former project

The Bridgend Fairtrade Partnership is part of the network of fairtrade groups in the UK.

Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers. Our work connects with the ambitions outlined in the international agreement below...

The new Sustainable Development Goals - 'Transforming Our World' - the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The United Nations 2000 Millennium Development Goals have been superseded by 17 Sustainable Development Goals - 'Transforming Our World - the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In the autumn of 2015, countries adopted a new sustainable development agenda and a global agreement on climate change in the ambitious aim to end poverty, hunger and assure gender equally while building a life of dignity for all over the next 15 years.

“The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are our shared vision of humanity and a social contract between the world’s leaders and the people,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had said of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted unanimously by 193 Heads of State and other top leaders at a summit in September 2015. “They are a to-do list for people and planet, and a blueprint for success,” he had said of the 17 goals and 169 targets to wipe out poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change over the next 15 years.

a Fairtrade county

In July 2010 Bridgend officially became a Fairtrade County. The presentation in August that year was from the First Minister, Carwyn Jones AM. This was a fantastic achievement and something we should all be very proud of. The Bridgend County Fairtrade Partnership, have successfully renewed their applications to the Fairtrade Foundation to maintain the borough’s Fairtrade status. Our new action plans aims to help increase awareness and sales.

The Partnership intend to do this by working alongside Bridgend County Council, local schools, churches, community organisations (such as Christian Aid, Sustainable Wales & SUSSED) the Cooperative Store and Parc Prison.

The Fairtrade Foundation has been impressed with the breadth of the Bridgend Fairtrade Partnership’s campaign.

The group passionately believe that young people today need to be made aware of the issues surrounding trade and the fact that ordinary families can make a difference through their every day choices.

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Bridgend Fairtrade Partnership 

Mascot Design & Writing Competition

Overall Winner: Mali Lewis,

Aged 8 (Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Bro Ogwr).

“I chose to draw an avocado because it is mainly grown in poor countries such as Brazil and Mexico, where farmers should have a fair price for their products so they can feed their families”.

Creative Writing Winner: Rhosyn Wong

Highly Commended