Halifax Minster opened its doors for the 2nd year running to 12 schools from across Kirklees and Calderdale on Friday 10th March, to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight at the fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference. Following welcomes and introductions the day began with a presentation from Holly Lynch MP who was delighted to welcome schools as part of […]
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On March 2nd 2017 Honley High School opened its doors to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight with Secondary Schools from across Yorkshire at the FIRST EVER fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference for Secondary Schools! And it won’t be the last! The Conference brought schools together to inspire students and teachers to get involved with Fairtrade back at their […]
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The Creative Media and Studio School opened its doors for the 3rd year running to 10 schools from across Kirklees on Friday 3rd March, to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight at the fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference. Following welcomes and introductions the day began with a presentation from fairandfunky: Did you know you can all take little steps […]
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We’re delighted to welcome fairandfunky Conference Champions Social Progress to today’s Fairtrade Fortnight blog…. “Hello! We’re Janet Bebb and Esther Orridge from Social Progress Ltd. We are a Social Media Consultancy based in the heart of lovely Honley. We’re passionate about supporting Fairtrade and often use our social media to spread the word about how […]
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Here at fairandfunky we’re very proud to be partners with a number of Fairtrade organisations. We’re particularly proud of our partnership with Koolskools and encourage all schools we work with to embrace Fairtrade uniform. Today we welcome Andy from Koolskools to the guest blog for Fairtrade Fortnight so that you too can discover that affordable Fairtrade school uniform […]
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This Fairtrade Fortnight fairandfunky host three School Conferences and in today’s guest blog we invite fellow workshop provider Fair Grounds to blog about the work they do. Over to Nina…… “Fairtrade recognises and acts upon the fact that all people, no matter where they are born deserve to be valued and treated as equal. Article 23 […]
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Here at fairandfunky we’re very proud to be partners with a number of Fairtrade organisations. We’ve worked with Suma Wholefoods over a number of years, and are delighted to welcome them as a fairandfunky Conference Champions this year and to the blog! “As it’s our 40th year of being in business, Suma members were keen to get […]
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With all the campaigner noise during Fairtrade Fortnight, it’s easy to think all our work is done…….far from it. Today we welcome Prof Bob Doherty (Professor of Marketing at The York Management School) to the guest blog with some considerable food for thought and a rallying call for more action! “The fair trade movement […]
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Fairtrade Fortnight has arrived! As we get ready for our three School Conferences we invite fellow workshop providers to blog about the work they do. This week we welcome David Greenwood-Haigh from Coeur de Xocolat to the guest blog….. “I’m a qualified chef with more than 40 years’ experience working in hotels and the food industry. Five […]
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Here at fairandfunky we’re very proud to be partners with a number of Fairtrade organisations. We’ve worked with Liberation over a number of years, and are delighted to welcome their MD Kate Gaskell, to the guest blog for Fairtrade Fortnight! And hopefully you’ll be inspired to GO NUTS for Fairtrade: “Liberation Foods was founded in 2007 when […]
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Here at fairandfunky we’re friends with a number of Fairtrade organisations. We’re particularly proud of our friendship with Bala Sport UK and to date have ordered 100 of their customised Fairtrade balls! Today we welcome joint MD Angus Coull from Bala Sport to the guest blog for Fairtrade Fortnight to share why Fairtrade footballs need help! “Football […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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