Poster Competition Winner

Laura Dunlop, a Primary 7 pupil from Halyrude, has won the "What Fairtrade Means To Me" poster competition.

Jo Powell, a local artist and judge of the Fairtrade Primary 7 Poster Competition, is seen here presenting Laura with her fairly traded bag and purse from Brave New Bead in Peebles, fairtrade chocolate goodies and a fair trade football for the school.

Jo was very impressed by the high standard of posters submitted by P7 pupils from Halyrude, Kingsland and Priorsford to the competition.

All posters can be viewed at the Tweeddale Museum and Gallery (Chambers Institute) until Saturday the 7th of March.

Laura's winning poster...

Meet the Fairtrade Farmer and Launch of Peebles' Fairtrade Website

Monday 2nd March – 7.30pm at Tweeddale Museum and Gallery

Alejandro Chamas de los Rios (Alex) is a Fairtrade producer from Cobija, in the Pando region in Bolivia. Alex will give a short presentation and then formally launch the new Peebles Fairtrade website.Alex is the current coordinator of a tri-nation group of cooperatives from Bolivia, Peru and Brazil, where a number of nut producers are looking to access fairtrade and organic markets locally.

Refreshments provided. Admission free.

Link to - UK Fairtrade Fortnight - National Event

Fairtrade Fortnight in Peebles - 23 Feb to 8 march 2009

Primary School Fairtrade Poster Exhibition

Tuesday 24th of February to Saturday 7th of March

at Tweeddale Museum and Gallery

Primary 7 pupils from Halyrude, Kingsland and Priorsford primary schools will be submitting posters depicting what Fairtrade means to them. All of the posters will then be displayed in the Tweeddale Museum and Gallery. A winning poster will be selected and the winning pupil will receive a Fairtrade gift for them and their school.

Admission free.

Link to - Peebles Coffee Mornings & Children's Book Sale

Web Site Goes Live

The Peebles & Area Fairtrade web site goes live on Friday 20th Feb. See it at http://www.peeblesfairtrade.co.uk/

Welcome

Peebles and Area Fairtrade Initiative was founded in 2005, in order to promote Fairtrade to local businesses, shops, accommodation, organisations, schools and the general public.