Kirkcudbright Fairtrade Town Group celebrated Fairtrade Fortnight with a coffee morning in the parish church hall on Saturday morning.
It was well-attended and £263 was raised for Traidcraft Exchange from the door, the raffle, a book sale and donations.
In addition, the Traidcraft stalls with food, household goods, homeware and crafts raised a very encouraging total of £226.
Those who came enjoyed Fairtrade coffee and tea, a selection of home baking and a social atmosphere.
Traidcraft Exchange works to change the lives of farmers and craftworkers in the developing countries for the better – helping them to adapt to climate change and to earn a fair wage for their hard work and skills.
It also campaigns about global trade.
They are trying to stop businesses in the UK allowing slave labour in other countries and their petition can be signed at www.traidcraft.exchange.org.
