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  1. MEACCE announcement

    December 6, 2019

    This week we have heard the very sad news that there have been a number of landslides in the Mbale region of Uganda. Sadly, five people have been confirmed dead and many more have lost their homes and coffee crop, their livelihoods. Our thoughts are with everyone in the region. Deforestation, soil erosion and changing […]

  2. International Volunteers Day: Meet Tara

    December 5, 2019

    Meet Tara Fisher a Fairtrade activist in Llanelli and a recent volunteer at the International Fair Trade Towns Conference (IFTTC) we held in October 2019. “I have been a volunteer for Fairtrade for 10 years since I moved back to the UK from France. I was living in Hampshire at the time and as I […]

  4. Celebrating Professor Noel Lloyd

    June 20, 2019

    We are incredibly saddened to hear about the passing of Prof. Noel Lloyd, and we wanted to take this time to celebrate what he achieved at Fair Trade Wales. Noel joined Fair Trade Wales as Chair in 2011, shortly after stepping down as Pro-Vice Chancellor at Aberystwyth University. Noel was a dedicated Chairman of Fair […]

  5. A Warm Welcome to Wales for the International Fair Trade Towns Conference

    June 6, 2019

    A Warm Welcome to Wales for the International Fair Trade Towns Conference. Committed campaigners across Wales worked together over a decade ago to realise the vision of Wales becoming a Fair Trade Nation. On the 6th June 2008, Wales was declared the world’s first Fair Trade Nation. Today marks eleven years of communities in Wales […]

  6. Fairtrade Fortnight 2019

    April 3, 2019

    Another year has passed and so has another fantastic Fairtrade fortnight! Fair Trade local groups organized approximately 54 community events, across 15 counties attended by 2750 people. Many schools , churches, AMs and MPs joined in too. We held various bake sales, quiz nights, Fairtrade dinners and even created a giant banana split. No wonder […]

  7. The future of Fair Trade in Wales

    December 12, 2018

    In 2018, 10 years since Wales became a Fair Trade Nation, Fair Trade Wales carried out a short review. This review looked at the status of Wales as Fair Trade Nation, and what this could mean in the future. This is finally completed and we will be sharing our findings at events across Wales in […]

  8. Fair Trade International Symposium reflection

    July 27, 2018

    The Fair Trade International Symposium is a gathering of academics and practitioners with an interest in Fair Trade issues. It takes place every 3 – 4 years and is a place to share the latest research and findings as well as launching new Fair Trade initiatives and concepts. The 2018 symposium happened in Portsmouth and […]

  9. Fair Trade Nation – our survey

    June 15, 2018

    If you’ve been paying any attention, you might have noticed that on 6 June Wales celebrated 10 years since being declared a Fair Trade Nation! We had parties, shared memories, happy birthday messages and finished it all off with a Fair Trade Way. It was a fabulous and exhausting day. What you might not know, […]

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    Fair Trade Nation 10th anniversary, join in!

    May 18, 2018

    Wales’s 10th anniversary as a Fair Trade Nation is on Wednesday 6 June, and we want everybody to be able to join in. We’d like you to either tweet, facebook or send us a photo or short video of yourselves saying Happy Birthday.  Join in video: step-by-step If you want, use some Fair Trade props […]

  11. Fairtrade Groups recognised at Wales Africa Awards

    February 2, 2018

    On Monday 29th January 2018, over 160 people gathered at the Wales for Africa awards ceremony at the National Museum, Cardiff, to celebrate the work of International Development and Fair Trade organisations and  groups in Wales. The awards were presented to winners of 10 categories including: Youth Leadership, Innovation, Sustainability, Partnership, Inclusion, Shoestring budget, Fundraising […]

  12. As simple as a cup of tea

    December 15, 2017

    Behind your cuppa, people are facing discrimination, low wages and poor working conditions Ffion reflects on her experience of meeting Dorothy, a Fairtrade tea farmer in Kenya, and talks of how our choices, no matter how small are having a big impact on communities across the world… From my farm to hers was a trip […]