Tees Valley Wins National Fairtrade Award 2009


The Tees Valley Fairtrade Boroughs (Hartlepool, Stockton & Middlesbrough) have been named as runner up for the most imaginative campaign in this year’s prestigious Fairtrade Fortnight Awards in recognition of their local ‘Go Bananas’ event

The award winners were presented with prizes by George Alagiah at the national Fairtrade Supporters Conference in London on Saturday 10th October The Hartlepool Fairtrade Town Steering Group was represented by Jennifer Kelly (front left of the picture)

‘The judges were really impressed with the way that the three groups in the Tees Valley teamed up and worked together to create maximum impact in Going Bananas for Fairtrade. It was a really creative idea and sounded quite complicated to pull off, but through working together you managed to reach a lot of new people – especially bemused passengers on the train!’