Fairtrade

Due to the unfortunate demise of Fairtrade Llanelli, there were no events running locally here, for the first time in 5 years. It will be interesting to see what other Fairtrade groups have got...

Setting up a Fairtrade group takes a great deal of commitment and hard work and it is all voluntary. The perfect Fairtrade group would be about 5 dedicated volunteers, one responsible for admin, Information...

Fairtrade gold is the world’s first independent ethical certification system for gold. What this means is that miners involved in producing the metal will have been offered a fair and guaranteed minimum price for their...

Well, here we go again. It’s the rich causing the problems as usual.  When the government gave those on income support the extra £20 a week, which they took away later, that money was used...

Llanelli is a fairtrade zone but first and foremost, the Llanelli constituency is a fairtrade community. For local people in Llanelli, Fairtrade can seem a distant organisation. After all, we have so many problems in...

Exciting News As Llanelli Fairtrade Grows To Greater Heights Setting up Fairtrade, over the past 4 years has been very hard work but with our wonderful steering group and great councillors supporting us things have...

 2021 - This was the year when we had to re-apply for Fairtrade Status for Llanelli.  Yes, we got it again for another two years. We will have to re-apply in April 2023. All the...

In Colombia, the banana farmers had been battling low prices from a series of different companies so they decided to form their own co-operative to make their produce more competitive. One of the farmers said,...

Faith Groups helped to set up Fairtrade over 25 years ago. Churches of all denominations joined together in those days, Catholic, Protestant, Quaker and so on. It was an extraordinary moment that showed how...

Hello from Fairtrade Llanelli. May we take this opportunity to wish you all a safe journey through the next few weeks of lockdown and restrictions. If a positive should come out of all this time...