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Fairtrade Fortnight Coffee Morning

Ruby Fisher, aged 7, one of the winners of Dunbar Primary P3’s poster competition for Fairtrade Fortnight. She is pictured with her poster at Dunbar Fairtrade Group’s coffee morning at Dunbar Town House on Saturday 5 March. Nigel Bird of … Continue reading

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Sparkling Dunbar

The Fairtrade Group ran a stall at a bright but breezy Sparkling Dunbar harbour festival on 29 August, sharing a table with the Community Woodland Group. Fairtrade juice was the most popular item. The high wind meant we could not display any … Continue reading

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Fairtrade status renewed!

Dunbar’s status as a Fairtrade Town has just been renewed for a further two years by the Fairtrade Foundation. Confirming the renewal, the Foundation wrote to the Dunbar Fairtrade Group: “It is clear that a lot of time and energy … Continue reading

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Civic Week

Dunbar Fairtrade Group participated in the Civic Week Parade and Fun Day on 13 June for the first time. Our new banner made an appearance at the parade, and we then ran a Fairtrade stall at the Fun Day in … Continue reading

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Fairtrade tasters..

To mark Fairtrade Fortnight, the Co-operative held a special promotion at their Dunbar High Street shop. The photo shows Allison Cosgrove, a volunteer with the Co-op’s Lothian and Borders Committee, and Co-op membership officer Liz Armstrong encouraging customers to sample … Continue reading

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Coffee morning a success…

The Dunbar Fairtrade Group would like to thank everyone who helped to make our Fairtrade Fortnight coffee morning a big success. More than 70 people came along, including many children, creating a busy and cheery atmosphere. Donors of food and … Continue reading

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Fairtrade Poster competition

Here are the winners of the primary school Fairtrade poster competition. The posters will be on display at the coffee morning for all to enjoy. Hope to see you there!

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Enjoy a Fairtrade treat…

The Crunchy Carrot has a whole variety of Fairtrade items to check out… and have a wee display of some of them in the front shop, along with some leaflets and information about the Fairtrade foundation. So why not pop … Continue reading

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Fairtrade coffee morning…

Dunbar Fairtrade Group’s new banner promoting Fairtrade Fortnight is now on display outside Lauderdale House on Dunbar High Street. The Fairtrade Group will be holding its annual coffee morning on Saturday 28 February between 10am and 12pm at the Dunbar … Continue reading

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Fairtrade good cheer…

To mark Fairtrade Fortnight, the Co-op in Dunbar High Street will be running a Fairtrade wine-tasting this Friday, 27 February, from 11 till 1.

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