i rang the Marlowes Centre Manager today to make enquiries about a
fair trade market opposite Littlewoods.

Vince (centre manager) explained that the cost of renting the space
besides Littlewoods is £900 a week. However, we wont be renting for a
week more like a day, and if four of us take stalls each and hire it
as one organisation, Namely the Dacorum Fairtrade Action group
comprising the CO-OP, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH, OXFAM, CHRISTAIN AID, not
to mention a contribution from the FAIRTRADE FOUNDATION FOR A
CAMPAIGN AND INFORMATION RESCOURCES STALL Then we could do it at i
estimate based on prices for a day and divined by four probably £45
each. i'd Like to ask BUDGENS as well as they do a great range of
fairtrade and organic real food and organic produce, they might even
sponsor the cost of the foe real food campaign stall if we swing it
right. Then we can ask CHRISTAIN AID to sponsor a stall for the
CHURCHES and TRAIDCRAFT. the more the merrier which leaves only the
question of stall sizes to work out plus a few niggly little details.

We can get GREAT PUBLICITY FOR THIS!!! and it would be worth it to
plug it for fairtrade fornight just before Easter, and to mark the
10TH anniversary of fairtrade foundation. We can also really swing
the Fairtrade Town into action.

Lets hope we can get a reasonable quote from the centre manager and
some groovy funding from the co-op, foe, oxfam, budgens, church,
whoever.