Saturday July 18th marked another step forward for Fair Trade in Aberdeen. The former Third World Centre, which traded until March 2009 in St Mary?s Chapel, Kirk of St Nicholas, re-opened in new premises at 101 George Street. Established in 1983 with the twin aims of selling Fair Trade products and of raising public awareness of Fair Trade and other global issues, the Centre successfully initiated the campaign that led to Aberdeen?s becoming Scotland?s first certified Fairtrade City in March 2004. Fair Trade products have come a long way in twenty-five years and as well as those products that carry the Fairtrade Mark, the new shop will also stock a large range of goods from the wider Fair Trade market. Supermarkets are improving their ranges, but there will always be room for the shops that go that one step further, what you might call the "gold standard" of Fair Trade.As before, the shop is dependent on the help of volunteer workers and this is particularly important since trading hours will increase. The new premises will be open Monday to Saturday between 10 and 5, so if you can spare some time on a regular basis to help, Norma Anderson, the Shop Manager, will be pleased to hear from you. Norma hopes that all former customers, as well as many new ones will come along and support this exciting new venture. As she says ?You won?t be able to miss it; it?s just opposite John Lewis and what we do is exactly what it says over the door ? ?Fair Trade??
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