As Fairtrade Conference season begins we welcome Ramona Hirschi, owner and MD of Little Trove to the guest blog. Ramona has written a series of blogs: “The Heartbeat of Fair Trade” where she gives her insight into what goes on behind each of the fair trade principles from the WFTO. This first guest blog looks […]
Continue reading »Fairtrade is at the core of what we do and as members of Holme Valley Fairtrade, we met with Jason McCartney MP this month to share our commitment to Fairtrade, to demonstrate how important this issue is to his constituents, and to ask for his support for the “Show Your Hand” campaign from The Fairtrade Foundation. […]
Continue reading »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 »We were thrilled to be commissioned by Fairtrade Bristol to re-create the logo for the International Fair Trade Towns Conference to reflect the conference theme of ‘Fairtrade for Sustainability’. The original logo by Green Hat Design combined the Fairtrade colours in speech bubbles, connected by Fairtrade products, and our logo developed this idea a little […]
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 »During Holmfirth Arts Festival, fairandfunky placed four sofas in the streets of Holmfirth – inviting people to look at the world around them a little differently. To sit down, stop for a while, and watch the world go by. Festival-goers were encouraged to: – Have a blind date with a book at the Sofa of […]
Continue reading »During Holmfirth Arts Festival four sofas make their home on the streets of Holmfirth – inviting people to look at the world around them a little differently. To sit down, stop for a while, and watch the world go by. We have taken sofas heading for the tip into fairandfunky HQ (not literally – […]
Continue reading »BOOK NOW for The One World Week Conference: ‘Food For Thought’ October 14th 2015: Holmfirth Methodist Church. Bookings for the fairandfunky One World Week Conference: ‘Food For Thought’ are NOW OPEN! The fairandfunky One World Week Conference: ‘Food For Thought’ brings together Primary Schools from across Kirklees to discover how we are all connected by […]
Continue reading »Schools across Kirklees are taking to the school grounds to join fairandfunky in a new range of workshops for the outdoor classroom. All fairandfunky workshops encourage students to look at the world around them and to think about the steps they can take to change the world. The new outdoor workshops look at the […]
Continue reading »Next month we launch our ‘Story Sofas’ project with Holmfirth Arts Festival – putting sofas in the streets of Holmfirth; inviting people to stop, look, and listen to the world around them; and to let Holmfirth tell you a story! As with all fairandfunky projects ‘Story Sofas’ involves a lot of recycling, up-cycling and […]
Continue reading »Last week our fairandfunky workshops for schools took us to a small village school, to run our popular ‘Chocolate and Fairtrade’ workshop with a class of 4 and 5 year olds. All fairandfunky workshops encourage participants to look at the world around them and empower people of all ages with the knowledge that their […]
Continue reading »It’s exactly 100 days until Fair Trade campaigners and organisations head to Bristol to explore ‘Fair Trade for Sustainability’ at the 9th International Fair Trade Towns Conference. To celebrate Fairtrade Bristol are hosting a blogfest, this is our contribution: Sustainability and Fairtrade are two of fairandfunky’s favourite things! We deliver a range of workshops […]
Continue reading »To celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight 2015 fairandfunky held their first ever fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference for Schools. The conference was fully booked with 80 students and 20 teachers from across Kirklees coming together to celebrate and learn about Fairtrade in creative workshops from Shared Interest, Sea Pie Parcel, Coeur de Xocolat and fairandfunky. Each student took […]
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 »During February half term fairandfunky joined students on the NCS scheme at The Zone in Huddersfield to lead workshops with a group of 16-18 year olds. 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 have a positive […]
Continue reading »To celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight fairandfunky joined the Leicester Fairtrade Schools Conference to host a creative ‘What’s in Your Wallet’ Workshop with over 60 children. 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 have a positive impact on […]
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 »With lots of weather warnings for the weekend we thought you might enjoy another SCRAPtastic wet weather craft from fairandfunky! All you need to make a SCRAPtastic Shark Catcher is: an old plastic bottle, scrap paper, bottle tops, string and glue. Make sure your plastic bottle is clean and then carefully cut the […]
Continue reading »The Christmas holidays are here! And as there are still 5 days to go before the big day we have put together a few little Christmas SCRAPtastic 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 […]
Continue reading »fairandfunky sponsorship opportunity at The fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference for Schools. fairandfunky is a Community Interest Company, based in Holmfirth, delivering creative workshops to schools and community groups on Fairtrade, recycling and the environment. Established in 2012 fairandfunky have quickly become the go-to organisation for sustainability workshops in Yorkshire. Previous clients include: The Co-operative […]
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 […]
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