Welcome to website of Charnwood Action For Fairtrade (CAFF).

CAFF promotes Fairtrade and outlets that sell Fairtrade in Charnwood (thats Loughborough and the surrounding villages if you don't know the area). Please take a look round the site and especially at the forthcoming events (Calendar).

If you are interested in joining us and promoting Fairtrade in and around Loughborough why not come along to our next meeting and find out more. Our next meetings are:-

Thurs 16th April - Barrow Baptist Church

Wed 13th May- Trinity Methodist Church, Loughborough

Thurs 11th June - Barrow Baptist Church

All meetings start at 8pm.

We also have a page on Facebook. Just search for Loughborough Fairtrade and join us.

CAFF is a community group set up to promote and raise awareness of fair trade, Fairtrade products and the benefits that buying Fairtrade can bring to producers in the developing world. We work to promote fair trade in the borough of Charnwood which covers the town of Loughborough and surrounding areas.

On our website you will find:

• More information about who we are and what we do
• Information on Fairtrade and the benefits it brings
• Where you can buy Fairtrade products in Charnwood (see our Fairtrade Directory)
• Information on forthcoming events in the calendar page
• Minutes of our meetings in the CAFF News page
• and information on Charnwood being a Fairtrade Borough

Please let us know what you think about our website

and fair trade issues around Charnwood through the Guestbook page.

If you're interested in promoting fair trade in Loughborough and the surrounding areas why not come along to one of our meetings and find out more.

Dates of our meetings as well as forthcoming events can be found on the Calendar page and minutes of our meetings can be found on the CAFF News page

We hope you enjoy our website.

Charnwood - a Fairtrade Borough

Charnwood was awarded Fairtrade Borough status by the Fairtrade Foundation in March 2006 and was the first borough in the East Midlands to gain this prestigious status.

For more information about being a Fairtrade Borough please click the Fairtrade Borough link on the left hand side of this page.