Fairtrade Fortnight runs from 26 February - 11 March. The theme is CHANGE TODAY - CHOOSE FAIRTRADE and a range of events are running. Posters and other materials are available from the Fairtrade Foundation. One particular (local) event is the "Fairtrade Cook for Change" Competition. (Info following from Chelmsford Fairtrade Campaign.)
To mark Mesothelioma Awareness Day, balloons will be released tomorrow in Chesterfield Town Centre in memory of all those who have been made ill by exposure to asbestos. Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield Paul Holmes said:
Liberal Democrats in Chesterfield will be travelling to the party conference in Harrogate this weekend to back a move to make housing in Chesterfield warmer, greener and more affordable.
The Department of Constitutional Affairs (now the Ministry of Justice) in November 2006 issued new regulations aimed at improving disabled people's access to the electoral system. These regulations focus on the voting system itself but little attention has been paid to how parties communicate their messages.
Epping Forest Liberal Democrats have contacted Essex Policing after a leaflet informing residents how to contact their local neighbourhood policing team displayed the wrong number.
Park Ward's February Focus carried a piece about cluster bombs from Local MEP Liz Lynne and a petition calling on the Prime Minister to support the ban on these weapon's. At an international conference in Oslo, the Government announced a decision to agree to a declaration calling for a treaty banning cluster bombs.
