An evening of musical entertainment from the Little Big Band with a Fairtrade sparkling wine rececption, in aid of TCC.

The Little Big Band has 12 experienced performers, including a brass, sax, and rhythm section providing a full, stylish sound. The band has an extensive repertoire including classics throughout the 1930s, 40s and 50s including Beyond the Sea, Mack the Knife and Rock Around the Clock right through to arrangements of modern tunes from artists such as Michael Bublé.

You can buy tickets online here: http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Wrexham/Wrexham-Rugby-Club/The-Little-Big-Band/11892120/ Or to avoid the booking fee contact TCC directly - 01978 262588 / This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Tickets also available through TCC member groups.

On 6^th June 2008 Wales made history by becoming the first ever Fairtrade nation.  Chris Pilsbury, former senior community organiser for TCC, recalls how it all began.

"TCC, Together Creating Communities, is a broadbased community organisation.  10 years ago, we called together a very broad base, for instance, Wrexham football club, the university, the farmers union among others, not necessarily who you would expect. The Co-op were integral but the heroes we recognised and brought together were the men and women who had been selling Fairtrade from the backs of their churches individually for years, and of course our own very committed TCC membership.
 
Together we had a vision for Fairtrade at home and overseas.  We knew we had to get recognition for overseas first.  Part of that, again organising teaching, was to help Wrexham Council see it was in its self-interest to actively support and make policies to do so, which it did.
 
We developed a pattern to make Wrexham the first Fairtrade county in Wales.  Not without difficulty because the English Fairtrade Foundation was very precious and did not want to recognise our initiative.  We were of course successful and within one more year we replicated county status in Flintshire and Denbighshire, with all 3 counties supporting and working together.  This pattern was then used across Wales and formed the basis from which Wales became the first Fairtrade country in the world 5 years later. 
 
TCC is very proud of this achievement, whilst recognising it did not do this alone and others elsewhere achieved different aspects e.g. working with the Welsh Assembly, obtaining a grant for a full-time dedicated worker etc.  Nonetheless, it was TCC that forged the way.  It was hard work, great fun and a matter of integrity that continues and is as important today."