Mayor opens Fairtrade market stall

Date published: 06/10/2006

The Mayor, Councillor Jean Hornby, officially opened the first Fairtrade Market stall on Rochdale Market on Friday 6 October.

This is a social enterprise called 'Fair For All'.  Its aim is to complement the present retail outlets, church and community representatives who currently sell fairly traded goods, by offering goods to a wider clientele. 

Items for sale will include food, jewellery and gifts. The stall will be open all day on 6 and 7 October and then every Saturday from the end of October. 

Commenting on the opening of the stall, Jan Hicks of Rochdale Fairtrade Forum said: "We hope that what we are doing assists in some small way in making poverty history."