We are supporting this year’s national Fairtrade Fortnight campaign - which has the theme of The Big Swap.
Thousands of events will be taking place around the country and in Hounslow during Fairtrade Fortnight, (22 February - 7 March) encouraging people to swap their usual brands for Fairtrade ones to reflect the urgency of expanding Fairtrade to benefit more farmers and their dependents in developing countries.
Events in Hounslow
Saturday 30 January: MAWAH presented the Muslim Women in the 21st century event at the Civic Centre which included a range of speaks, artists, award ceremony. Fairtrade foundation had a stall promoting Fairtrade tea, coffee, sugar and divine chocolate as well as information about the benefits Fairtrade brings to communities and producers in the developing world
Sunday 14 February: Fairtrade pancakes and coffee morning at S.S. Michael & Martins Parish Centre on 94 Bath Road, Hounslow from 10am onwards
Thursday 25 February: The Open House Café (St. Paul’s Parish Centre, TW8 0PN) in Brentford will be hosting a lunch time service from 1pm which will focus on Fairtrade
Saturday 27 February: Strictly Fairtrade Tea dance organised by the Fairtrade Foundation at Spitalfields Market from 12noon to 5pm
Sunday 28 February: The Big Brew after the morning service at St. Faith’s Church, 122 Windmill Road, Brentford, TW8 9NA
Monday 1 March: The Open House Café (St. Paul’s Parish Centre, TW8 0PN) in Brentford will be hosting a lunch time service of Songs of Praise from 1pm which will focus on Fairtrade and St David’s Day
Wednesday 3 March: Hounslow Teabreak at Café Parkside in the Civic Centre from 10am til 11.30am
Saturday 6 March: The Big Brew – Free coffee morning at St. Dunstans Church, Hounslow from 10.30am til noon
Saturday 6 March: Celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight and Ghanaian Independence Day with Divine Chocolate at the Michael Room, St. Michael and All Angels Parish Hall, Priority Avenue, W4 1TX at 8pm. Join us and hear Confort Kumeah (secretary and chair of the Kuapa Kokoo Farmers Union in Ghana) describe her work and the benefits that Fairtrade has brought to her family and community in Ghana. There will also be talks from the Divine Chocolate, an exhibition of paintings for sale by Ghanaian artists, a display of Ghanaian history, along with Ghanaian music and Fairtrade refreshments from 7.30pm
Sunday 7 March: The Big Brew event after the morning service at St. Faiths Church, 122 Windmill Road, Brentford, TW8 9NA
Open House Café
Throughout Fairtrade Fortnight 2010, the Open House Café (St. Paul’s Parish centre, St Paul’s Road, Brentford) will have a Fairtrade themed lunch menu which will feature meals which will be cooked using Fairtrade and other fair-traded ingredients as well as a Fairtrade stall.
If you are hosting an event during Fairtrade Fortnight and would like us to promote it on the council website, please email us at: fairtrade@hounslow.gov.uk
Contact us
Email: fairtrade@hounslow.gov.uk
Tel: 020 8583 5213
Environmental Strategy
Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
