9AX
Tel: 01666 829356
Hours: Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5.30pm
2 products
Oxfam
7, High St, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9AA
Tel: 01666 826122
Hours: Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5.30pm
49 products
Co-op Food stores
8, High St, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9AU
Tel: 01666 823309
Hours Monday to Saturday, 6am to 11pm,
Sunday 10am to 10pm
41 Products
Thresher Wine Shop
45, High St, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9AG
Tel: 01666 823741
Hours: Monday to Saturday, 10am to 9pm,
Sun 10am to 6pm
3 products
Staff also uses Fair trade tea and coffee in the shop
Malmesbury Abbey
Parish Office, Old Squash Court, Holloway, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9BA
Tel: 01666 826666
Hours: Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm in summer,
10am to 4pm in winter
8 product ranges
Somerfield Stores Ltd
Gloucester Rd, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 0AL
Tel: 01666 824948
Hours: Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm,
Sunday 10am to 4pm
16 Products
The Malmesbury Dry Cleaner Ltd
3, Oxford St, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9AX
Tel: 01666 825028
Hours: Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5.30pm
Staff use Fair trade tea, coffee and sugar
Michael Thomas Family Butcher
51, The Triangle, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 0AH
Tel: 01666 823981
Hours: Monday to Saturday 6am to 5.30pm
15 Products
GOAL 3. Fairtrade* products are used by an appropriate number of local workplaces (offices, shops etc.) and community organizations (faith communities, schools, universities etc.)
Fairtrade Tea and Coffee is served at all the following establishments for staff and visitors:
- Malmesbury Abbey
- Malmesbury C of E School
- Malmesbury Scouts
- Malmesbury Secondary School
- Malmesbury Town Council
- Malmesbury Peace and Justice
GOAL 4. Popular Support for Malmesbury Fairtrade Campaign
The Committee have organised a number of Fairtrade promotional events in and around the town to ensure that Fairtrade issues are highlighted and awareness sucured. These events have included:
- A presentation to approximately 100 Malmesburians on “Making Malmesbury A Fairtrade Town” followed by a showing of the movie "
Black Gold". This event was well publicised and well attended on March 8th 2008. It appears within the Fairtrade Web-site.
- Malmesbury Farmers Market - Fairtrade stall featuring a range of Fairtrade products sold in Malmesbury. Held February 23rd 2008.
- Malmesbury Secondary School have held a number of Fairtrade events and have publicised them through their Web-site.
- A number of other Fairtrade events have been held including:
Saturday café and market stalls in the town hall. Volunteers made and donated fair trade cakes and drinks and took turns in serving and cleaning, etc. The money made bought 16 goats from Oxfam Unwrapped.
Stall holders included Oxfam, Trade craft, Lanka Kade, a Welsh charity and a ‘Make Poverty History’ stall.
Saturday café and market stalls in St Mary’s Hall, St Mary’s Street. Again, volunteers made and donated fair trade cakes and drinks and took turns in serving and cleaning, etc. The money raised bought 12 goats from Oxfam Unwrapped.
Stall holders included Oxfam and Trade craft.
Fairtrade Day in Bristol
Members attended the Fairtrade Bus event in Bristol City.
GOAL 5. A local Steering Group is convened to ensure progress and continued commitment to the campaign
Malmesbury Fairtrade Steering Committee has a
Web page which details its membership and how to get in touch.
The committee plan to hold a major PR event once Fairtrade status has been awarded. This would include a Fairtrade market.
The committee will also be organising a Fairtrade stand / event at the WOMAD festival which will be held in Malmesbury in July, which typically attracts more than 40,000 people to the town.
The committee will continue to recruit more businesses to support Fairtrade, in an attemt to get all the business in Malmesbury to stock or supply at least 2 Fairtrade products.
The committee intend creating a Town Fairtrade Directory and want to get involved with promoting Fairtrade with other regional organisations.
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