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.

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."

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.”

Ammanford Fairtrade Directory

To update this directory is we would be grateful if you would let us know about any new products you notice in shops or catering outlets in Ammanford. To do this, or for more information, please contact edwyn@edwyn.wanadoo.co.uk


(The difference in this directory between “Fairtrade” products and “fairly traded” products is that “Fairtrade” products have the official fairtrade mark from the Fairtrade Foundation.)


SHOPS :

The Co-Op, College Street :- Products include :
- a wide range of own-brand and other brands’ Fairtrade tea and coffee, hot chocolate and cocoa,
- Co-Op and Tate and Lyle Fairtrade sugar,
- a wide range of own-brand chocolate bars, biscuits, shortbread, flapjacks, cakes and other snacks,
- bananas, oranges and other fresh fruit (pineapples, mangos… ) according to seasonal
- availability
- dried Fairtrade mango snack packs,
- Fairtrade salted peanuts and Fairtrade cashew nuts,
- Traidcraft fairly traded instant barbecue,
- Co-Op range of Fairtrade cotton wool products,
- Co-Op Fairtrade muesli,
- Co-Op range of Fairtrade snack bars,
- Doves Farm Fairtrade snack bars,
- Ben & Jerry’s Fairtrade ice cream,
- Wide range of Fairtrade wines,
- Rowse honey,
- … and Fairtrade cotton bags to put it all in!

Boots, Quay Street :
- a range of Fairtrade cosmetics and gifts



Flowercraft in the College Street Arcade: Fairtrade flowers and Fairtrade hampers are available to order through Interflora


Tesco, Park Street :- a range of Fairtrade tea and coffee,
- Tate and Lyle Fairtrade sugar,
- Fairtrade bananas.
Jelf’s, Wind Street :- a range of Fairtrade speciality teas,
- Plamil and Green and Black’s Fairtrade chocolate bars,
- Goodlife Fairtrade nut cutlets,
- BioFair fairly traded quinoa flakes.
Partridge and Ptarmigan, High Street :- A range of Fairtrade and fairly traded clothes and fairly traded crafts and accessories.


The Magnolia Tree :- Windhorse fairly traded crafts products.


Inspirations, College Street Arcade :- A range of Windhorse and Latitude fairly traded craft products.
The Organic Pantry :- Sell organic Fairtrade products online and in the local area through their box delivery scheme. Products include drinks, rice, seeds, nuts, beans, chocolate and lots more. http://www.organics-online.co.uk/ / 01269 824695.


…and anywhere that sells Cadbury’s Dairy Milk bars!
- Since September 2009, Cadbury’s Dairy Milk bars have gone Fairtrade, so you can probably now find at least one Fairtrade product in every newsagent/garage/sweet shop in Ammanford – Please ask, and also ask these “new” Fairtrade stockists to also stock other Fairtrade products. (Cadbury’s Hot Chocolate is also Fairtrade now.)
CAFES :
2activate, Wind Street :- Wide range of Fairtrade and fairly traded drinks and snacks.
No. 6, Wind Street :
- Fairtrade tea, coffee, hot chocolate and orange juice.
Gregg’s, Quay Street :
- Fairtrade tea, coffee, hot chocolate and juices.


… and anywhere that serves Cadbury’s Hot Chocolate!

Cyfeirlyfr Masnach Deg Rhydaman

I ddiweddaru’r cyferilyfr byddwn yn ddiolchgar petaech yn gadael I ni wybod am unrhyw nwyddau yr ydych yn eu gweld yn y siopau neu gaffis yn Rhydaman. I wneud hyn , neu am fwy o wybodaeth, cysylltwch ag edwyn@edwyn.wanadoo.co.uk

(Y gwahaniaeth yn y cyfeirlyfr hwn rhwng nwyddau “Masnach Deg” a nwyddau wedi eu “masnachu yn deg” yw bod nwyddau “Masnach Deg2 yn cario logo swyddogol y Sefydliad Masnach Deg.)
SIOPAU :

Y Co-Op, Stryd y Coleg :Nwyddau yn cynnwys :
- amrediad eang o de a choffi, siolced twym a cocoa,
- Siwgr Masnach Deg y Co-Op a Tate and Lyle,
- Dewis eang o bariau siocled, bisgedi, shortbread, fflapjacs, cacennau a danteision eraill,
- bananas, orenau a ffrwythau ffres (pinafalau, mangos… ) yn ddibynol ar y tymhorau,
- snack pack mango Masnach Deg wedi ei sychu,
- cnau wedi eu halltu a cashews Masnach Deg,
- barbeciw parod Traidcraft wedi ei fasnachu yn deg,
- dewis o nwyddau gwlan cotwm Masnach Deg y Co-Op,
- muesli Masnach Deg y Co-Op,
- dewis o sancbar Masnach Deg y Co-Op,
- snacbar Masnach Deg Doves Farm,
- hufen iâ Masnach Deg Ben & Jerry’s,
- dewis eang o win Masnach Deg,
- Mêl Rowse,
- … a bag gwlan cotwm Masnach Deg i roi popeth ynddo!

Flowercraft in the College Street Arcade - Blodau Masnach Deg a basgedi i'w harchebu trwy Interflora-

Boots, Stryd y Cei :

- dewis o golur ac anrhegion Masnach Deg,

Tesco, Stryd y Parc :- dewis o de a choffi Masnach Deg,
- siwgr Masnach Deg Tate and Lyle,
- bananas Masnach Deg.

Jelf’s, Stryd y Gwynt :
- dewis o wahanol fathau o de Masnach Deg,
- bariau siocled Masnahc Deg Plamil a Green and Black’s,
- golwythion cnau Msnach Deg Goodlife,
- flakes quinoa BioFair wedi eu masnachu yn deg.

Partridge and Ptarmigan, Stryd Fawr :
- dewis o ddillad ac clust dlysau, mwclis ac yn y blaen Masnach Deg ac wedi eu masnachu yn deg.

The Magnolia Tree :
- nwyddau Windhorse wedi eu masnachu yn deg.

Inspirations, Arcade Stryd y Coleg :
- dewis o nwyddau Windhorse a Latitude wedi eu masnachu yn deg.
Y Pantri Organig :- gwerthu cynnyrch Masnach Deg ar-lein yn yr ardal leol drwy eu cynllun bocs organig.

- Nwyddau yn cynnwys diodydd, reis, hadau, cnau, ffa, siolced a llawer mwy
- www.organics-online.co.uk / 01269 824695.

…ac unrhywle sydd yn gwerthu barau siolced Cadbury’s Dairy Milk bars!- Ers Medi 2009, mae barau siocled Cadbury’s Dairy Milk wedi mynd yn rhai Masnach Deg, felly byddwch yn fwy na thebyg yn ffeindio o leiaf un cynnyrch Masnach Deg ym mhob siop/garej/ siop bapur yn Rhydaman – Gofynnwch am i’r stocwyr “newydd” hyn i stocio nwyddau Masnach Deg eraill hefyd. (Mae (Cadbury’s Hot Chocolate yn Fasnach Deg erbyn hyn.)
CAFFIS :2activate, Stryd y Gwynt :- dewis eang o ddiodydd a byrbrydau Masnach Deg a nwyddau wedi eu masnachu yn deg.
No. 6, Stryd y Gwynt :- te, coffi, siolced twym a sudd oren Masnach Deg.
Gregg’s, Stryd y Cei :- te, coffi, siocled twym a sudd Masnach Deg.
… ac ym mhobman arall sy’n gwerthu Cadbury’s Hot Chocolate!

AMMANFORD FAIRTRADE GROUP CELEBRATE

Ammanford Fairtrade Group are celebrating after winning a UK wide award for Best Media Campaign For Fairtrade Fortnight 2009.

Veronica Pasteur of the Fairtrade Foundation said : "The judges were impressed by the creative events the group organized which ensured excellent media coverage – not just in print, but also TV. They engaged a wide range of people in the events and involving the Mayor, local MP and local AM, as well as churches, schools and youth groups was great. Their range of events proved an excellent way to make interesting local news stories that kept the press interested and ensured their message reached a huge number of people.
"It is these activities that helped to make Fairtrade Fortnight 2009 the biggest and best ever, and as we prepare for 2010 we hope that their achievements will inspire others around the country to take action for Fairtrade."

Local campaign co-ordinator Phil Broadhurst said "We're delighted with the award and the recognition it gives to the way so many people in the community came together to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight this year."

The campaign was based around two main events; a fairtrade banana relay race at Amman Valley School, which also featured all the town's primary schools, and a massive fairtrade banana split in the arcade organised by local churches and youth groups. The fortnight also included promotions in shops, fairtrade coffee mornings, school assemblies and fairtrade dinners, and a visit to the town from a fairtrade banana farmer from the Caribbean.

The award was sponsored by ethical investors Shared Interest who will be presenting the Ammanford Fairtrade Group with a £500 grant to support further campaigning work.

Ammanford became the first Fairtrade Town in Wales in 2002. There are now 440 Fairtrade Towns in the UK, helping to promote the message of Fairtrade, campaigning for a fair deal for farmers and other workers in the developing world.

There are over 4500 products with the fairtrade mark, varying from the traditional tea, coffee and chocolate to rum, cotton wool and footballs and it is estimated that 7 out of 10 households now purchase fairtrade products.

Ammanford's Co-Op store, which had a team in the Fairtrade Banana Relay Race, is currently celebrating the Fairtrade Town Group's success with 20% off all fairtrade products (offer runs until September 29th).