Ludlow 21

Fairtrade Fortnight is just around the corner. This year it is more important than ever that you join the growing movement to make trade fair.

Farmers and workers in the Global South are already among the world’s poorest people, and the Coronavirus pandemic has put them even more at risk. We need to work together to protect their livelihoods during this period and beyond.

You have the power to drive long term change, not only with your shopping choices but with your support in spreading the message.

From 22^nd February to 7^th March, the Ludlow Fairtrade Town Group will be promoting Fairtrade and ethical sourcing throughout the town. We need you to join us!

Find out more and get involved by emailing ludlowfairtrade@gmail.com or phoning Jenny Hume, Chair of Ludlow Fairtrade Town Group on 01584 831654.

You can learn more about Fairtrade in Ludlow by visiting the Ludlow Fairtrade Town Group website: https://ludowfairtrade.com.

Did you know…you can make a difference right now, simply by shopping in the right place? Traidcraft sell a range of ethically sourced food, drinks, gifts, homewares. Every purchase helps to transform the lives of small-scale artisans, farmers and their communities across the developing world. Visit the online shop at www.traidcraftshop.co.uk

Traidcraft Christmas Pop Up Shop
on Saturday 12th December 10am-4pm
at Ludlow Mascall Centre

Click here for details

This year’s AGM will take place via Zoom on Monday 10th August at 7.30pm.  Please email secretary@ludlow21.org.uk if you would like to attend and have not yet received an invitation.

Papers for the meeting are available to download here:

Agenda

Minutes of AGM 2019

Reports from Chair and Friends and Family Groups

Draft Accounts 2019-20

Nomination form for election to the Board

Download the Newsletter in pdf form here

Places still available – book now!  Click here to view the full Conference Programme

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/ludlow-fairtrade

XR Ludlow and Leominster invite you to join them in an action at 11 am in Castle Square to mark the start of 2 weeks of action in London from 7th October.

XR L&L rebels will be travelling to London on Sunday 6th to make sure our voices are heard. Show them your support by bringing your voice on Saturday 5th.

Plan – to read the Declaration of Rebellion in Castle Square, with drums & banners.

Time – meet 10.50am for an 11am start

Place – meet at the cannon outside the castle in Castle Square

Bring – smile, big voice (umbrella!!), picnic lunch ( – see below), placard – if you can

Finish – expected to end by midday – then go to Millennium Green for coffee/ picnic lunch if weather is good

If you haven’t got a placard, now is the time to make one! For ideas, search on Student Strike or April XR London Action.

We like:
There’s no planet B
Cut down on clothes, cows & cars
Stop denying, the earth is dying

As part of the international Food for Change campaign Slow Food Ludlow Marches invites you to a special talk by Shane Holland, Executive Chair of Slow Food in the UK at Ludlow Methodist Church, Broad Street – 7pm on Wednesday 16th October.

All welcome to this free event.

The Future of Food: Good Food Doesn’t Have to Cost the Earth!

With the global population forecast to approach 10 billion by 2050 and the planet in the grip of a climate emergency, how can we feed ourselves in a sustainable way? Newspapers scream that plant milk is better for the environment than animal milk, yet is this always true? Are faux-meat burgers better for our health?  Shane Holland will answer these questions in his interactive lecture, touching on subjects as diverse as the Arab Spring, pollinators, gut health, the US Dust Bowl and why speaking English as a second language can give you diabetes. His solutions are compelling, simple and timeless: food should be good, clean and fair.

Shane Holland is the Executive Chairman of Slow Food in the UK.  He speaks extensively on sustainable food issues and is a regular talking head on BBC radio discussing issues as diverse as vegan v meat-based eating, sustainable farming and whether insects will be our protein source of the future. He has given evidence to Parliament, guest lectures at a number of universities and speaks about food issues at the Climate Coalition. He was named by TED as an “Architect of Tomorrow” and, in addition to Slow Food, he chairs Eat Club, an organisation that teaches food skills to young people, and is past Chair of Plan Zheroes, the platform that connects good surplus fresh food with charities and people in need.

Shropshire Council are pushing ahead with the Shrewsbury North West Relief Road despite objections.

The Ludlow 21 AGM will be held on Tuesday 4th June 2019

7.30 pm at Appleteme, The Old Brewery, Corve Street, Ludlow

Papers for the AGM can be downloaded here:

Agenda

Chair’s and Group Reports

Minutes of 2018 AGM

2018-2019 Final Accounts

Treasurers Report 2019

The AGM is open to all.  Ludlow 21 members may vote on motions and to elect new Directors.

Input from new Board members is extremely welcome.  Any member may stand for election to the Board if nominated and seconded by two other members.  Nomination forms can be downloaded here:

nomination paper

Following the formal business of the meeting, there will be a 21st birthday celebration on the theme of ‘Ludlow 21 – 21 years and counting’.  Cakes and refreshments will be served.