TUNBRIDGE WELLS
FAIRTRADE TOWN GROUP
"Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream" Amos 5:24
© Tunbridge Wells Fairtrade Town Group 2023
Website last updated 25th March 2023
WHY NOT GET INVOLVED WITH FAIRTRADE?
Teacher?
get
your
class
or
your
school
involved
-
there
are
plenty
of
resources
which can help to make learning fun and informative.
Faith
Group?
Get
your
faith
or
community
group
to
commit
to
Fairtrade.
Take
your
commitment
into
the
workplace
and
get
your
colleagues
and
employers
involved.
We
need
a
Fairtrade
Flagship
Employer for the Borough.
Restaurants,
cafes,
hotels,
pubs
why
not
support
the
town’s
commitment
to
Fairtrade?
Contact
us
for
more
information
and get included on this website.
If
you
are
at
home
working
to
bring
up
your
family,
tell
your
friends.
Better
still,
invite
them
round
for
a
cup
of
Fairtrade
tea
or
coffee, served with cakes made with Fairtrade ingredients!
Together we can make a difference to the world.
For
anyone
who
would
like
to
know
more
or
get
involved
in
the
Fairtrade
Town
campaign,
please
contact
us
.
We
are
always
pleased
to welcome new people.
Biodiversity and Climate Crisis
Biodiversity
is
declining
and
more
than
42,000
species
of
plants,
animals
and
fungi
are
threatened
with
extinction. It is vital that we all play a part, however small, to restore the places where we live.
This
year
the
Tunbridge
Wells
Fairtrade
events
are
focussing
on
biodiversity
and
the
climate
crisis.
Working
with
Kent
High
Weald
Project
and
the
Tunbridge
Wells
Parks
Department,
local
schools
have
been
sowing
wildflower
seeds
in
Calverley
park
during
Fairtrade
Fortnight
(27
th
February
–
12
th
March)
to
encourage
local
biodiversity,
and
we’d like to carry this on throughout the spring.
The
Fairtrade
Group
is
inviting
schools
and
local
people
to
get
involved,
making
seed
bombs
and
sowing
seeds
in
their
green
spaces,
gardens,
allotments
even
window
boxes
to
help
to
restore
biodiversity
in
our
local
area.
Anyone
can
join
in,
and
if
you
have
already
planted
some
seeds
why
not
let
us
know.
Take
a
photograph
of
your
germinating
seeds,
saying
where
they
are,
and
send
it
to
us
at
contact@twfairtrade.org.uk
.
We
will
plot
a
map
of
the local area
s
howing green-spots where we have all worked together to protect the environment.
The
Amelia
Scott
team
will
be
running
Easter
activities
making
seed
bombs,
and
planting
seeds
for
food
that
children
can
take
home.
Working
with
the
Fairtrade
Team,
children
taking
part
will
find
out
about
how
to
plant
things
and
the
eco-agenda
of
Fairtrade
farmers.
Check
the
Amelia
Scott
website
nearer
the
time
for
more
information
https://theamelia.co.uk/
Creepy-crawlies at the
Amelia Scott!
We
are
launching
a
community
art
project
to
raise
awareness
of
the
biodiversity
and
climate
crisis,
and
to
show
solidarity with Eco-Friendly Fairtrade Farmers.
We
will
be
working
with
the
Amelia
Scott
team
to
devise
nature-themed
activities
in
the
Amelia
Scott
building
over the Easter holidays.
The
culmination
of
the
project
–
to
coincide
with
the
coronation
of
King
Charles
III
–
will
be
an
inter-schools
art
exhibition, creating fabulous insects for display in the Amelia Scott, and all
schools are invited to get involved.
Children
will
be
making
butterfly
light
catchers
for
the
Amelia
Scott
windows,
beetles
to
crawl
up
the
walls,
and
pollinators
such
as
bees
and
wasps
to
“fly”
about
the
open
spaces
of
the
building.
If
your
school
or
community
group
would
like
to
make
some
creepy-crawlies
for
the
project
please
email
us.
Guidance
for
teachers
on
bug-
making can be downloaded from our
Schools
page.