Our fairandfunky blog
Finding hope in Fairtrade in Guatemala and El Salvador
fairandfunky work closely with a number of MPs in our region. We regularly communicate on social media and often meet to share thoughts and petition them for action. We learn from their experiences and give advice when required. As instigators of the APPG for Fairtrade we have developed our relationship with Holly Lynch MP and […]
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Ideas for Fairtrade Fortnight in Schools!
Here at fairandfunky we’re very proud to be partners with a number of Fairtrade organisations. We’ve worked with Traidcraft over a number of years, and are delighted to welcome them as a fairandfunky Conference Partner, and to the blog! We’re often asked for ideas for school assemblies, activities, tuck shops – look no further: […]
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Partners in Fairtrade: Working Together to Change The World
As Fairtrade Fortnight approaches and we get ready for our three School Conferences we invite fellow workshop providers to blog about the work they do. This week we welcome Sam McKay from Pockets Theatre to the guest blog….. “Pockets Theatre is about to have its first birthday. We are a community arts and theatre company […]
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Time for a Fairtrade break? Time for CAKE!
As members of Holme Valley Fairtrade and Kirklees Fairtrade it’s been Fairtrade AGM time for fairandfunky this week! Every AGM should be accompanied by cake…..especially Fairtrade Cake, and when this photo was shared on social media BAFTS asked for a recipe…….. HUGE thank you to Kirklees Catering for the original recipe, it’s actually […]
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SCRAP that year! Recycle your rubbish!
Another year, another series of SCRAPtastic after school club begins! And this year fairandfunky have a residency at NABB School in Holmfirth. Around 20 children from reception to Year 6 join us every week to recycle their rubbish and create something new, from something old. We have made yoghurt pot puppets, plastic bottle piggy […]
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Back to School with Chocolate and Fairtrade
It’s back to school for fairandfunky! And last week we joined Beech Primary School in Huddersfield to kick start their project on Africa with a Chocolate and Fairtrade workshop. All fairandfunky workshops encourage participants to look at the world around them and empower people of all ages with the knowledge that their actions can […]
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A Make Or Break Year for Fairtrade?
Delighted to welcome Holly Lynch MP as our first guest blogger of 2017. Holly is the MP for Halifax and has worked with fairandfunky on numerous occasions, bringing Fairtrade into the heart of her community in Halifax and in Parliament. Here Holly considers the challenges and opportunities for Fairtrade in, what she describes as, […]
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Christmas SCRAPtastic Crafts
With Christmas Day still nearly a week away we’ve put together a few little SCRAPtastic Christmas Crafts ideas to keep you and perhaps more importantly, the children, occupied. All fairandfunky SCRAPtastic crafts use recycled materials that you can find around the home: don’t throw it away – make something! You could use paint, and […]
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Secondary Schools Fairtrade Conference
Bookings for The fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference for Secondary Schools on Thursday 2nd March 2017 at Honley High School are OPEN! Please click here to download a booking form for your school. Exclusively for Secondary Schools across Yorkshire and the North, the fairandfunky Conference: ‘Take a break with Fairtrade’ invites schools to bring up 10 delegates to […]
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Join the fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference in Huddersfield
Bookings for The fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference for Schools: ‘Take a Break with Fairtrade’ on Friday 3rd March 2017 at The Creative Media and Studio School are OPEN! Click here to download your booking form! The fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference: ‘Take a Break with Fairtrade’ brings together Primary Schools from across Kirklees to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight. The conference will […]
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Fairtrade Conference at Halifax Minster
Bookings for The fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference for Schools: ‘Take a Break with Fairtrade’ on Friday 10th March 2017 at Halifax Minster are OPEN! Click here to download your booking form! The fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference: ‘Take a Break with Fairtrade’ brings together Primary Schools from across Calderdale to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight. The conference will ignite […]
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Ethical Consumers to Change The World
As Christmas approaches and the shopping lists are written we thought it was a good time to share this challenging blog from Joanna Pollard – Chair of BAFTS. Her call to think about where our products come from is one we should all be listening to…… “Friday 30 September saw the latest annual conference […]
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Chocolate To Cherish – a Chocolate Week blog
To celebrate Chocolate Week we hear from Divine** – the chocolate company with a heart. Read here how they work to connect communities, and change the world. “Chocolate is one of the world’s favourite treats – and its popularity is growing as emerging nations discover its many delights. So how is cocoa supply going to […]
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The Rice Challenge is Back!
Each year fairandfunky take on the 90kg rice challenge from our partners Just Trading Scotland. The challenge is to sell 90kg of rice – because when a farmer sells 90kg of rice they can afford to send their children to school for a year. Working with schools, churches, youth clubs and individuals the rice […]
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Back to School with a Fairtrade Breakfast!
Show You Care about fair trade with a Traidcraft Breakfast Club! Caroline Hardaker is the Schools Co-ordinator at Traidcraft, and we’ve invited her to tell you about how easy it is to integrate Breakfast Clubs and fair trade in schools, and all the while learning about world culture. Hi everyone! Traidcraft is the UK’s […]
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Fairtrade Football Project
A unique partnership opportunity to bring Fairtrade footballs to schools in Kirklees! We’re looking for partners to launch a unique Fairtrade football project. And bring Fairtrade footballs into communities! The fairandfunky Fairtrade football project brings cooperative learning, global citizenship and football together for Primary Schools across Kirklees. In each project five schools* will each […]
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fairandfunky GO GREEN!
To celebrate World Environment Day 2016 fairandfunky held their first ever fairandfunky GO GREEN Conference for Schools. The conference welcomed 56 students and 14 teachers from across Kirklees to celebrate and learn about local and global sustainability in creative workshops from Grow To School, The West Yorkshire Bee Keepers Association and fairandfunky. All fairandfunky […]
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Agents of Change – with Fairtrade Halifax
Halifax Minster opened its doors to school children from 9 schools across Halifax on Friday 13th May, to celebrate World Fairtrade Day at a fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference for Schools. The event is part of the campaign, spearheaded by Holly Lynch MP, to achieve Fairtrade Town status for Halifax; “The campaign to make Halifax a […]
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Be, be, BE an Agent for Change – World Fairtrade Day celebrations
To celebrate World Fairtrade Day we held a Schools Conference at Halifax Minster – we had a brilliant day, ending with a very special song written especially for the event by Cheryl Camm from Sea Pie Parcel: What do you get if you assemble a bunch of red and pink roses, a Tibetan Singing […]
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Happy Birthday fairandfunky!
It is really important to us to empower people with the knowledge that you (yes you) can change the world – and this is what we do – in our workshops, at events, through our shop and as we network: we demonstrate that it doesn’t matter how big or how small you are – we […]
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World Fairtrade Day: Be An Agent for Change
World Fairtrade Day invites you to be an ‘agent for change’ – something that we are happy to embrace every day! This year we celebrate World Fairtrade Day with a Fairtrade Conference for Schools in Calderdale at Halifax Minster. The conference will inspire and engage children in Fairtrade themed workshops, empowering them to take […]
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Be an Agent for Change: Make Your Coffee Count
World Fairtrade Day invites you to be an ‘agent for change’ – something that we are happy to embrace every day! This year we celebrate World Fairtrade Day with a Fairtrade Conference for Schools in Calderdale at Halifax Minster. The conference will inspire and engage children in Fairtrade themed workshops, empowering them to take […]
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‘Speak For The Trees’ Poster Competition
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 15th JULY – SEND ENTRIES NOW!!! Speak for the Trees is an environmental themed poster competition hosted by Stafflex and fairandfunky, sponsored by Modu Exhibitions, and invites children AND their teachers from Schools across Kirklees, Calderdale and Wakefield to create an environmental artwork on the theme “Speak for the trees”. The competition […]
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fairandfunky GO GREEN!
Following four fully booked Fairtrade Conferences for Schools fairandfunky GO GREEN in June with a conference for Primary School children on an environmental theme. And as an accredited partner of Eco-Schools England, the fairandfunky GO GREEN Conference can be used as evidence for your school to achieve Eco-Schools Awards! The fairandfunky GO GREEN Conference on […]
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Fairtrade Fortnight 2016 – Banana Army is BACK!
Two years ago The Fairtrade Foundation launched their Fairtrade Fortnight campaign to Stick with Foncho, a banana farmer from Columbia. The campaign that Fortnight focussed on bananas……and thanks to twitter friends (including @sallyreith @FTBristol and @mrsFairtrade) the #BananaArmy was born. Fast forward to 2016 and the #BananaArmy has reached new levels of campaigning with […]
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‘Around The World’ for Fairtrade Fortnight 2016!
To celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight 2016 fairandfunky held TWO fairandfunky Fairtrade Conferences for Schools in both Huddersfield and Batley. The conferences were fully booked with 170 students and 40 teachers from across Kirklees coming together to celebrate and learn about Fairtrade in creative workshops from Fair Grounds, Fair Connections, The Fairtrade Foundation, Coeur de Xocolat and fairandfunky. Four […]
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Fairtrade Fortnight: Read all about it! Around the world with paper!
During Fairtrade Fortnight fairandfunky host TWO Fairtrade Conferences for Schools on the theme ‘Around The World’. Inspiring over 200 children to think about where products come from and who made them; empowering them to change the world. Delighted to welcome Nina, one of our Conference workshop providers Fair Grounds to the guest blog to take you ‘Around The […]
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Teach Your Way ‘Around The World’ with Traidcraft
During Fairtrade Fortnight fairandfunky host TWO Fairtrade Conferences for Schools on the theme ‘Around The World’. Inspiring over 200 children to think about where products come from and who made them; empowering them to change the world. Delighted to welcome Caroline Hardaker, The Schools Coordinator with Traidcraft – Conference Champion Sponsor for our Batley Conference. […]
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Make it Fair: Around the World with Fairtrade Chocolate
During Fairtrade Fortnight fairandfunky host TWO Fairtrade Conferences for Schools on the theme ‘Around The World’. Inspiring over 200 children to think about where products come from and who made them; empowering them to change the world. Delighted to welcome David Greenwood-Haigh from Coeur de Xocolat, one of our brilliant conference workshop providers, to today’s guest blog: […]
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Invest in Fairtrade ‘Around the world’ with Shared Interest Foundation
During Fairtrade Fortnight fairandfunky host TWO Fairtrade Conferences for Schools on the theme ‘Around The World’. Inspiring over 200 children to think about where products come from and who made them; empowering them to change the world. Delighted to welcome Conference Partners Shared Interest Foundation to today’s guest blog: “Shared Interest Foundation was established […]
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