The theme for One World Week 2014 is ‘Living Differently’ and this year our series of One World Week guest blogs promote the 90kg rice challenge. We have challenged ourselves to sell 90kg of rice three times over to change the world for farmers and their families: so they can live differently and break the cycle […]
Continue reading »To celebrate Fairtrade at 20 we asked Harriet Lamb, Chief Executive at Fairtrade International, to share her thoughts for the future of Fairtrade in a special guest blog for fairandfunky. “As I sit to write this, my legs are still aching from marching round London on the loud and colourful demonstration calling on world leaders […]
Continue reading »JTS Takeover fairandfunky! When Just Trading Scotland (JTS) were asked to do a fairandfunky blog takeover we were more than happy to accept! We were delighted when they guest blogged for us so we’re glad we can return the favour. Firstly, let us give you a bit of a background on JTS and what […]
Continue reading »Did you know that a rice farmer from Malawi needs to sell 90kg of rice to be able to afford to send their child to school for a year? Next week, inspired by Just Trading Scotland we launch the “Harvest Rice Challenge”: we aim to sell 90kg of rice three times over to change the […]
Continue reading »Looking for a simple craft to keep little fingers busy this Summer holiday? Then look no further than this! Mask making is one of our favourite SCRAPtastic crafts and one of the easiest crafts to make. You can make any mask you like – pigs, dinosaurs, monsters, princesses, sheep, masquerade, cows or aliens! You can find […]
Continue reading »To celebrate the launch of Fairtrade activity at The Creative and Media Studio School in Huddersfield, fairandfunky ran a competition with students across the Nether Hall Learning Campus to design a new logo for a fairandfunky Fairtrade bag. The brief was to keep the message simple, and to celebrate Fairtrade. The designs from the […]
Continue reading »As part of this years Holmfirth Arts Festival, fairandfunky hosted a drop in SCRAPtastic workshop, during which participants were invited to enter a world of imagination! Using a range of recycled and found materials they were encouraged to create a world within a box. Weird and wonderful worlds were created – from bat caves to […]
Continue reading »As many of you may know, bees are dying worldwide by the millions. At fairandfunky we think this is terrible news, as bees are a very important part of our ecosystem. Often, bees get exhausted buzzing about, so sometimes they need a bit of reviving. Last week we came across a dying bee, and […]
Continue reading »To mark World Environment Day we showcase three of our environmental workshops we run in schools which have both local and global perspectives. Let’s Go Fly A Kite! Did you know supermarkets give away 290 plastic bags per person every year and it takes 400 years for a plastic bag to decompose! This […]
Continue reading »‘Change The World With An Egg Box’ at St Thomas Primary school It was a real pleasure to be invited to join in the ‘recycling’ work with Year 5 at St Thomas Primary School with the fairandfunky workshop: “Change The World With An Eggbox”. Both classes had completed work on the 3 R’s: reduce, […]
Continue reading »Happy Birthday fairandfunky! Thank you to all who have taken little steps to change the world in our first 2 years. And thank you to all who have supported fairandfunky – by shopping with us, joining in our events, giving advice and business support, attending our workshops and in many other ways. Thank you! […]
Continue reading »To celebrate World Fairtrade Day we asked Horbury Bridge Academy to share some of their thoughts and experiences following their incredible work during Fairtrade Fortnight: “During Fairtrade Fortnight and every child at Horbury Bridge Academy had lessons based around Fairtrade. An invitation to a workshop in the Houses of Parliament from fairandfunky spurred us […]
Continue reading »As lots of people return to school this week, our blog showcases some of our upcoming workshops! We’re always looking for new opportunities to develop our workshops and would love help from our fairandfunky friends – please share this blog far and wide – to teachers and youth workers, guiding and scouting leaders. At fairandfunky we […]
Continue reading »Hello fairandfunky blog readers! Lovely fairandfunky very kindly asked me (MakeandMendYear) if I would do another guest post for their blog – this time with an Easter craft theme. So I decided to make some Easter baskets from old milk bottles…. This is what you need: Plastic milk bottle-the size is up to you. Obviously […]
Continue reading »Today’s Go Bananas! guest blog is written by Elen Jones, the National Co-ordinator for Fair Trade Wales: the FIRST Fairtrade Nation! “So, what’s occurin’ in the 1st Fair Trade nation? I’m sitting here with my Fairtrade cuppa in hand thinking back to 2008 when Wales became the world’s 1st Fair Trade Nation. It […]
Continue reading »Today’s Go Bananas! guest blog is written by Cheryl Camm, a composer of considerable talent and relentless enthusiasm. Cheryl has written a song for fairandfunky (amongst many other things!) and here shares her memories of a ‘Banana Day’ in Australia! We hope it inspires you during Fairtrade Fortnight and beyond……. “In my role as […]
Continue reading »Todays Go Bananas! blog is from Tropical Wholefoods – the home of delicious Fairtrade and organic dried fruits….. Welcome to Fairtrade Fortnight 2014! Here at Tropical Wholefoods it’s like Christmas.. We count down the weeks; we plan, stress, melt down, then sit back, relax and enjoy what is the most wonderful time in the […]
Continue reading »Today’s Go Bananas! guest blog is written by Mrs Price from Meltham CE School, and is all about their NEW Fairtrade tuck shop! Children love it! It is like a weekly treat for them. Ellie Robb who has helped set the tuck shop up with Evie Snow says “I think the Fair Trade tuck shop is […]
Continue reading »Today’s Go Bananas! guest blog is written by Juan Andres Santelices from Fair Business Alliance; the producers of the world’s first Fairtrade crisps…… Juan Andres Santelices has always been passionate about supporting small and medium farmers, from developing countries in Latin America to improve their livelihoods, their communities and their environment. He believes that […]
Continue reading »Today’s Go Bananas! blog is from the children at Upperthong School who joined us in Parliament last week. Following their fairandfunky workshop and meeting Foncho, these are their thoughts: “Fairtrade can change someones life. Meeting someone who grows bananas makes me want to buy Fairtrade products. Even though I don’t like bananas I am […]
Continue reading »Today’s Go Bananas! blog is from Just Trading Scotland (JTS) – are you bananas enough to take on their 90kg challenge? Read on to find out more……. First of all, we just want to thank fairandfunky for inviting us to do our first ever guest blog! We’ve been following them from our social media […]
Continue reading »Today’s Go Bananas! guest blog is from a Fairtrade Sleuth….. “Shopping with me is a frustrating process! I can’t simply nip into a shop to buy something, I have to have a quick look round to see what Fairtrade goodies might be available. I can spot that distinctive blue, green and black mark an aisle’s length […]
Continue reading »Today’s Go Bananas! blog is from Martin Rhodes, Director of The Scottish Fair Trade Forum. The second Fairtrade Nation in the world! Who will be the next? 2013 was a big year for Fair Trade in Scotland. We were awarded the status of ‘Fair Trade Nation’ – only the second nation ever to get […]
Continue reading »Today’s Go Bananas! guest blog is from Sue Bentley, the Chair of the National Campaigner Committee at The Fairtrade Foundation. The voice of the campaigner is paramount – and demonstrates the power of the individual; the power of YOU. “I first heard of Fairtrade ten years ago when we wanted to re-launch our church […]
Continue reading »We are delighted that today’s Go Bananas! blog is from children and staff at Horbury Bridge Junior and Infant Academy. A school dedicated to embedding Fairtrade across the curriculum……. The following blog was written by Joseph Bayford (year 5) and Jakob Hayward (year 6): To celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight we had a Banana day […]
Continue reading »Today’s Go Bananas! blog is from Jason McCartney MP. Jason is our local MP and a long term advocate for Fairtrade. This year, is no different…… “I have been eating plenty of bananas during my training for this year’s London Marathon. Bananas are the perfect handy snack to give me energy as I get […]
Continue reading »Todays Go Bananas! blog is from Linda at Filled With Love – a wonderful business dedicated to baking delicious cakes using Fairtrade ingredients. In the Fairtrade Fortnight guest blog Linda shares why Fairtrade is so important AND shares a recipe for her favourite cake…….. “Bananas. The choice of champions – well tennis ones […]
Continue reading »On Wednesday 26th February, we are heading to the Houses of Parliament to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight with West Yorkshire school children from Meltham CofE School, Upperthong School and Horbury Bridge Academy. We are going to Go Bananas! The workshops have been arranged with Jason McCartney MP and he was keen for a school from […]
Continue reading »Fairtrade Fortnight runs from February 24th to March 9th and this year’s theme from the Fairtrade Foundation is “Stick with Foncho to Make Bananas Fair!” In response, we are offering a range of NEW workshops for your school. Each fairandfunky workshop can be used within a class subject area or within enrichment. The workshops teach knowledge and […]
Continue reading »fairandfunky after school and SCRAPtastic workshops begin again this week….just in time to recycle all those Christmas cards. This year we have a really simple SCRAPtastic to get you started: All you need is a simple outline of your choice, we chose birds but we plan to add dinosaurs, stars and hearts for […]
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