ILMINSTER NEWS: Selfies for Fairtrade Fortnight

PEOPLE are being asked to get their selfie-sticks at the ready to help Ilminster support Fairtrade Fortnight.

The event is being held from Monday (February 27, 2017) through to Sunday, March 12, 2017, and the Ilminster Fairtrade group is running a number of initiatives.

A spokesman said: “Whether a Fairtrade drink with friends or colleagues, a coffee morning, or children eating a healthy snack, we want to see individuals, groups and workplaces, enjoying a Fair Break during Fairtrade Fortnight.

“We want people to share their photos on the Ilminster Fairtrade Facebook page and we will shortlist the images that we think best sum up Fairtrade Fortnight in Ilminster.

“People can visit one of the local cafes serving Fairtrade refreshments and ask for our cardboard teacup to add a flourish to their photos?

“There’s no limit to the number of entries people can submit and all shortlisted entries will be put to a public vote; so, get snapping to be in with a chance of winning a Fairtrade prize!”

People need to post their photos to the Facebook page entitled Ilminster Fairtrade with who is enjoying a Fair Break, where they are enjoying the Fair Break and which category they are submitting an entry for – individual, group, workplace, Fair Hair salon.

The special Fairtrade teacups are available at The Green House Ilminster, The Arts Centre, The Monks Yard and The Railway Carriage Café, The Trading Post, Lopenhead.

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