With Ammanford full of activity, the message was also spread outside the town during the Fortnight. As the First Fairtrade Town in the First Fairtrade Nation, Ammanford, Wales has an inspirational role to play for other communities interested in promoting Fairtrade. As a result, Ammanford Fairtrade supporters were among those attending a Fairtrade Tea Party at the Welsh Assembly on Wednesday 3rd March, which was designed to gain support for The Big Swap from Assembly Members. The Big Swap was the message of this year's Fairtrade Fortnight, and is an important campaign as it seeks to get people to make their first swap to Fairtrade, but also encourages long term supporters to look for more Fairtrade items. It is important that we recognise it is not just tea, coffee and chocolate which is available; there are, literally, thousands of Fairtrade products available now. For a full list go to www.fairtrade.org.uk . A regularly updated Fairtrade Directory for Ammanford is available at www.ammanfordfairtrade.blogspot.com .
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