Wakefield Diocese - fairtrade

Fairtrade issues, support and resources.

This page contains a variety of resources and ideas to encourage fair trade and trade-justice.

A National First!

On 11 February 2009, representatives from Batley and Spen were invited to the Houses of Parliament to celebrate becoming the first Fairtrade constituency in the country!

One of the representatives said, “We met our local MP, Mike Wood, and Gareth Thomas, Minister for Overseas Development. The DfID minister was keen to explore the work done in the constituency to achieve Fairtrade status. He felt the initiative was very useful in promoting and advertising Fairtrade products and that we were to be congratulated on our achievement. The means of gaining significant Muslim support in the Batley area was of particular interest. I was impressed by how keen the minister was to raise the awareness of Fairtrade within government. The minister presented the certificate to Mike Wood MP in front of the Houses of Parliament”

This very public accreditation is a good example of where even a small church can play a part in the divine call to justice. The efforts of individual churches in part of the diocese have created a much larger movement when united together in a common purpose. At first, it seemed impossible that the required criteria for a Fairtrade Zone would ever be achieved. But the huge tasks were broken down into specific, practical and manageable targets, resulting in a successful application for Fairtrade status, and public acknowledgement of the part the local churches played.

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The following churches have pledged to meet with the criteria of Level One Fairtrade. * Asterisked churches meet with the criteria of Level Two:

Almondbury with Farnley Tyas, All Hallows
Barkisland, Christ Church
Barnsley, St George
Barnsley, St Mary the Virgin
Batley, All Saints
Batley, St Thomas
* Birkenshaw cum Hunsworth, St Paul
Bruntcliffe, St Andrew
Cleckheaton, St John
Cornholme, St Michael and All Angels
* Crosland Moor, St Barnabas
* Dewsbury Minster
Drighlington, Saint Paul
* Eastthorpe, St Paul
Elland, St Mary and All Saints
Featherstone, All Saints
* Gildersome, St Peter
* Gomersal, St Mary
Grange Moor, St Bartholomew
* Greetland and West Vale, St Thomas
Halifax, All Saints
Heckmondwike, St James
Huddersfield, Holy Trinity
Huddersfield, St Peter
King Cross, St Paul
Kirkburton, All Hallows
Kirkheaton, St John
* Lepton, St John
Lupset, St George
Meltham Mills, St James
* Mirfield, St Mary
Morley, St Peter and All Saints Churwell
Mytholmroyd, St Michael
Netherthong, All Saints
Outwood, St Mary Magdalene
Pontefract, St Giles with St Mary
Rastrick, St Matthew
Ripponden, St Bartholomew
Scholes, St Philip and St James
Siddal, St Mark
South Kirby, All Saints
South Ossett, Christ Church
Sowerby, St Peter
Sowerby Bridge, Christ Church
Thongsbridge, St Andrew
Thornes, St James
Thornhill, St Michael and All Angels
* Thurlstone, St Saviour
Thurstonland, St Thomas

* Upper Hopton, St John
Upperthong, St John
Wakefield, St Andrew
Wakefield, St John
Wakefield, St Michael
Warley, St John
Woolley, St Peter

Available for download:

Wakefield Diocese Fairtrade Certificate (pdf 78kb)
Wakefield Diocese Fairtrade Certificate - accompanying letter (pdf 58kb)
Resources for fair trade, debt and trade-justice (pdf 218kb)
Fair trade basics leaflet (pdf 96kb)
Fair trade speakers (West Yorkshire) (pdf 40kb)
How to set up a fairtrade stall (pdf 36kb)
Letter writing as part of a fair trade campaign (pdf 94kb)
West Yorkshire One World Group (pdf 68kb)

Diocese of Wakefield

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