Praise for Schools Conference
The third annual Yorkshire Schools Fair Trade conference has won praise for motivating and encouraging schools in their raising of awareness of global trade issues. The Lord Mayor of York and representatives of the Cooperative, and local businesses, praised the varied and exciting programme that had been put together by the event organisers: the Centre for Global Education, York St. John University and the York Fair Trade Forum.
The Sheriff’s Lady, the Sheriff of York and the Lord Mayor of York arrive at the conference.
Helen and Sophie of the business ‘Fair and Funky’,
praised the conference.
Excellent presentations were given by Riccall Primary School, Cawood Primary School and York’s Bootham School. Workshops took place on topics ranging from Fairtrade honey, to the price of a T-shirt role play. The event concluded when the Lord Mayor of York presented the Fairtrade in Yorkshire School Awards and the Global Teacher Awards.
Tockwith School were one of the winners of the Fairtrade in Yorkshire School Awards and their pupils were clearly delighted. The Church of England primary school are Eco Warriors and have been a Green Flag school for over four years. Focus on Fairtrade is one of the five areas that Eco Warriors concentrate upon in Years four and five.
Tockwith School pupils.
