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Secretary Of State opens the new Just Shop October 2009
	Douglas Alexander, the Secretary of State for International Development came to Leicester on 29th October. He opened the new Just Shop and presented the 2009 Just Fair Trade Prize for the best essay in the Health and Development Module at Leicester University Medical School to Andy King. DFID recently announced a £12m investment in Fair Trade over the next 4 years.

Here is the DFID press release with our very own Kerry chatting to the Minister and here is how it was reported on thisisleicestershire.co.uk . Below is how our friends at Citizenseye reported the event.

Just is moving in the run up to Christmas! We'll be in St Martin's Square on the corner with Silver Street. See you there! Sarah explains why ...

...make your just move - have a fairtrade Christmas.

Here at Just we are pleased to be selling two new small ranges of fair trade women’s clothing. The ‘Lollipop’ range from new supplier Pachamama is proving very popular. The colourful print on choclate brown or vanilla in vest tops, reversible hoodies, and from Nomads we have pretty lace-bordered cami’s and cardigan’s in a range of summer colours complementing our colourful full skirts.

See Sarah interviewed by John Costa of Citizens Eye Community News Agency on YouTube talking about Just and Fairtrade

Here is the link.

We want to reward our loyal customers, make food shopping a little easier and make buying fair trade products even more sociable and fun.

So we now have Just...loyalty. Every time you spend £10 in the shop you receive a stamp. 6 stamps equals a free £5 voucher to spend in Just, or for 10 stamps get £10. Sign up now and get a free bar of chocolate! (while stocks last)

Why not hold a Just... Do to introduce family, friends, neighbours or work colleagues to the joys of fair trade! We can provide invitations, a box of gorgeous products for you to sell with the story of the transformation that fair trade is bringing to the producers communities and a short DVD to bring the stories to life.

You decide the sort of Just... Do that’s for you, maybe;

• at home; a coffee morning, or tea after school, or an evening with a glass of wine
• at work; at lunchtime in the office,
• at the local school or your place of worship
• In the shop, we will open especially for you and your friends after hours, with free refreshments, we can also offer a short informal talk about fair trade, the stories behind the products we sell.

So pop the kettle on, or open that bottle of wine and enjoy a Just... Do where everything that’s sold means a better future for the person who made it; food on the table, children at school, clean water in the village.

And Just... nearyou is about making basic fairtrade food shopping a little easier. The regular purchase of fair trade goodies makes a great difference to our producers. But we know shopping for food in town and then carrying heavy bags home is a pain; so Just have made it more convenient…

How monthly food ordering will work:- :

1. Order food on line on the Just website.
2. Pick up groceries from a choice of local pick up points.
3. Pay on pick up.
4. Enjoy; knowing your shopping guarantees livelihoods now, and in the future

This is not yet up and running, if you would be interested in a Just near you pick up point in your neighbourhood please let us know.

The Just Fair Trade Prize winner, Alex Hillman, medical student at Leicester University receiving his fair trade hamper of Just goodies and vouchers from Sarah.

His essay was judged by tutor Dr Adrian Hastings (right) to be the best in the Health and Development Module of their course.

Thanks go to Adrian for sponsoring the prize and local charity Skillshare International for delivering much of the teaching.

During the module students develop understanding of issues around health and international development. It also builds understanding of the health needs of people living in Britain who originate from developing countries, are disadvantaged, or living in poverty

It may only be the beginning of February but at Just we are playing host to a mum and her 4 chicks.

The Blackbird chose to build her nest in the small courtyard between our shop and the church next door and before long discovered she is really in a bit of a blackbird hotel!

Kerry is keeping mum happy and well fed on fairtrade sultanas and when the chicks hatched at the end of January mealy worm were added to the menu.

All are happy and healthy though I’m a little worried that the chicks are so well fed they’ll be too fat to learn to fly!

Why not plan an event to celebrate, Invite your friends round for coffee and feed them the fairtrade guilt free chocolate cake, yum.

No time to bake a cake? don’t worry pop into Just and buy a selection of our gorgeous biscuits cookies and cakes. If an evening is more your style why not invite your neigbours round for a glass of fairtrade wine and nibbles.

We sell a range to choose from, including my current favorite cashew nuts with a hint of lime and chili, or the ever popular spicy banana chips.

Call into the shop for help and advice, you could also order a box of sale or return fairtrade goodies to show and sell to your friends.

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