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Hastings & St.Leonards Fairtrade


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Local Events

First, An excerpt from The Visionary Soap Company's Newsletter:

 

Greetings Everyone,

Well, its a new, exciting year and we have hit the gound running! We have been working on a couple of great orders from Oxfam and Traidcraft but January has also allowed us to get a jump start on some of those New Year's resolutions! There's a long list of things that we want to achieve through Visionary Soap Company this year and we hope you will stay tuned to see how we get on.

Firstly, we are expecting a shipment of soap from Township Trades to arrive any day now. We have prefunded another 12,000 bars from the group, with approximately 3,000 on its way to us now. The group has been working very hard in January to get up to speed with our increased soap production and we are very proud of their efforts! They are hosting a visit from Traidcraft's Producer Support Officer today, in fact, and our partnership with them is certainly building in momentum! We have a very exciting announcement to make in anticipation of Fairtrade Fortnight (Feb 22 - Mar 7) so do watch out for our February Newsletter! We also plan on making a trip sometime in March or April to work alongside the group.

We are hosting a special visit from Triodos Bank customers on March 4th in light of Fairtrade Fortnight as well. The afternoon in Hastings wil include a presentation about Visionary Soap Company and give people the opportunity to see a fair trade manufacturing company in action. A representative from the Fairtrade Foundation will be attending as well as Melinda Coss and a couple of our apprentices from Pestalozzi.

Most Sincerely,

Monica, Rebecca & Team

Visionary Soap Company Limited

Registered Address: 32 St. Thomas' Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 3LQ

Manufacturing Address: Theaklen House, Unit 10, Theaklen Drive, Ponswood Industrial Estate, St. Leonards on Sea, East Sussex TN38 9AZ

T: +44 (0)1424 460022

E: info@visionarysoap.co.uk

W: www.visionarysoap.co.uk (retail), www.visionarysoapwholesale.co.uk (password for entry - wholesale)

 

Fairtrade Fortnight 22nd Feb - 7th March

The theme is “The Big Swap”, visit www.thebigswap.org.uk to find out more.

What a fun start to the New Year for all the families, and some of us oldies enjoying frolicking in the snow. We do hope this finds you well.

At St. Richard’s College Bexhill on Wednesday 24th Feb 7.00 pm Chris Davis from the FT Foundation is speaking about setting standards for Fairtrade products in the world. Free admission and free FT wine tasting.

On Saturday 27th February we are having a Super Spring Sale, from 10-4pm, with home-made soup lunches, - at our sister church St Luke’s URC Silverhill on Sedlescombe Road North (Just up the road from our Park Road church). There will be many bargains especially jewellery and crafts, and some freebies and tasters.

On Thursday 4th March we will be at St Mary’s Church Rye, the one at the top of the town. This is from 10 -12 pm for a Traidcraft “Big Brew”. Make it part of a day out to Rye .

We are involved in two Fairtrade fashion shows,

Sat 6th March at Rye Town Hall close to St Mary’s Church from 6pm .

Fri 19th March at Bexhill College 7pm, with students taking part.

Tickets include Wine and canapés.

Our own BIG BREW and Spring Sale at 11 Ashford Road will be on

Friday 14th from 10am – 8pm and

Saturday 15th May from 10am -6pm

Plenty of sale items, also products from Traidcraft’s new spring catalogue .

We hope to see you at some of these events

Best Wishes

Christine and Michael

 

 

Christine and Michael's FairTrade Spring Sale


Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd May
at
11 Ashford Road, Hastings

RIDICULOUS PRICES

All old stock must go!
Refreshments to raise money for
Traidcraft Exchange.

 

Pestalozzi International Celebration


Pestalozzi Village
6th March 2pm - 5pm
International show by students at 3pm
Art and Craft stalls
Tea coffee, cakes etc
Children's interest activities
Tickets £6.00 & £3.00
Info. Rachel 870444


Ethical Fairtrade and Fashion Show

Bexhill College
Penland Road
Bexhill
19th March 7pm for 7.30pm
Refreshments included.
Tickets £6.00 and £3.00
Info/ tickets: tel. 214545, 214605, 225270

And Finally,

If you fancy a sponsored ride from London to Paris in late summer, get on your bike to fundraise for WDM. Ring them on 020 7820 4900 for an information pack.


 

Feel free to let us know about any other Fairtrade-related event that you know of. Email us at: hastingstraidwinds@gmail.com

or phone: 01424 203347

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