Open Wednesday
mornings 11.30am -12noon
St Andrew's has been granted 'Fairtrade
Church' status. We use Fair Trade Tea, Coffee and Sugar for all
events and meetings run by the Church.
The
shop stocks an exciting range
of earrings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, clothing a wide variety
of food, beverages and stationery.
African
producers
As the eyes of the world
have been
on Africa we thought we’d focus on some of our African producers for both crafts
and foods. As thirst quenchers we have three types of juice (orange, tropical
and apple), several blends of African tea (including decaff), and tasty coffee
beans (dark or medium roast); if you need a little sweetener there’s white
granulated sugar too! All four Geobar flavours contain South African raisins, as
do the fruit, chocolate and nut cookies; the dark Genoa cake is packed full of
juicy South African sultanas. The fruit and nut and the exotic fruit mueslis
contain African ingredients, and if you would like to try the latter, we do have
small free sample bags for you to take home.
Ethnic
crafts
On the craft side there are
some beautiful bags featured on pp 17 – 19 of the Traidcraft catalogue alongside
ethnic jewellery, and we do stock some Tearcraft jewellery created in South
Africa too. We have a delightful hand-carved giraffe, and the soapstone elephant
book-holder and long slim wall hanging are both typical African items. We have
handmade cards containing South African flower seeds for you to enjoy in your
own gardens! Last, but not least, we stock two bars of soap (lavender and
lemongrass) made by a social enterprise called Township Trades. This group is
based in the Khayelitsha township in South Africa, and provides training for
young people whose lives have been affected in some way by HIV/Aids.
Make a
difference
The disparity in wealth
between some of the elite footballers and some of our producers and their
families has never been so great. One way in which we can all help to try to
balance this up is to look for fairly traded goods whenever we can. So we hope
to see you in the foyer shop searching for African items over the summer!
Brenda and Lionel Mayoh