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These are good people. Very good people. The sort that would do a proper job.

House of Coffee back in business!

The nicest coffee in the known universe, and loads of Fairtrade choices.

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And their gift set is  thing of loveliness

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I believe they deliver.

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STOP PRESS

(I was told to say that)

The House of Coffee are extending their offer – 10% discount on Fairtrade – until 14th March.

Well done, Morrisons

We got a large pile of FT chocolate from Morrisons to give away to the people of Leighton-Linslade in honour of FT fortnight. A huge thank you to them.

And give it away we did. Here we have two police officers enjoying the choc.

In the past it was the robbers who wore the masks. 

Cafe in the Park

Want to meet up with someone outside for a coffee, as you can from March 8th, and not have a coffee to make it legal? Go to Cafe in the Park.

The cafe has served Fairtrade coffee from

The House of Coffee from its opening in April 2019. The policy is to buy Fairtrade whenever possible and commercially viable and likewise to promote positive environmental working practices when at all possible.

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So now you know.

Not elfy

Because they're gnomes.

This is the project by Cedars school. You get a pretty picture of a gnome and stick it in a prominent place to cheer everyone up. These are all Fairtrade gnomes.

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A big well done to all involved.

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I guess charity begins at gnome.

Totally Local

This is a wonderful initiative aimed at getting you, YES YOU, to buy from Leighton-Linslade's excellent local outlets.

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They're very much into Fairtrade, as are we. Please visit them.

We're going to be working with them over the next year and beyond, so keep an eye on things developing. Or don't. It's up to you, really. 

Bees Knees

We did a talk at the Bees Knees, who are a group of Leighton Buzzard businesswomen.

Look, someone's got to say it. Bees don't have knees. Just joints.

Have you got a minute?

Of course you do. You were only going to do something pointless on social media.

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So here's something worth doing. The Fairtrade Foundation have a petition going on. It's to the Prime Minister, insert name of current PM.

We're just asking the PM to take the exploitation out of our chocolate (It's like taking prawn out of our chocolate. Best done.)

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Please sign. It's easy. So,so easy. 

Our Fairtrade recipe leaflet 

These are really good. Seriously good. Masterchef level good.

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Included is the recipe for Ice Cream Guffi Banani

We just got renewed!

Now, that heading has been on this page since Tony Blair was Prime Minister. But it just happened again!!

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So we're really happy, and we were celebrating late into the night by consuming lots of Fairtrade products (chocolate, wine good for that, roses less so).

At long last, here is the certificate, if you like that sort of thing:

What? You want to know more? Goodness, that's never happened before. Well, here's the link:

Fairtrade Fortnight 2021

We're not doing any live events this year, for reasons that you'll be aware of unless you've just arrived from another planet. In which case the Fairtrade committee surrender immediately and pledge allegiance to our new alien overlords. Please force humanity to buy Fairtrade.

But the Fairtrade Foundation is having a Carnival of events, a Celebration of all things Fairtrade, a Festival for us all.

Follow the link and enjoy yourselves!

Product of the month for February

This is Fairtrade chocolate so good that Beyonce melts it down and uses it as bathwater*.

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Available at Waitrose and Oxfam

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I have no idea why it's lying in the half melted snow, but apparently that was quite important

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(*May not be true. In fact that sounds quite dangerous)

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Where have we been?

The money ran out, so we went off for a bit. Actually, if you can offer us free hosting, we'd like you lots and tell our friends you're great and everything. Let's talk.

It's here

It needed more organisation than D-Day, more hard work than a Fortnite training schedule, and more belief in its eventual arrival than a bag of frogs, but the supermarket Fairtrade league table is now out:

All those who doubted it was going to happen, hang your heads in shame. Good has triumphed over evil, the universe is set straight in its course, and frogs are about to become our new overlords.

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In the meantime, please continue to buy Fairtrade items, available at our local supermarkets as above.

Even More Importantly

We have an updated FAQ section!

(No-one was asking the questions in the old one.)

Click on the "FAQ" tab for details.

How We Got Here

 On 20th January 2006, in front of an enthusiastic audience (mostly awake), Director of the Fairtrade Foundation, Harriet Lamb, presented Town Mayor Councillor Mark Freeman with a certificate conferring Fairtrade Town status on Leighton-Linslade. 

We are Bedfordshire's first Fairtrade Town! 
In order to qualify for Fair Trade Town status, we had to complete five separate goals. These are explained on the 5 goals page (nothing to do with football please note), and other sections will tell you how we continue to do the paperwork to satisfy them. 

If you feel inspired to get involved with our organisation, or can help in any way, we would be delighted to hear from you- see contact section.

If not, but would like to support Fair Trade in other ways, the website has ideas. These are for the home, workplace, where you shop… 

We also have a section detailing why buying Fair Trade matters, another with useful links, and random sections for old news.

Who knows what delights you might find? It could be a recipe, a newsletter, or the steering committee singing the Banana Song.

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Is it Fairtrade?

Over 2,000 products now carry the Fairtrade mark which is your independent guarantee that the product really does make a difference to some of the poorest farmers in the world.

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