New Council flower bed for Fairtrade in Scarborough
The Council have now planted a new Fairtrade flower bed.
Chairman Diane Robinson writes:
"The flower bed is situated at the end of Valley Road, on the bank on the right as you approach, from Trinity Road, the roundabout at the junction of Valley Rd with Vernon Road and Ramshill Rd. Driving or walking down Valley Road you can't miss it and I think it will probably also be visible to walkers crossing Valley Bridge and possibly from the town end of the Spa Bridge (Please let me know if you try it out!). There were always going to be problems with the colours, but the symbol is recognisable and the wording FAIRTRADE is very readable, so I think the parks dept have done a fantastic job for us and should be congratulated.
Congratulations, indeed! And our grateful thanks to the Council for their continuing support!
Certificate of Merit
Scarborough Fairtrade Action Group has pioneered Certificates of Merit for folk whose contribution to the Fairtrade Scarborough campaign merits recognition. One of the first was made to Ros O'Toole...
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Chairman Diane Robinson writes:
I made the presentation to Ros O'Toole during St Mary's, Cloughton, 'Big Brew' Coffee morning, held in the garden of the Vicarage (YO13 0AB) on Sat 6th June. St Mary's presented Ros with flowers and on behalf of the Action Group I presented a Certificate of Merit and on behalf of Traidcraft I presented a card signed by the Fair Trader Team which read 'A huge Thank-You on behalf of everyone at Traidcraft and all our producers, for your hard work and dedication over 20 years.' and a gift of fairly traded silver jewellery (a bracelet and matching earrings which Ros is wearing in the 2nd photo, unfortunately you can only see the earrings). I understand that Ros started her Traidcraft stall at St Mary's in December 1989 and over the years has also supplied stalls at the Friends' Meeting House, Harwood Dale, St Joseph's, St Mark's and Ayton Methodist Churches. She has also found willing volunteers to continue her work and officially 'handed over', as Fairtrader at St Mary's to Mrs Helen Sadler, who is pictured with Ros in the 2nd photo.
Incidentally, Traidcraft as an organisation celebrates its 30th Birthday this year and describes itself as 'Traidcraft fights poverty through trade, helping people in developing countries to transform their lives. Established in 1979 as a Christian response to poverty, it is the UK's leading fair trade organisation. Traidcraft runs development programmes in some of the poorest countries in the world, and campaigns in the UK and internationally to bring about trade justice.'