This years Fairtrade Fortnight was a successful one in Leeds with lots of fun and friendships made.
The Network Night proved to be yet another hit, (see previous news posting), many thanks again, to all who attended and helped make it a success. The next one planned for Wednesday July 15th will be a school themed one, where we shall be inviting amongst the usual supporters and friends of Shared Earth, representatives from schools, both primary and secondary, who are interested in making their school a fair trade one. Speakers will be present to talk about how schools can make this happen including people from the Leeds Development Education Centre.

The response to our personal contribution to the fairtrade banana eating world record was met with much enthusiasm on the day; we managed to have 40 people in total visit the shop to eat a fairtrade banana on the afternoon of March 6th. We also did our bit after the event and ensured all the banana skins were composted!

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New author launches book in Leeds

On Thursday February 26th, the Leeds branch hosted their second Network Night. This time, they were very pleased to have as guest of honour their Managing Director Jeremy Piercy, who was present to read extracts from his newly published book “Coffins, Cats and Fairtrade Sex Toys”.

The evening started early at 5pm, with members of the public being invited to come in and have a cup of fairtrade coffee kindly supplied by Starbucks. Jeremy was on hand to sign copies of his book, and customers could take a seat with the author in an informal setting to look through his book and chat about anything they wished regarding his book or fair trade in general.

Debbie Fletcher Leeds branch manager introduces the evening                 Jeremy reads extracts from his book        

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