On Tuesday 1st March we held our ‘Show off your Label’ celebration event, marking the start of Fairtrade Fortnight 2011 and Gedling’s 1 year anniversary of being a Fairtrade Borough.

The celebration took place at the beautiful Newstead Abbey, our flagship supporter venue. We arrived there early to decorate the Abbey cafe and courtyard with a whopping 40 metres of bunting created by pupils from Pinewood Infant School & Foundation Unit and Killisick Primary School. The bunting flags were adorned with drawings and paintings of the Fairtrade mark, Fairtrade products and lots of messages about buying fairtrade!

In the spirit of the theme of Fairtrade Fortnight, the group decorated a large sheet made from Fairtrade cotton with the words “Show off your Label”.

We were very happy to be joined by the Mayor of Gedling, Councillor Pat Blandamer, who presented the local school children with certificates for taking part in the Show off your Label bunting activity.

After a speech from the mayor and photographs by local press we enjoyed lovely Fairtrade refreshments in the Abbey Cafe.

We would like to say a huge thank you to the staff at Newstead Abbey who were so friendly and welcoming, helping us to organise the event and keep the Fairtrade tea & coffee flowing. Also of course to the parents, teachers and children of Pinewood Infant & Killisick Junior Schools, the Mayor of Gedling and everyone in the borough of Gedling who continue to support Fairtrade.