A photo of me at the first Fairtrade Tea and Coffee morning I am off out the door soon to a Fairtrade Tea and Coffee morning. We are celebrating our achievement in gaining Fairtrade status and are celebrating by inviting everyone from town to come and have a tea or coffee with us in Carrowbeg House on the Mall.
We launched the town's Fairtrade bid there in 2005 so it is fitting that we are back. We have specially invited the congregations of St Mary's and of Holy Trinity churches. Despite the bad weather this morning I am sure they will turn out in droves to mark the occasion.
I have enjoyed the Fairtrade campaign and we got excellent support form the local papers and Mid West Radio. The churches of the town also really helped as did the Westport Chamber of Commerce who backed us early on.
It is a great achievement as a community and Westport's embracing of the Fairtrade programme will make a difference and hopefully will act as an encouragement to other towns to follow.
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