Felixstowe is a seaside town with a population of about 30,000.  The Port of Felixstowe is the largest container port in the UK.
The Felixstowe Fairtrade Forum is a voluntary organisation set up in 2007 to promote Fairtrade in Felixstowe.  We have worked closely with the Town Council, businesses, churches and voluntary organisations. We have given talks, organised events and participated in town activities such as Art on the Prom and the annual Carnival.  We have worked closely with the town’s Youth Forum and with schools to promote an interest in Fairtrade among young people in the town.
In recognition of the town’s involvement in supporting Fairtrade, Felixstowe was granted Fairtrade Town status in 2009 and this has subsequently been renewed.

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Bury St Edmunds is an old market town and the site of a once great abbey. It has a cathedral and is a centre for the brewing and sugar processing industries. It is also an important tourist destination. The town has a population of about 42,000. The Bury St Edmunds Fairtrade partnership is a voluntary organisation set up in 2014 to gain Fairtrade Town status for Bury and to promote Fairtrade in the town. To achieve this we have worked closely with the Town Council, businesses, churches, schools and voluntary organisations. We have given talks, organised events, arranged meetings, held Fairtrade cookery classes in schools, issued a Fairtrade directory for the town, put up displays and encouraged shops and cafes to take pride in their support for Fairtrade. We have considerable support from the cathedral and a number of churches of all denominations in the town. In recognition of the town’s involvement in supporting Fairtrade, Bury St Edmunds was granted Fairtrade Town status in 2015 and it was renewed in 2016, 2018, and 2020 and 2023. We are continuing to work hard to further promote Fairtrade throughout the town and have just issued the latest edition of our Fairtrade Directory.

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Beccles is a market town in the Waveney Valley, on the edge of the Broads and 10 miles from the Suffolk coast. It has a population of about 11000 and also serves as a centre for many villages in the surrounding area.

It has a range of small, independent shops and businesses besides supermarkets. There is a street market on Fridays.

It has been a Fairtrade Town since 2008 but has a longer history of Fair Trade; in 1986 it had the first Fair Trade shop in Suffolk which traded for 16 years until fairly traded goods became more readily available in local shops.

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Lowestoft is on the North Sea Coast and is England’s most Easterly town with a population of about 71000.  It is an important centre for oil and gas exploration and for the renewable energy industry.  Lowestoft was the first town in Suffolk to achieve Fairtrade status in 2004. 

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Framlingham is a small market town with a population of approximately 4,000 and with a historic castle is something of a visitor hot-spot. We have been a Fairtrade Town since 2008. The steering group is comprised of representatives from the Town Council, the town’s churches, The Library and Christian Aid. Fairtrade Fortnight is celebrated every year in the town and we have a FT stall which pops-up regularly in churches and at community events. There is also a permanent mini-shop in the Library. The group is on Facebook and Instagram.

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Leiston is situated in East Suffolk about 2 miles from the coast near Saxmundham and Aldeburgh.  It has a population of approximately 5,500.  Leiston-cum-Sizewell was first awarded Fairtrade Town status in 2009 and this has been renewed at intervals since.

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Woodbridge is a beautiful historic market town on the River Deben. There are several independent shops and wonderful food outlets to choose from in addition to a weekly market for local producers. Woodbridge has been working towards renewing our status and this was granted in July 2023.

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Ipswich is the county town of Suffolk and was awarded Fairtrade Town status in 2008. This status has been renewed several times due to the ongoing work of our dedicated steering group. The work to support Fairtrade began many years ago with the wonderful Fairtrade shop. There, a wealth of beautiful Fairtrade items can be purchased and a warm welcome awaits all visitors to the shop in Upper Brook Street, Ipswich.
We are very proud in Ipswich of our Fairtrade Town status and Ipswich Borough Council are brilliant supporters of Fairtrade and help empower our group to be increasing the support for Fairtrade across our town. We work across businesses, retail, education, faith groups and members of the public with our events. Our aim, to inspire them of how Fairtrade is changing lives and giving farmers and their workers the dignity of earning a fair wage for their hard work in producing the things we need to buy.  We have met several Fairtrade producers from overseas and have heard first hand the difference the added Fairtrade premium makes to their communities.
Our steering group welcomes new members to help carry on our vital work across our large town. 

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Sudbury is a vibrant, market town in the South-East of Suffolk, on the border with Essex. The River Stour flows through with its delightful meadows either side. It is famous as the home of the landscape and portrait painter Thomas Gainsborough (1727 – 1788). A statue of Gainsborough stands on Market Hill. The town has been a centre of silk production since the late Middle Ages.
Simon of Sudbury (1316 – 1361) was the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chancellor of England.
In April 2013 Sudbury became a Fairtrade Town and this has been renewed. Fairtrade status is proudly displayed on the town entry signs.

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