fairandfunky are delighted to be one of the first official UK stockists of Tickbird Soap – direct from producers in Malawi; and when we received our first order we wondered what the response would be. We didn’t have to wait long thanks to the instant feedback from twitter: “Just tried our first bar of […]
Continue reading »From 3-5th July fairandfunky will be in Bristol along with Fairtrade supporters and campaigners from across the globe at the International Fair Trade Towns Conference. The theme this year is ‘Fairtrade for Sustainability’ so we asked Jenny Foster from hosts Fairtrade Bristol to share her thoughts on this important connection: “Most of you know that […]
Continue reading »This Spring we have been working on making space in our online shop, ready for new and exciting products to offer to our customers. We are therefore delighted to host a guest blog from one of our new suppliers – Turtle Bags. “Its an exciting year for Turtle Bags having traded since 2002 when […]
Continue reading »Fairtrade Fortnight 2015 highlights the power of YOU, encouraging all of us to “Choose Products That Change Lives”. At fairandfunky we are hosting our first fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference for Schools bringing together Primary Schools from across Kirklees to celebrate and learn about Fairtrade through creative arts and education workshops for students and teachers. We are delighted to host […]
Continue reading »Fairtrade Fortnight 2015 highlights the power of YOU, encouraging all of us to “Choose Products That Change Lives”. At fairandfunky we are hosting our first fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference for Schools bringing together Primary Schools from across Kirklees to celebrate and learn about Fairtrade through creative arts and education workshops for students and teachers. We are delighted […]
Continue reading »Fairtrade Fortnight 2015 highlights the power of YOU, encouraging all of us to “Choose Products That Change Lives”. At fairandfunky we are hosting our first fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference for Schools bringing together Primary Schools from across Kirklees to celebrate and learn about Fairtrade through creative arts and education workshops for students and teachers. We are delighted to host […]
Continue reading »Fairtrade Fortnight 2015 highlights the power of YOU, encouraging all of us to “Choose Products That Change Lives”. At fairandfunky we are hosting our first fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference for Schools bringing together Primary Schools from across Kirklees to celebrate and learn about Fairtrade through creative arts and education workshops for students and teachers. We are delighted to host […]
Continue reading »Fairtrade Fortnight 2015 highlights the power of YOU, encouraging all of us to “Choose Products That Change Lives”. At fairandfunky we are hosting our first fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference for Schools bringing together Primary Schools from across Kirklees to celebrate and learn about Fairtrade through creative arts and education workshops for students and teachers. We are delighted to host […]
Continue reading »Fairtrade Fortnight 2015 highlights the power of YOU, encouraging all of us to “Choose Products That Change Lives”. At fairandfunky we are hosting our first fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference for Schools bringing together Primary Schools from across Kirklees to celebrate and learn about Fairtrade through creative arts and education workshops for students and teachers. We are delighted […]
Continue reading »Fairtrade Fortnight 2015 highlights the power of YOU, encouraging all of us to “Choose Products That Change Lives”. At fairandfunky we are hosting our first fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference for Schools bringing together Primary Schools from across Kirklees to celebrate and learn about Fairtrade through creative arts and education workshops for students and teachers. We are delighted to host […]
Continue reading »In September 2014, fairandfunky launched the 90kg rice challenge from Just Trading Scotland aiming to sell 90kg of rice three times over! The rice challenge was taken on across the area: fairandfunky led assemblies in schools, facilitated ‘Rice Challenge’ workshops, attended Food Festivals across Yorkshire and had support from Churches and Fairtrade Support Groups. […]
Continue reading »Earlier this month fairandfunky joined businesses, campaigners, government and producers in the Fairtrade at 20 celebrations with the Fairtrade Foundation’s Fair Future event in London. We were challenged by many of the speakers with the need to collaborate and innovate – even with existing campaigners and businesses. With this in mind we were delighted […]
Continue reading »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 diffferently and break the cycle […]
Continue reading »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 »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 »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 »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 […]
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