Please keep coming back to this page to keep up to date with our changing program of events.

I say changing; the reality is I didn't write it all down, and every now and then someone tells me about something I've forgotten.


Saturday 20th February at 3p.m. Mad Hatters Tea Party at the White House. By invitation only.
Delicious cakes and fairtrade tea. Hats optional. (email us if you're interested)

Jazz Evening at The Grove Lock, Sunday 7 March. Lou's Sextext playing from 6.00 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. 

Free entry. Full menu available til 8pm.

To book a table phone

01525 380940.

Raffle for

Fairtrade Hamper.

NICE!!

¢ OXFAM Swap a bag of quality donated items for a box of Fairtrade Tea!

¢ NATURE’S HARVEST Window display & Fairtrade Tasting.

¢ Check out ROOM No.9 ’s special Fairtrade Meal Deal.

¢ A Fairtrade High Tea is offered by GREEN TEA.

¢ Enjoy Fairtrade tea and coffee at BARISTA BAY ESPRESSO BAR

and sign up to the Make it Fair campaign.

¢ Order a bottle of Fairtrade wine at Leighton’s newest cafe,

CAFE RENDEZ VOUS.

¢ Enjoy Fairtrade at THE COFFEE BAY Leighton Buzzard Garden Centre.

¢ Check out Fairtrade at the LIBRARY CAFE.

¢ THE GREAT TEA GIVEAWAY! Campaigners will be in and

around the town on Saturday 27 February with a

Swap Your Cuppa giant inflatable tea mug.

Will you spot us?

 

 

 

 

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SCHOOL INTEREST IN FAIR TRADE

 

HEATHWOOD LOWER SCHOOL has shown its commitment to fair trade by making an investment with the world’s only 100 per cent fair trade lender.

Shared Interest’s Supporter Relations Officer in the South, Leighton Buzzard-based Sally Reith, led Heathwood Lower School’s assembly about the impact fair trade has on farmers and handicraft makers in the developing world.

Heathwood Lower School has been a Fairtrade school for three years and runs a tuck shop selling Fairtrade goods to pupils at break times. They will use the profits from the shop to open a Shared Interest account and start investing in fair trade businesses in disadvantaged communities overseas.

Angela Feaviour of the Leighton Linslade Fairtrade Steering Group said: “I am really impressed to see how Heathwood are taking their commitment to fair trade forward by investing in Shared Interest.”

By pooling investor funds, Shared Interest currently lends over £30 million each year to fair trade businesses in some of the world’s poorest countries. The financial co-operative is looking to raise a further four million in investment over the coming year so that even more communities are able to access the fair trade market.

A spokesperson for Heathwood Lower School Fairtrade Council said: “Heathwood Lower is looking forward to developing the partnership with Shared Interest to further the children’s knowledge and understanding of issues faced in developing countries.”

Sally continued: “We are delighted that schools are deciding to invest in Shared Interest. It means that the pupils can watch their account grow, knowing that it is helping people forge a living in other parts of the world.”

To find out more about Shared Interest’s ‘Fair Trade Fun’ school pack or to order your copy, please contact sally.reith@shared-interest.com or dial 0191 233 9100. For further details on how to become an investor, visit www.shared-interest.com