Dumfries Events
23 Feb – 5 March: Schools’ Poster Exhibition: Robert Burns Centre, Mill Road – We’ve had a wonderful response to our competition for Schools and the winning entries will be on show for (almost) all of Fairtrade Fortnight at the Burns Centre. Please come and vote for your favourite!
Tuesday 23 Feb – Wednesday 24 Feb: Take One Action Film Festival: Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre (www.rbcft.co.uk and www.takeoneaction.org.uk). Tickets for these are selling fast, so do book yours now! Each film will be followed by a discussion.
Also on Wednesday 24th there’s a linked workshop – ‘the Beginner’s Guide to a Fairer World’ at Gracefield. www.takeoneaction.org.uk
Saturday 27 February – The Dumfries Big Brew Flask Mob: Join us for a cup of tea in the town centre. Bring your flask of Fairtrade tea to the Fountain at 11am.
The first flash mob in Dumfries? – we think so! Tell everyone you know to come to the Fountain in the High Street with their flask of Fairtrade Tea at 11am. You don’t want to miss this….
Friday 5 March, 2pm – Tea Dance at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Brook St. This monthly tea dance will be Fairtrade and fun. A gentle afternoon of dancing to live music, with Fairtrade refreshments.
Saturday 6 March, 10am – 3.30pm The Environment Fair, DGOne. We’ll be announcing the winner of the Poster Competition – and we’ll have a stall with quizzes and information for all the family.
Kirkudbright
Saturday 27th February, 10am – noon Tea Tasting at St Mary’s Street
Dunscore
Saturday 27 February Big brew event. Dunscore cafe
Friday 5 March, 2pm – 3pm Tea afternoon Dunscore Primary School
Castle Douglas
Thursday 25 and Friday 26 February, 10am – 5pm Sampling at the Co-op
Saturday 6 March, 2pm – 4pm Afternoon tea Gordon Memorial Hall
Annan
Cotton producer visiting Annan and Lockerbie Acadamies
Sunday 28 February, 6pm Fairtrade church service at St Andrew’s church
Thursday 4 March, 11am – 5pm Big swap at Tesco’s. Tesco’s have agreed to have a “Big swap” of teabags, when we will had out FT tea bags and bananas, have a FT Tea Tower, and “Guess the teabags in the jar”.
For more information about any of these events please contact us – using the comments box.
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