There will be a meeting for anyone interested in getting involved with events in Ammanford for this year's Fairtrade Fortnight at 2activate in Wind Street this Wednesday 27th January at 10am. If you'd like to be involved but can't make the meeting, please get in touch with Phil Broadhurst (01269 596933 mailto:/riversidepicnic@yahoo.co.uk ).
Fairtrade Fortnight 2010 is from February 22nd - March 7th and possible events for Ammanford this year include a solar powered fairtrade cinema in a caravan (www.thesolcinema.org) and a fairtrade banana split in The Arcade even bigger than last year's!
Cynhelir cyfarfod ar gyfer unrhwy un sydd a diddordeb i fod yn rhan o ddigwyddiadau Pythefnos Masnach Deg Rhydaman eleni yn 2activate yn Stryd y Gwynt dydd Mercher 27 Ionawr am 10.00am. Os hoffech fod yn rhan o bethau ac methu a bod yn bresennol yn y cyfarfod yna cysylltwch a Phil broadhurst ar 01269 596933 neu riversidepicnic@yahoo.co.uk
Mae Pythefnos Masnach Deg eleni o Chwefror 22 - 7 Mawrth ac mae'r digwyddiadau posib ar gyfer Rhydaman yn cynnwys sinema masnach deg mewn carafan syddwedi ei yrru gan wres solar www.thesolcinema.org a banana spilt masnach deg enfawr yn yr Arcade - hyd yn oed yn fwy na un y llynedd!
Monday, 25 January 2010
Thursday, 12 November 2009
THE FAIRTRADE WAY
Ammanford Fairtrade Group member Phil Broadhurst recently joined members of Garstang Fairtrade Group as they pioneered a long distance walk from garstang, the first Fairtrade Town in the world, up through the Fairtrade Towns of Lancashire and the Lake District to Keswick.The walkers hope The Fairtrade Way will help to promote Fairtrade products which guarantee third world producers a fair price and good working conditions.
They also hope it will encourage more Ramblers to fill their flasks with Fairtrade tea, coffee or hot chocolate. Phil said " The Ramblers Association has a membership of 135,000. Imagine the impact on Fairtrade sales if just half of those filled their flasks with Fairtrade tea, cofffee or hot chocolate while on their regular walks."
Phil added "Coming from the first Fairtrade town in Wales, it was nice to meet up with the people who got the Fairtrade Towns movement going. We made a lot of good links and are now looking to develop an extension of the Fairtrade Way, brininging it into Wales. Hopefully we'll have the Garstang Group and lots of other Fairtrade Ramblers walking through Ammanford soon."
FFORDD MASNACH DEG
Ymunodd Phil Boradhurst, aelod o Grwp Masnach Deg Rhydaman gyda aelodau o Grwp Masnach Deg Garstang wrth iddynt gerdded llwybr newydd o Garstang, y tref Masnach Deg cyntaf yn y byd, trwy trefi Masnach Deg yn Swydd Caerhirfryn ac ardal y llynnoedd i Keswick.
Mae’r cerddwyr yn gobeithio bydd Y Ffordd Masnach Deg yn fodd o hyrwyddo nwyddau Masnach Deg sydd yn gwarantu prisiau teg ac amodau gweithio da i gynyrchwyr y trydydd byd.
Hefyd gobeithir y bydd Cerddwyr yn llenwi eu fflasgiau gyda te, coffi a siocled twym Masnach Deg. Dywedodd Phil “Mae gan Gymdeithas y Cerddwyr dros 135,000 o aelodau. Dychmygwch yr effaith byddai hyn yn ei gael ar werthiant Masnach Deg petai dim ond hanner rhaion yn llenwi eu fflasgiau gyda te, coffi neu siolced twym masnach Deg tra’ n mynd ar daith gerdded.”
Ychwanegodd Phil “ Tra’n dod o Dref Masnach Deg cyntaf Cyrmu roedd yn hyfryd cyfarfod a pobl a ddechreuodd yr ymgyrch Trefi Masnach Deg. Gwnaethon ni gysylltiadau gwerthfawr ac rydym yn edrych tuag at datblygu estyniad o’r Ffordd Masnach Deg a dod a hi i mewn i Gymru. Gobeithio byddwn yn cael grwp Garstang a llawer o grwp Cerddwyr eraill yn cerdded trwy Rhydaman yn fuan."
Friday, 16 October 2009
FAIRTRADE BEST MEDIA CAMPAIGN
Phil Broadhurst, George Alagiah, Andrea Wilkinson of Shared Interest.
Front : Esta Broadhurst, May Broadhurst, Cody Broadhurst, Rosa Broadhurst and Harriet Lamb, Executive Director of the Fairtrade Foundation.
Front : Esta Broadhurst, May Broadhurst, Cody Broadhurst, Rosa Broadhurst and Harriet Lamb, Executive Director of the Fairtrade Foundation.
An Ammanford family were in London on Saturday (10th October) to collect an award on behalf of the town's Fairtrade Group.
The group won the award for the Best Media Campaign in the UK during Fairtrade Fortnight 2009.
Group member Phil Broadhurst and his daughters, May, Rosa, Cody and Esta, were invited up to the Fairtrade Foundation's conference in London to collect the award which included a £500 cheque donated by the Shared Interest Foundation which will be used by the Ammanford Group for future campaigns work promoting Fairtrade in the area.
Amman Valley School Year 7 pupil Rosa Broadhurst was presented with the award by BBC news presenter and Fairtrade supporter George Alagiah.
Her father, Phil Broadhurst, said : "The events in Ammanford during this year's Fairtrade Fortnight, particularly the Fairtrade banana split in The Arcade and the schools' Fairtrade banana relay races, were such a success because of the participation of so many young people from the area, so it seemed fitting that it was a young person who collected the award."
The Conference also saw the announcement by International Development MInister Douglas Alexander of an extra £12million of government funding to support the Fairtrade Foundation's work in helping farmers and producers around the world work their way out of poverty. Phil Broadhurst commented : "It was nice to be there, along with Fairtrade campaigners from around the UK, when that announcement was made as it made us realise that our grass roots actions have actually influenced government policy. The recent announcement by Cadburys that all their Dairy MIlk chocolate is now Fairtrade also shows the mainstream impact which campaigns like those in Ammanford have made. We do feel like we are making a difference, but there is still a long way to go, and people need to keep thinking about the working and living conditions of the farmers and workers around the world who produce what we consume."
The group won the award for the Best Media Campaign in the UK during Fairtrade Fortnight 2009.
Group member Phil Broadhurst and his daughters, May, Rosa, Cody and Esta, were invited up to the Fairtrade Foundation's conference in London to collect the award which included a £500 cheque donated by the Shared Interest Foundation which will be used by the Ammanford Group for future campaigns work promoting Fairtrade in the area.
Amman Valley School Year 7 pupil Rosa Broadhurst was presented with the award by BBC news presenter and Fairtrade supporter George Alagiah.
Her father, Phil Broadhurst, said : "The events in Ammanford during this year's Fairtrade Fortnight, particularly the Fairtrade banana split in The Arcade and the schools' Fairtrade banana relay races, were such a success because of the participation of so many young people from the area, so it seemed fitting that it was a young person who collected the award."
The Conference also saw the announcement by International Development MInister Douglas Alexander of an extra £12million of government funding to support the Fairtrade Foundation's work in helping farmers and producers around the world work their way out of poverty. Phil Broadhurst commented : "It was nice to be there, along with Fairtrade campaigners from around the UK, when that announcement was made as it made us realise that our grass roots actions have actually influenced government policy. The recent announcement by Cadburys that all their Dairy MIlk chocolate is now Fairtrade also shows the mainstream impact which campaigns like those in Ammanford have made. We do feel like we are making a difference, but there is still a long way to go, and people need to keep thinking about the working and living conditions of the farmers and workers around the world who produce what we consume."
DERBYN GWOBR
Aeth teulu o Rhydaman i lundain ar ddydd Sadwrn 10 Hydref i gasglu gwobr cenedlaethol ar ran Grwp Masnach Deg y dref.
Mae grwp Masnach Deg Rhydaman wedi ennill yr ymgyrch Gyfryngol orau trwy Brydain gyfan yn ystod Pythefnos Masnach Deg 2009.
Roedd Phil Broadhurst, aelod o’r grwp yngyd a’i ferched May, Rosa, Cody ac Esta, wedi derbyn gwahoddiad i fynychu cynhadledd y Sefydlaid Masnach Deg yn Llundain a chaasglu siec o £500 a gafodd ei rhoi gan y “Shared Interest Foundation”. Bydd yr arian yn cael ei ddefnyddio gan y grwp ar gyfer ymgyrchoed dyn y dyfodol i hyrwyddo Masnach Deg yn yr ardal.
Cafodd Rosa sydd yn ddisgybl blwyddyn 7 yn ysgol Dyffryn Aman ei chyflwyno gyda’r wobr gan George Alagiah sy’n darllen newyddion y BBC. Dywedodd ei thad, Phil Broadhurst, : "Roedd y digwyddiadau yn Rhydaman yn ystod pythefnos Masnach Deg eleni , yn enwedig y banana split yn yr Arcade a’r ras gyfenwid bananas yn lwyddiant ysgubol. Cawsom genfogaeth llawer o bobl ifanc y dref a felly mae’n addas mai person ifanc o Rydaman sy’n casglu’r wobr.”
Mae grwp Masnach Deg Rhydaman wedi ennill yr ymgyrch Gyfryngol orau trwy Brydain gyfan yn ystod Pythefnos Masnach Deg 2009.
Roedd Phil Broadhurst, aelod o’r grwp yngyd a’i ferched May, Rosa, Cody ac Esta, wedi derbyn gwahoddiad i fynychu cynhadledd y Sefydlaid Masnach Deg yn Llundain a chaasglu siec o £500 a gafodd ei rhoi gan y “Shared Interest Foundation”. Bydd yr arian yn cael ei ddefnyddio gan y grwp ar gyfer ymgyrchoed dyn y dyfodol i hyrwyddo Masnach Deg yn yr ardal.
Cafodd Rosa sydd yn ddisgybl blwyddyn 7 yn ysgol Dyffryn Aman ei chyflwyno gyda’r wobr gan George Alagiah sy’n darllen newyddion y BBC. Dywedodd ei thad, Phil Broadhurst, : "Roedd y digwyddiadau yn Rhydaman yn ystod pythefnos Masnach Deg eleni , yn enwedig y banana split yn yr Arcade a’r ras gyfenwid bananas yn lwyddiant ysgubol. Cawsom genfogaeth llawer o bobl ifanc y dref a felly mae’n addas mai person ifanc o Rydaman sy’n casglu’r wobr.”
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