The Fair Trade Towns campaign is the result of a grass-roots citizens movement that started in the UK in 2001 (see below). It allows citizens to get together in order to self-proclaim their town (or other local geographical area) as a region that complies with a few general Fair Trade criteria, that can be adapted from country to country but which retain their main elements.
23-567: The Lawn Ground was located in Nailsworth , Gloucestershire , England , and was, from 1890 to 2006, home to the English football club, Forest Green Rovers . The Lawn Ground also hosted local cup finals as well as being home to Forest Green's Ladies and youth sides. The ground was located at the top of a steep hill in the hamlet of Forest Green and had a total capacity of 5,141 people. Forest Green matches drew approximately 1,000 spectators on average at
46-512: A number of shops, including bakers, a delicatessen with a fishmonger, a hardware store, butchers, craft shops, bookshops, art galleries and a gardening shop. Nailsworth is a Fairtrade Town and twinned with the French town of Lèves , with which it enjoys an exchange visit in alternate years. Nailsworth remains connected by regular public transport; it is the terminus of the hourly Stagecoach Gold bus route 63 from Gloucester via Stroud . Built on
69-444: Is a more comprehensive current list. Formal guidelines have been produced jointly by several FLO member Fairtrade labelling initiatives. To be awarded Fair Trade status, an area must meet five criteria (exact numbers and proportions vary from country to country): In 2002 The Wales Fair Trade Forum, a network of development NGOs and Fair Trade campaigners, began working to make Wales the world's first Fair Trade country. The idea
92-725: Is a town and civil parish in the Stroud District in Gloucestershire , England, lying in one of the Stroud Valleys in the Cotswolds , on the A46 road (the Roman Fosse Way ), 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Stroud and about 25 miles (40 km) north-east of Bristol and Bath . The parish had a population of 5,794 at the 2011 census . Nailsworth in ancient times was a settlement at
115-741: The Fair Trade Town became a status awarded by a recognized Fair Trade certification body (i.e. the Fairtrade Foundation in the United Kingdom , TransFair Canada in Canada etc.) describing an area which is committed to the promotion of Fair Trade certified goods. By extension, the organizations also award the statuses of Fair Trade City , Fair Trade Village , Fair Trade Zone , Fair Trade Borough , Fair Trade Island , Fair Trade Country, and Fair Trade University . The Fair Trade Town campaign
138-582: The 2011 census was 6,614. Nailsworth is twinned with Lèves , France. On November 27, 2019, Nailsworth signed a Friendship Agreement with the Village of Perry, New York , United States of America. Forest Green Rovers is the premier football club in Nailsworth and at The New Lawn stadium in Forest Green. After winning the 2017 National League Play-off Final the club were promoted to League 2, making Nailsworth
161-633: The 2013 and 2014 international conferences are foreseen to take place in Oslo (Norway) and Kumamoto (Japan), respectively. There are currently Fair Trade Towns in Australia , Austria , Belgium , Brazil , Canada , Denmark , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Norway , New Zealand , Spain , Sweden , the Netherlands , Germany , the United Kingdom and the United States . The list of Fairtrade settlements
184-633: The Fair Trade status by the Fairtrade Foundation. In October 2009 448 British towns and 312 towns worldwide (in total 760) were awarded the Fair Trade status. In November 2012, there were over 1200 worldwide. In an attempt to replicate the success of the Fairtrade Foundation 's Fairtrade Town program, a Europe-wide program called "Fair Trade Towns in Europe", part-funded by the European Commission ,
207-698: The Lawn Ground included the Nympsfield Road Terrace which was located behind a goal at the northern end of the ground. The Lawn Ground was demolished and turned into housing after the club moved into the new, modern The New Lawn Stadium , which now hosts all their matches. Forest Green began playing at the new stadium which is only a few hundred yards from the old Lawn, from the start of the 2006–2007 season . 51°41′54.30″N 2°13′59.64″W / 51.6984167°N 2.2332333°W / 51.6984167; -2.2332333 Nailsworth Nailsworth
230-496: The Lawn Ground. The ground's record attendance is 3,002 for a match between Forest Green and St Albans City , in a FA Trophy semi-final on 18 April 1999. Until the 1950s, the Lawn was little more than an open field, but the Rovers' success required upgrades to the stadium. At this point, terraces were constructed for fans and a "famously partial leveling of the pitch" occurred. In 1996,
253-519: The Prophetess ( Luke 2:36–38) The East window was designed by Peter Strong and installed in 1977. On the west wall is a mural painted by Sir Oliver Heywood in 1985, showing community life in the town. In 1837, the Baptist chapel at Shortwood was rebuilt and by 1851 was serving a congregation of over 1,000 despite an exodus of nearly 100 members to Australia in the previous decade. In 1864 disagreements over
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#1733126242044276-463: The Trevor Horsley Stand, named after the chairman of the club, Trevor Horsley, was constructed for over £200,000. This stand seated 300 and included three hospitality boxes, underground changing rooms, a board room, function room, bar, a health suite and offices. It also featured a quirky watermill behind the stand. Aside from the Trevor Horsley Stand, the rest of the ground, about 80 percent,
299-755: The appointment of a new minister saw a secession, with some members leaving to open the Nailsworth Tabernacle Church. The division lasted until 1910. In the 1960s, Shortwood, in conjunction with the Forest Green Congregationalists , established a new church, Christ Church. In 1972 the Shortwood congregation joined the United Reformed Church . An electoral ward in the same name exists. This mainly covers Nailsworth, but also stretches south to Horsley . The total ward population at
322-706: The confluence of the Avening Valley and the Woodchester Valley , on the Nailsworth Stream, and from the 1st or 2nd centuries CE on the Roman Fosse Way. Among many notable historic medieval buildings in the area are Beverston Castle and Owlpen Manor . Nailsworth Town Hall , built as a chapel for a dissenting congregation, was completed in 1867. In the modern era, Nailsworth was a small mill town and centre for brewing , powered by Nailsworth Stream . It
345-500: The course of the campaign, Garstang developed links with Fair Trade cocoa farming communities in West Africa, which led to the twin town relationship with New Koforidua , Ghana . As the activities at Garstang gained wider attention, the Fairtrade Foundation launched a set of Fair Trade Town Goals and an Action Guide to encourage others to follow in the town's success. During the 2001-2006 period, over 209 British towns were awarded
368-554: The higher ground at the centre of town, St George's was consecrated in November 1900. Before 1895, the Church of England had provided for Nailsworth through several neighbouring parishes. The new church, which can now seat 500, was designed in the Early English style by M. H. Medland of Gloucester. A shortfall in funding meant that neither a tower or a chancel was provided. The large entrance
391-608: The smallest settlement ever to host an English Football League team. They were crowned League 2 champions in 2022, but immediately relegated from EFL League One the following season. They were relegated to the National League the following season. The town also has a non-League football club, Shortwood United F.C. at the Meadowbank Ground in Shortwood. It plays in the Hellenic League Division One, part of
414-517: The tenth tier of the English football league system . Local TV coverage is provided by BBC West and ITV West Country . Television signals are received from either of the one local relay transmitters (Nailsworth and Stroud ). Local radio stations are BBC Radio Gloucestershire on 95 FM and Heart West on 103 FM. The Stroud News and Journal is the weekly local newspaper that serves the town. In birth order: Fairtrade Town In some countries,
437-648: Was connected directly to the UK national rail network between 1867 and 1947, as the terminus of the Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway . These days Nailsworth is visited in the summer by walkers. It holds a farmers' market every fourth Saturday in the month. Local events such as the market and the Nailsworth Festival are still announced by a town crier . Over the past decade the small town centre has been reinvigorated. Besides numerous restaurants and cafes, it now contains
460-596: Was first launched in 2001 in Garstang , Lancashire , under the initiative of Bruce Crowther, a local Oxfam supporter, and the Garstang Oxfam Group. The initiative, which aimed to promote Fair Trade certified goods in the town, was highly successful: within a couple of months, awareness of the Fairtrade Mark jumped to over 70% in the town while sales of Fairtrade certified goods increased significantly. Moreover, over
483-569: Was launched jointly by several Fair Trade labelling initiatives. In November 2006, the first ever European Fair Trade Towns conference was hosted at London Southbank University. The goals of the conference were to Following the success of the first event, a second Fair Trade towns conference was subsequently held in Brussels in January 2008. The sixth conference was held in Poznan (Poland) in November 2012, and
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#1733126242044506-705: Was originally designed as a tower, but the elevated ground was found to be too unstable to support the weight, resulting in the unusual porch. A chancel, the Lady Chapel, and vestries were added in 1939, commemorating those from the town who died in World War I . In 1980 a parish room was completed. The church has no churchyard. Three of the stained-glass windows in the south aisle, depicting St Luke, St Paul and St Barnabas, are by Charles Eamer Kempe . Three others depict St Richard of Chichester , St George and St Martin of Tours . A further window, by Herbert Bryans, shows Anna
529-440: Was terraced. The biggest terrace stand was the covered Barnfield Terrace. The terrace was built during 2001 and 2002 to increase the ground's capacity, and Forest Green fans paid to have their names engraved onto bricks inside that stand. The Barnfield Terrace was sponsored by Rockwool. When the club left the ground at the end of the 2005–2006 season , the stand was transferred brick by brick to their new ground. Other sections of
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