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Charity, Education, Fair trade, Fair Trade Fortnight, Podcasts

Juliet Robb Interview

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Photo courtesy of Paisley Daily Express

In this episode we meet Juliet Robb of Olive Tree, a charity that buys products from crafts people in Palestine and then sells them in Scotland. The money provides the artisans with a living and any profits made from the sales goes to support charities in Palestine.

Juliet first thought about working with people from Palestine after a trip to the Holy Land. At the end of the trip, the minister said to her, “so what are you now going to do!” She now has a successful organisation that sells quality, jewellery, embroidery and ceramics that involves about 20 volunteers, all run out of her house!

I hope that, like me, you’ll be inspired by this courageous woman.

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Rainbow Turtle Ceilidh 2024

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Celebrating fair trade fortnight 2024, Rainbow Turtle would like to present its family ceilidh with Cloud Howe Ceilidh Band.

Tickets can be purchased online at Eventbrite or in our Rainbow Turtle shop in Paisley.

Adult price £10, children under the age of 16 price £5.

Soft drinks and sandwiches provided. BYOB. Raffle, roll coin at bottle.

Close to Gilmour Street train station and bus stops. Parking nearby.

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Fair Trade Fortnight Tastings

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Volunteers, Steph Mayo (left) and Clotilde Rayon (right), with education officer, Linda Okhuoya-Ologe (centre)

To celebrate Fair Trade Fortnight, Rainbow Turtle is hosting a series of tastings of fair trade goodies and home baking outside its Paisley shop in Gauze Street. If you come down to the shop between 10am and 2pm on Saturday 26th February, Friday 4th or Saturday 5th March you’ll be able to meet some of our wonderful volunteers and taste the delights of some of the products we sell in the shop. The home baking includes ingredients made with fair trade sugar, chocolate, olive oil and even beer bread mix! Also, on offer is fair trade coffee and hot chocolate.

The tasting is free but we also hope that you’ll like the products or ingredients so much that you’ll want to buy some for yourself inside the shop. Failing that, come and chat to our volunteers and staff at the stall, they’d love to meet you. Also, you’ll be taking part in one of our events to mark Fair Trade Fortnight where we remember the producers in developing countries and everyone that makes fair trade possible.

Our thanks go to all the staff and volunteers who prepared the stall, cooked the home baking, looked after the stall and encouraged passers by to try the food.