Fairtrade Mad!
Speakers included Ben Gray, current Guild president, Sam Lumb, Guild president-elect, Silje Vold, Fairtrade campaigner at People & Planet, and Mark Richardson, the Wales Fairtrade Country campaign national coordinator and Tom Marshall, from Aber People & Planet (from right to left). Each spoke for a few minutes about the Fairtrade University campaign from their perspective, before the floor was thrown open to questions - including the relative benefits of Fairtrade, what it would mean in operational terms for the Guild and University and how to take the campaign forward. Happily, the Forum (with around 30 students in attendance) ended with a symbolic vote on going forward with Fairtrade status, which everyone was in agreement with.
On the same day, the Fairtrade Global Banner arrived in Aberystwyth, the latest leg of its Global Journey tour through Wales after passing through some fifty-odd countries since leaving Mumbai, India in 2004. The Cambrian News reported on the joint activities throughout the county for the day, the highlight of the banner's visit being a parade along the prom with samba band in tow, ending in the Aber castle grounds on a glorious day where the Fairtrade declaration was read out.
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