August Activities in the South East. By Sally Reith

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July 30, 2009

Following a busy July that included a stall at The Retirement Show in Olympia, meetings with local fairtrade and ethical groups in Milton Keynes, Luton and London, a stall at The Fair Trade Fair by the Cutty Sark and running the schools pack activities with a group of year 6 pupils at a school in Camden, I am getting set with activities and events for August.

Between fitting in some holiday I have a number of events lined up and many activities in which we would love to get you involved.

On the 19th and 21st August I will be giving presentations at a nearby food co-operative, Daily Bread in Northampton. Having met the ‘leader’ of the co-operative through the local steering group I have arranged to speak to both staff and customers at their shop. I will be sending them one of our new posters ahead of time filling in the space available to give details of events/presentations for Shared Interest – for details of these posters contact Sarah.

In early September (Thursday 3rd) we will be presenting at another 21st Century Network event in London on the topic ‘Social Enterprise – The 21st Century Engine for Social Change’. If you are in the area, please come along to hear Paul Sharpe, our Supporter Relations Manager, speaking about Shared Interest or tell your friends relatives in London to pop along to find out more about our work. For more details please contact Sally
On the 9th of September there is a nationwide movement to take action for a more sustainable world. Shared Interest is an action worth taking, under the action point of economics, among the eight other actions! You can help raise awareness of Shared Interest to this group by following the link to 999 it’s time and comment on the action to invest with Shared Interest.

Ambassador Meet Up – I am arranging a Meet Up for Ambassadors to get together and discuss their activities with each other and suggest ideas for further Ambassador action. From the responses I have had so far this looks like September will be the best month to arrange this. If you would like to get involved with this Meet Up please get in touch.

Happy Summer!