Declaration of Fairtrade status ceremony has been postponed due to the weather.
Activities at Abbey Fields Community Centre will go ahead.
Please Print the poster and put it in your window.
Celebrating Winchcombe, Saturday 21 July 2007, is a sense-ational event that offers everyone a special day out.
Winchcombe is proud to mark its new status as a Fairtrade Town and to celebrate all that is special about our town. Be in town on Saturday morning between 11.30 and noon to find out more.
From 9am feast your eyes at the Made in Winchcombe Fayre and treat yourself, family or friends to a unique gift. Tempt your tastebuds at the Farmer’s Market which always offers a tantalising range of local produce.
Whether you’re 5 or 75 you can take part in Outdoor Fun: sports and games or the Activities Fayre.
A guided town walk will bring the long and vivid history of this ancient capital of Merica to life.
Enjoy the sight and scent of the Gardening Club’s Flower Show, climb St Peter’s Tower. Ian Walthew will be signing his book 'A Place In My Country' at the Phoenix Bookshop 11am to 1pm.
Browse the shops, many of which will have special offers. Look out for the handmade, local, organic, ‘reused (antique)’ and fairly traded goods. Food Fanatics will be celebrating their Third Birthday and the Co-op will offer tastings of Fairtrade food and drink.
Relax and re-energise with refreshments at one of the tea rooms, pubs or acclaimed restaurants – The Wesley House is doing a special Winchcombe Food Week, celebrating so much locally produced excellence.
Get the summer holidays off to a great start, swap the supermarket and shopping centre trip for freshness and personal service. You’ve got yourself a date: the 21st July, Winchcombe, Come on your bicycles or use the minibus shuttle that will operate.
There are more events on Sunday 22nd. Pick up a copy of the programme from the Tourist Information office or participating businesses.
Five Goals to a Fair Trade Town
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Town Council passes a resolution supporting Fairtrade.
Winchcombe Town Council passed a resolution supporting Fair Trade in May 2005.
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A range of at least 2 Fairtrade products are readily available in at least 3 shops in the town and at least 3 catering establishments.
Shops: The Co-op store, Food Fanatics, Keelings Newsagents and Sweetbox all stock at least two Fairtrade Mark products and Sprogs stocks a wide range of Fair Trade children's toys.
Catering: The Old Tea House; Lady Jane’s Tea Shop, Juri's Tea Rooms, Raja Balti and Sudeley Castle Tea Rooms all use Fair Trade products.
B & B’s: ‘Mercia’ and ‘Isbourne Manor House’ both use Fair Trade products.
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Fairtrade products are used by a number of local work places and community organisations.
Fair Trade products are used at Winchcombe Abbey C of E Primary School; Winchcombe School; English Country School; St Peter's Anglican Church; St Nicholas RC Church; Methodist Church; Abbey Fields Community Centre; Probus groups. Guides and Brownies, Mothers' Union. Also a wide range of businesses within Winchcombe serve Fairtrade products to their employees and visitors. All of these will be presented with certificates when we declare Winchcombe to be a Fairtrade Town on Saturday 21st July.
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There is media coverage and popular support for the campaign.
There have been articles about Fair Trade in the Glos Echo; St Peter's magazine; and In Touch (Methodist magazine). Assemblies have been held on the theme in both schools. There was an attendance of over 50 people at a public meeting to launch the campaign and a further 60 people supported the concept by returning response slips following the delivery of a house-to-house leaflet.
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A local Fairtrade steering group ensures the continued commitment to Fair Trade Town.
An informal steering group was formed in March 2005 and has met on several occasions since – planning the public meeting, the leaflet drop and a Fair Trade Saturday where there was sampling and sale of Fair Trade goods.
If you are a business or organisation using Fair Trade goods or an individual looking for sources of Fair Trade goods please contact: