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February 23 - March 8
After quite a bit of recuperation, the declaration was made:
Fairtrade Fortnight a success!!
A note from the committee after the event:
As many of you will be aware, Fairtrade fortnight has just passed by and we at Loughborough Students E&E celebrated in style. We had coffee mornings, salsa and Indian nights, a football match (LSU 11 - Imago 1!), chocolate at FND (what could be better, right?) and a fair filled with Fairtrade food (rice, coffee, tea, biscuits, sweets, raisins, and lots more), Fairtrade jewellery, Oxfam, and even Fairtrade cake. We really raised lots of awareness and well done to all our lovely volunteers who helped out at the stalls, the football and at FND. Right now we are planning for the Fairtrade fashion show and E&E week, which will be even bigger and better.
We'll keep you posted.
Love,
LSU's E&E committee 2009
P.S. We'd like to thank imago as well, since they've been instrumental in organising a lot of the events, so, thanks!
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So, what actually happened during the week? See below for pictures (click to enlarge) and a calendar of events. And remember, these events (unless otherwise noted) were run by student volunteers. To find out about future Fairtrade Fortnight
or other E&E events, get in touch with the Union's current E&E Officer at eande@lufbra.net.
Monday, February 23rd
8.45 - 10.15 am: Free Fairtrade coffee and tea served in the Human, Exercise and BioSciences (HEBS) foyer.
Wednesday, February 25th
11 am - 4 pm: Fairtrade Fair: Lots of stalls with sales and information about Fairtrade products. Students' Union Gallery (main entrance).
Stalls included: Oxfam, People & Planet, homemade cakes from Alethia Foods, Mysmallshop, Just Trade, Silverchilli, and Traidcraft x 2. Free samples, action cards, and much much more.
Friday, February 27th
7.30 pm: Free screening of 'An Inconvenient Truth' at the Hall Orchard School, Barrow-Upon-Soar. Free buses running from the Union car park (Cognitos entrance) at 6.30 and 7.00 pm. Organised by our local friends in Charnwood.
Saturday, February 28th
4 - 6 pm: Fairtrade Football match between the Union and imago. Come along and support the teams and enjoy the free Fairtrade refreshments. Rubbercrumb (next to the security gatehouse at the main entrance to the University).
Monday, March 2nd
8.45 - 10.15 am: Free Fairtrade coffee and tea served in the Brockington foyer.
Thursday, March 5th
7 pm onwards: Indian-themed night with special Fairtrade curries, drinks, Indian music, a film and plenty of Fairtrade stalls. Edward Herbert Building (EHB). Organised by imago staff in the University's Fairtrade Steering Group.
Saturday, March 7th
7 pm onwards: Salsa night with specialty-recipe Fairtrade food, free salsa lessons, music and stalls. Elvyn Bar. Organised by imago staff in the University's Fairtrade Steering Group.
*AND, both Fridays, there will be Fairtrade Fairies at FND, handing out free Fairtrade chocolate and stickers.*
Poster of the week's events (click to open as a pdf for enlargement)
If you're wondering what all this fuss over Fairtrade is about, check out this page.