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Minutes

Oadby Community Stakeholders Fairtrade Town = group

Friday January 30th Beauchamp College

9.30-10.30am<= /b>

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1.&n= bsp;   Present – Chris Swan, Lesley Tho= rnton, Rose Richards

2.&n= bsp;   Apologies – Dominic Manning, Clare Carr, Helen Moore, Jane Jervis, Peter Cooper, Shabaana Kidy, Janet Hargis, Jill Gore, Mary-Beth Taylor

3.&n= bsp;   Minutes = of last meeting

4.&n= bsp;   Update (= see below)

·           Fairtrade fortnight event Friday 6^{th/Saturday
7^th March}2009 Brocks Hill Country Park – see attached. This is well under way. We need helpers to staff the stalls and to get publicity under way – Chris will circulate. Jill Gore isn’t free so Chris will contact the Debbie, the Mayor’s secretary, to ask whether Kevin Loydall might be free.

·           Catering – Rose talked through the fairtrade catering at Beauchamp. Most suppl= ies come through www.ethicalvending.= com (Andy on 0800 075 1056) and Ro= se is very very pleased with the service they offer. The team also come into scho= ol to run lessons on fairtrade including tastings. Chris will contact about the event in March, and also put them in touch with the Environment Centre caterers, who have asked for advice and a contact.

·           Fairtrade fortnight in the churches, shops & schools, etc &#= 8211; the Beauchamp campus is working together and churches are running events

·           Finances – we’ve spent £122.22 of our £500 grant from O&= W. This is processed through the Stakeholders account.

·           Directory & postcards – due to be ready by Monday 9^{th
Feb. Many thanks to Gartree.}

·           Fairtrade Mosque / Gurdwara – Chris has chatted to Aniz and there i= s a possibility that the Mosque may be willing to go for fairtrade status. There’s currently only one FT mosque in the UK. She will also contact the Gurdwara about satus.

·           Shop & community centre signs<= span style=3D'font-family:Verdana'> – to be available at the launch

·           Launch event – we’re aiming to get Fairtrade status by September a= nd so Chris will chase with Kevin Loydall whether he would be free to come as Mayor to an event on September 7th at Oadby = Baptist Church to launch the status.

5.&n= bsp;   Next mee= ting – May 15^th 9.30-1= 0.30am Beauchamp training centre