The Justice & Peace Group has been running stalls roughly every 6 weeks during the LiveSimply award scheme. They have chosen to dedicate their efforts as a LiveSimply action for Solidarity with the poor. With the 10% retail profit and generous customers who often forego their change, it was possible to send £300 to CAFOD.
Although there are many Fairtrade goods in our supermarkets now, our stalls supply several things not available in the shops. This not only helps a wider range of producers, but also offers us a chance to make profits for charity. An innovation of the last two years was to sell The Real Easter Egg, the only Fairtrade egg which tells the religious story of Easter. It was good to have members of the Brownie pack handing over the pre-ordered eggs, and 160 have been sold this way at St James'.
Typical stalls are shown below, along with a schedule of sales.