Case studies

• Garstang – The worlds’ first Fairtrade Town

  In 2000 the people of Garstang declared their small, market town in North West England the world’s first Fairtrade Town. Read their story here.

• Nenagh, Ireland – top tips for an influential and dynamic campaign

  How the Fairtrade Town campaign in Nenagh - a small town in the south of Ireland - worked with groups and organizations to build relationships and influence people.

Tools & materials

• Fairtrade Town Banners

  Official Fairtrade Town banners to link to the website.

• Event Guides

  All you need to know for fun, effective events. In these guides, you’ll find practical advice, top tips and ideas from Fairtrade campaigners and useful  facts and information about the products. Enjoy!

Reports

• Fairtrade Towns Conference 2011 - Malmö

  Beyond 1,000 Fair Trade Towns – 5th International Fair Trade Towns conference in Malmö, Sweden.

  Malmö, Sweden hosted the fifth annual Fair Trade Towns conference; five years after becoming the first Fairtrade City in Sweden. Over 200 delegates attended from around the globe, to share ideas and discuss how to go ‘beyond 1,000 Fair Trade Towns’.
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• 1,000 Fair Trade Towns - Join in!

  What’s happening?
  At 2pm on Saturday 4 June 2011 Fair Trade Towns will declare sequentially from East to West across time zones to celebrate 1,000 Fair Trade Towns worldwide. If you are a Fair Trade Town or are likely to declare status between now and then you can be a part of this thrilling, milestone celebration [...]

Videos

• Energising your community to change the world

  A short film from the Fairtrade Foundation about the Fairtrade Town movement in the UK.
  Just a few of the faces behind the rapidly growing grassroots movement in the UK explain how it started, what it’s all about, what Fairtrade Towns achieve and how anyone, anywhere can be part of it.

• Fairtrade Hotel room

  Watch this great new video from Holland and see what a Fairtrade Hotel Room looks like!

Useful links

Find out more about fair trade and the organisations involved.