Here is a rather belated picture of staff member Clare with the newest addition to the Fair Do’s family – baby Jude. Many of you will have seen Jude in the form of a rather large bump that everybody seemed to be predicting would be a boy – and they were right! He finally arrived on Saturday 5th June weighing 8lbs. Mum & baby are doing very well and pop into the shop every now and then; maybe you will be lucky enough to get a smile from the little man!

Jude is even modelling a fair trade babygro here; start them young!

Clare would like to thank you all for your well wishes during her pregnancy and since Jude’s arrival.

Fair Do’s Annual Sale will begin on

Saturday 21st August

and continue until

Saturday 11th September.

Drop in and grab a bargain on our vast range of fairly-traded crafts and beautiful clothing while stocks last!

Come and visit us at the national eisteddfod! We will be sharing units
with Fair Trade Wales, numbers 201 and 202, not far from the Pafiliwn.

Models strutted their stuff wearing the latest fair trade fashion sourced from around the world – with clothing, accessories and jewelry from three continents.

There was also a special guest at the show: Leah Mitula of Denur Crafts. She spoke about the handmade jewelry produced by her company in Kenya, which offers employment opportunities to women, especially single parents. She told the audience how her craft brings freedom to many women, and enables their children to go to school, thereby breaking the cycle of poverty that many families are trapped in.

World Fair Trade Day is organised by the World Fair Trade Organisation and unites thousands of citizens, fair trade organisations, social and environmental movements, producers and consumers all around the planet in a common effort to support fair trade and trade justice for small producers.

If you are holding an event to promote Fair Trade, you can register at www.worldfairtradeday10.org. The site lists all registered events happening around the UK so why not browse through and see how you can keep on supporting fair trade this year.

As a result of being on display in our window, we received many compliments about them, and several orders. This dress will be worn at a few weddings and on a couple of cruise ships this summer!

It is made by Nomads and is just one of the beautiful new items of clothing we now have in stock. Don’t forget you can see our full range at the fashion show on 22nd May!

It will be held at Calvary Baptist Church, Canton on

Saturday 22nd May 2010 at 7.30pm

There will be lots of fabulous clothes, jewellery and accessories to see as well as purchase on the night. We will also have special guest Leah Mitula of Denur Crafts, Kenya speaking. (See this news item about Denur Crafts at Fair Do’s)

Tickets cost just £4.00 so be sure to get yours promptly as every previous year has been extremely popular.

If you would like to help us promote this event, then click here to download a copy of the poster.

Of course, many people already buy fairtrade tea or coffee in their weekly shop so we also encouraged them to swap another item. At the tea dance held by the Fairtrade Foundation in St David’s shopping centre, we had several interesting conversations with people who were surprised at the range of fairtrade products avilable – not just bananas, chocolate and coffee!

The highlight of the fortnight for Fair Do’s was the visit from the olive producers working for Zaytoun. Thomas Cazalis and Haitham Hasasneh spoke to a small but captivated audience in our shop on 2nd March about the challenges of producing olive oil and other products from Palestine. After this, they headed to Chapter Arts Centre for an olive tasting. Haitham had earlier commented that they were passionate about the quality of their products – somebody could buy olive oil once out of solidarity but if they didn’t like the taste they wouldn’t buy a second time. The tasting certainly proved that their efforts have paid off and the olive oil is delicious!

Thank you to everyone who has supported us during Fairtrade Fortnight and to those who have pledged to swap an item – you are making a real difference!

Come into the shop to see the beautiful new woven scarves and brass jewellery that have already been very popular with customers. We also have some slightly more unique pieces such as carvings made from buffalo horn.

As Kenya does not have a public school system, parents must pay for their children to attend school. The vision of Denur Crafts is to give an income to mothers so their children can receive an education. All the women who are employed to make jewellery have school-aged children. Each member creates their own design and produces the jewellery using traditional methods from raw materials located in Kenya. Denur Crafts started in 1994 with just four women and has grown to a membership of thirty-eight.

Leah Mitula of Denur Crafts recently visited us at Fair Do’s with her son Dean who is studying at the University of Glamorgan.

Come into Fair Do’s and see our lovely range of handmade jewellery, perfect as gifts for all occasions.