多佛鎮議會舉辦了一場非常成功且出席人數眾多的公平貿易招待會，以慶祝多佛和迪爾繼續作為公平貿易城鎮. 河教區教堂的安迪·鮑特里牧師和公平貿易基金會的麗貝卡·特納是演講嘉賓. Rebecca spoke about changes taking place including new initiatives for Fairtrade producers and gave a taste of what next year’s Fairtrade Fortnight will be about. The Fairtrade Foundation is working in partnership with companies committed to the Fairtrade ethos but whose products do not carry the Fairtrade logo. Rebecca also explained that some companies such as Sainsbury’s are now selling tea branded as “Fairly Traded” which does not have the same production protections as tea produced to Fairtrade standards. The Fairtrade Foundation and partners such as CAFOD and Traidcraft are protesting and campaigning against this development. The presentation was followed by a question and answer session.
帕姆·布里維奧, Secretary of Dover Fairtrade Town Network said
“It was good to have the Mayor of Dover, Councillor Neil Rix and Deputy Mayor of Deal, Councillor Nick Tomaszewski here giving their support and pleasing to have many people attending their first Fairtrade event. Everyone spoke about how informative the presentation and event had been”