1. Fairtrade City Project - Hull
Project Overview
Presentation to the Avenues Ward
Labour Party Meeting
8th April 2003

2. Fairtrade City Project – Hull Purpose
To increase sales of Fairtrade Goods
To achieve Fairtrade City Status for Hull

3. Fairtrade City Project – Hull Background
Charter – Fairtrade Foundation
Fairtrade “towns” criteria
Scope: Hull and surrounding towns
Certificate – political boundary
Origins: HCC Policy decision in Feb. 2002
One World Shop

4. Fairtrade City Project – Hull Definitions
Consumables bear the Fairtrade label
Crafts – BAFTS Shop (Imported by a Registered Fairtrade Importer)
Imported and sold by a Fairtrade Organisation such as Traidcraft, or Oxfam

5. Fairtrade City Project – Hull Requirements for Certification
Retail
Catering
Community
Media
Education
Local Council Policy
Steering Group

6. Fairtrade City Project – Hull Status
Retail – probably OK
Catering – need more outlets
Community – see next slide
Media – need higher profile
Education – unsure of requirement
Local Council Policy - Achieved
Steering Group - Achieved

7. Fairtrade City Project – Hull Status - Community
Churches – OK, needs formalising
Other Religious Orgs - nothing
Schools – S Marys College – flagship school
Big business - nothing
Small business – some leads
Clubs and Charities – some profile
Government orgs – some leads

8. Fairtrade City Project – Hull Achievements
Steering Group formed
BBC Radio Humberside – 3rd March
Launch Meeting 11th March >70 people
Hull InPrint article – April 2003
Website
Directory published

9. Fairtrade City Project – Hull Current Activities
Schemes development – Retail, catering, Community, etc
Priority – Catering
Coffee tasting session for Hoteliers and Restaurant owners – 17 May
Pursuing activities with Hull Uni.,Police, Newland Avenue Traders, Citybuild, The Deep, Hull Deanery Synod, Methodists

10. Fairtrade City Project – Hull Problems and Issues
People resources will limit the speed of the project
Media are ill-informed and un-interested

11. Fairtrade City Project – Hull Outlook
Hull will become a Fairtrade City
Timeframe –
Earliest March 2004
Likely March 2005

12. Fairtrade City Project – Hull
Q & A

13. Fairtrade City Project – Hull The Six Steps to becoming a Fairtrade organisation
Support
Understand
Decide
Appoint
Educate
Integrate