In September we were lucky enough to be involved in the Just Trading Scotland ‘Producer Tour’ with Webster and Howard, rice farmers from Malawi. Chair and Vice-Chair of the Kaporo Smallholder Farmers Association (KASFA) respectively, they were touring the UK to share their experiences of life in Malawi, and how partnerships with Just Trading Scotland […]
Continue reading »Halifax Minster opened its doors for the 3rd year running to a fairandfunky conference for schools from across Calderdale to come together to learn about the world around them and be inspired to take their own little steps to change the world. Following welcomes and introductions the day began with a question: “What steps do […]
Continue reading »It’s harvest time for rice farmers in Malawi at the moment and our friends at Just Trading Scotland have told us that “Farmers are looking forward with hopes and with a few anxieties: will the rains in the next weeks continue to help swell the grains and the crops? Will the markets after harvest give […]
Continue reading »As World Fair Trade Day approaches we look back to Fairtrade Fortnight 2018 when Honley High School once more opened its doors to Secondary Schools from across Yorkshire at the second fairandfunky Fairtrade Conference for Secondary Schools! The Conference brought schools together to inspire students and teachers to get involved with Fairtrade back at their […]
Continue reading »To celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight we’re inviting friends, supporters and local businesses to share their ideas on how to #ComeOnIn to Fairtrade. Today we welcome Suma Wholefoods to the guest blog. We’re delighted to work with Suma and collaborate on many Fairtrade projects with schools in Yorkshire. And again welcome them as our Conference Champion Sponsors […]
Continue reading »It’s time to celebrate as we host a SCRAPtastic book launch party at Café Ollo in The Media Centre, Huddersfield on Monday 11th December from 5pm. ‘SCRAPtastic!’ the book was funded by a crowd-funding campaign as part of fairandfunky’s 5th birthday celebrations. With FIVE chapters, each with FIVE crafts, the book is packed full of […]
Continue reading »To celebrate the Fairtrade Rugby Ball mini arriving in the fairandfunky online shop we invite Angus Coull from Bala Sport to tell you why it’s all gone egg-shaped at Bala Sport! “After nearly 4 years of only making round balls, we’re really excited to now have egg-shaped ones too. After extensive testing the Bala Sport Fairtrade […]
Continue reading »Each year we 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 secondary school for a year. As we launch the rice challenge again this year, with the […]
Continue reading »Each year we 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 secondary school for a year. As we launch the rice challenge again this year, with the […]
Continue reading »Each year we 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 secondary school for a year. As we launch the rice challenge again this year, with the […]
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? We’d like to invite your school to take part in the fairandfunky 90kg rice challenge – in which your school uses enterprise to sell 90kg […]
Continue reading »This month is the ‘Great British Bee Count’ so we’ve invited our good friends at Seedball to the guest blog. To share how quick and easy it is to change the world with a seed……. “Our gardens, window boxes and balconies are increasingly becoming the UK’s most significant wildlife haven – together this area […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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: […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »Take your own little steps to change the world with fairandfunky this Christmas! We have lots of new and exciting products in our online shop, with a range of Fairtrade, recycled and organic products to make your Christmas an ethical one. One of our new range of products comes from ashortwalk, who supply fairandfunky.com with […]
Continue reading »On #NationalNutDay we’re delighted to have a guest blog from Helen Long, campaigner and workshop leader with Liberation Nuts: “Despite the name, the journey of a Brazil nut begins in Bolivia… Gatherers forage the nuts from deep in the Amazon rainforest. They go on collection camping trips for days or weeks at a time, braving: […]
Continue reading »fairandfunky were really excited to work with Bala Sport to feature Fairtrade footballs as a BRAND NEW product on our online shop – a product that fits with all of the fairandfunky values, changing the world with a football! Read all about Fairtrade footballs in our latest guest blog from Angus Coull from Bala Sport: […]
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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 […]
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