Fairtrade City Project, Calendar Year 2003
January 2003
Agreement to, and planning for the launch.
February 2003
19-Feb-2003 Press Release 1 - Launch notice
March 2003
03-Mar-2003 BBC Radio Humberside - Interview for Fair Trade Fortnight
06-Mar-2003 Press Release 2 - Launch Notice
11-Mar-2003 Kingston-upon-Hull
or simply Hull, has started to become a Fairtrade city under the guidelines laid down by the Fairtrade Foundation. The project was launched on Tuesday March 11th, 2003, in the Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull.
The Launch event created a "buzz of interest" with many people making contact afterwards to express support for the venture.
12-Mar-2003 Press Release 3 - Launch Success
20-Mar-2003 Press Release 4 - Hull Anglicans - Deanery
April 2003
01-Apr-2003 Hull InPrint - Article
18-Apr-2003 Information gathering in Starbucks, York.
20-Apr-2003 Hull Fairtrade City Project joins the Fairtrade Towns Chatroom
May 2003
09-May-2003 Hull One World Shop moves into the Carpenters Arms whilst building work is in progress.
15-May-2003 Andrew Marvel Launch their bid to become a business and enterprise school with a Fairtrade theme including a talk by Andy Carlton of Twin Trading
28-May-2003 Hull Fairtrade City Project - Certificate scheme launched
June 2003
23-Jun-2003 Newcastle Declared "Fairtrade Capital of Europe" at the Biannual IFAT Conference in Newcastle
July 2003
August 2003
September 2003
15 September - Fair Trade City Project Webmaster gets another (=new) job.
The Project Website takes a back seat until December.
Webmaster discovers a Tea-Direct Drinking Company.!
October 2003
November 2003
4-Nov-2003: Hitchcock's Restaurant Serves Fairtrade Tea and Fairtrade Coffee Only.
Congratulations, and well done Hitchcocks, the first restaurant in Hull to serve only Fairtrade beverages.
19-Nov-2003: Fairtrade Foundation announce Fairtrade grapes to be imported to the UK and sold through most Major Supermarkets.
December 2003
1-Dec-2003: Hull InPrint - Hitchcock's "Major Caffeine Shot" Article.
01-Dec-2003 Hull InPrint - Article - Hitchcock's
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