St Andrews Fairtrade Town Campaign

Even though our Fair Trade town signs on as you come into St Andrews have been removed we are proud to be one of the oldest Fair Trade towns in Scotland creating strong connections across our community of both town and university with the mission of promoting trade justice across our world. 

In 2025 we celebrated 20 years as a Fairtrade town and with a grant from the R&A Communities Fund we now have a Noticeboard on the South Street elevation of the town Hall.  Earlier in 2025 we used our funds to send eight boxes of used spectacles to Karonga in northern Malawi, a town which has no provision for people to get glasses.  As Howard Msukwa said in a message at the end of the year, '2025 was the best year ever - people have got their sight back'.  It is amazing what connections made through fair trade can do.

In November 2025 we also successfully renewed our status as a Fairtrade Town again.