St Mary’s is a Fairtrade Church. This means that the congregation support the principle of Fairtrade and that we are committed to serve Fairtrade coffee, tea & sugar when refreshments are offered after services or by Church groups.
We also hold a Traidcraft stall after the 9.30 service and the Family Service on the first Sunday of each month, selling a range of Fairtrade food items and beautiful cards, made by a women’s co-operative in Kibera. Copies of the current Traidcraft catalogue are available in the Church Annexe to take home.
To find out more about Traidcraft or to visit its on-line shop, see the Traidcraft website
The Real Easter Egg
You can find out all about the Real Easter Egg
from the website www.realeasteregg.co.uk
It is still the only Easter Egg out of 80 million sold annually that tells the story of Easter on the box. The Egg is made from Fairtrade Chocolate and a proportion of the profit from each egg sold goes to charity.
St Mary’s congregation bought 2 dozen of the eggs last year, so our aim is to double that this year!
The eggs will be ordered from Traidcraft and cost £3.99 each.
You can place your order at the Fairtrade stall on February 5th or contact Sheila Hill (sheilajhill21@btinternet.com)
Many retailers and supermarkets are increasingly responding to public demand and are stocking a wider range of Fairtrade goods. These can always be recognised by the Fairtrade Registration Mark. Leatherhead, Fetcham and Bookham have Fairtrade Town Status and there are many Fairtrade churches, schools, retailers and cafes in the area where you can purchase Fairtrade goods.
