Fairtrade in Chelmsford

The Fairtrade Foundation seeks to fight poverty by securing a better deal for farmers and producers in poor communities. It awards the Fairtrade Mark to products that do this. 

The Chelmsford City Fairtrade Campaign seeks to promote Fairtrade in Chelmsford. As a result of its activities, the Fairtrade Foundation recognised Chelmsford as the first Fairtrade town in Essex in 2004. Subsequently, the Campaign has successfully enabled Chelmsford to keep this status, with support from Chelmsford City Council. 

The Campaign has one corporate member, the Chelmsford Star (now part of Central Co-op), as well as individual and community members. We support the use of Fairtrade products and have a representative on the Campaign.

In 2019, we planted an area of woodland in Admiral's Park to mark the 25th anniversary of the Fairtrade Mark and the 15th anniversary of Chelmsford's status as a Fairtrade city.

We will continue to work with the Chelmsford City Fairtrade Campaign to ensure that we:

• uphold our duties as the local authority for a Fairtrade City
• are committed to using Fairtrade products
• promote the Fairtrade principles to our suppliers, where appropriate  

Information about Fairtrade

You can look at the Fairtrade Foundation for more information about the Fairtrade Foundation and their aims.

For information about Fairtrade in our city, you can:

• visit the Chelmsford City Fairtrade Campaign website
• look at the Chelmsford City Fairtrade Campaign on Facebook