PEOPLE could soon know where to buy goods bought from the world's poorest farmers at a fair price.

Since Malvern gained fair trade status last October, there has been a campaign to raise the profile of such goods.

Now Malvern's Fair Trade Group is proposing to compile a comprehensive directory listing all of the town's outlets.

At the moment, it distributes a basic leaflet to the town's tourist information office but group member Elaine Bass said she hoped any new publication could also be stocked in the town's shops.

However, the group first has to find funding for the scheme - expected to cost about £500.

"A lot of the fair trade towns in the country have these directories and it seemed like a good idea," said Mrs Bass.

"It's really encouraging at the moment though because we've gone a long way with people's awareness of fair trade."

Gary Heason, manager of the Co-op in Malvern Link - one of the stores stocking fair trade goods - supported the proposal.

"I do think it's a good idea," he said. "The Co-op was one of the first shops that started stocking fair trade goods."

Fair Trade Group members met Malvern Hills District Council leader Councillor Tom Wells last Friday to ask for funding for the scheme.

Coun Wells was keen to see the directory go district-wide - which would first mean other district's towns gaining fair trade status.

"I applaud the work of the Malvern Fair Trade group and if the council can support such initiatives, we will," he said.

Waitrose, Safeway, Brantub, Greenlink Organic Foods and St Ann's Well Caf are among Malvern's other fair trade outlets.

The town's group has now organised an event at Great Malvern train station on Thursday October 21, for hoteliers and owners of pubs and restaurants, in a bid to get them to convert, while a fair trade wine tasting evening is set to take place in St Joseph's Church on Newtown Road on Friday, November 12, at 7.30pm.