North Lanarkshire bidding to renew Fairtrade zone

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Community efforts to make Fairtrade products available across North Lanarkshire will be highlighted when a bid to renew the area’s status as a Fairtrade Zone is submitted in January next year.

The North Lanarkshire Council area as a whole gained Fairtrade Zone status in 2020 and support is organised through the North Lanarkshire Fairtrade Zone Steering Group, run by local residents and supported by the council.

North Lanarkshire also has localised zone and town status in Airdrie, Motherwell and Wishaw, with work underway to establish a zone in the Croy and Kilsyth area.

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