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Show Off Your Bunting!
Chesham4Fairtrade is calling for local organisations and businesses to show their support this Fairtrade Fortnight by displaying Fairtrade bunting on their premises. It costs £5 to receive the bunting which can be decorated to promote Fairtrade and their organisation/business. Chesham4Fairtrade will then bring together all the bunting from across the town for a big event in the High Street. It's a fantastic opportunity to get creative, have some fun and show people that you care. At midday on the Saturday 5th March a bunting wave will start to stretch from Market Square down the High Street, showing local organisations and businesses that support Fairtrade.
The theme for Fairtrade Fortnight (28th February to 13th March) this year is "Show Off Your Label" to promote the use of Fairtrade cotton, which helps disadvantaged cotton farmers in countries such as India. Getting a fair price for their cotton enables these farmers to invest in their businesses and provide an education for their children.
Chesham is particularly keen to "show off its label" this year, as it has just been awarded Fairtrade Town Status for the sixth consecutive year.