The 90kg rice challenge from JTS – Fair Food Fine Food, is the perfect challenge for fairandfunky, and this year we set ourselves the target to BEAT last year’s achievements. In 2014 we took on the challenge for the first time. We hosted a series of rice recipe blogs to inspire Fairtrade foodies, we led rice challenge […]
Continue reading »There are lots of Halloween crafts out there but at fairandfunky we like to share crafts anyone can do, anywhere, with any thing…… …..without costing the earth! In all of fairandfunky workshops we use recycled materials wherever possible – cardboard boxes, scrap fabrics, old envelopes, scrap paper – everyday household rubbish. And hope […]
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 »To celebrate One World Week children and students from 10 Primary Schools across Kirklees came together at The fairandfunky One World Week Conference: Food for Thought to discover how we are all connected by the food we eat. Each student took part in four workshops to discover where their food comes from and explore local […]
Continue reading »We’re celebrating One World Week 2015 with The fairandfunky Conference for Schools: Food for Thought. We’re delighted to welcome ‘Conference Partner’ Traidcraft to the guest blog to share the work they do with schools: “Here at Traidcraft Schools, we want to encourage the next generation of decision makers to be creative and pioneering in their […]
Continue reading »We’re celebrating One World Week 2015 with The fairandfunky Conference for Schools: Food for Thought. We’re delighted to welcome ‘Conference Partner’ Social Progress to the guest blog to share why #FairtradeMatters: “Here at Social Progress we show our support of Fairtrade by providing Fairtrade tea, coffee and sugar (whenever possible) at all our meetings and events. […]
Continue reading »We’re celebrating One World Week 2015 with The fairandfunky Conference for Schools: Food for Thought. We’re delighted to welcome ‘Conference Partner’ Stafflex to the guest blog….. “”The Conference will empower people to take their own little steps to change the world” … is a statement that is embedded in the fairandfunky letter appealing for a […]
Continue reading »We’re celebrating One World Week 2015 with The fairandfunky Conference for Schools: Food for Thought. We’re delighted to welcome ‘Conference Champion’ Suma Wholefoods to the guest blog to share why they champion Fairtrade and Food Sustainability: “As the UK’s largest independent wholesaler of vegetarian, organic and ethical food, Suma has been a supporter of Fairtrade from […]
Continue reading »The 90kg rice challenge is the perfect challenge for fairandfunky. Our mission statement is ‘empowering people to take their own little steps to change the world’ and we do this through our range of workshops for schools and community groups. But we’re also always on the look-out for ways in which we at fairandfunky can […]
Continue reading »For the beginning of the summer holidays fairandfunky joined students at Spen Valley High School and Rastirick High School at ‘Summer COOL’ with Aspirational Learning to lead workshops with a group of 10 and 11 year olds. All fairandfunky workshops encourage participants to look at the world around them and empower people of all […]
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 »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 »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 […]
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 »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 »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 »Looking for a simple craft to keep little fingers busy this Summer holiday? Then look no further than this! Mask making is one of our favourite SCRAPtastic crafts and one of the easiest crafts to make. You can make any mask you like – pigs, dinosaurs, monsters, princesses, sheep, masquerade, cows or aliens! You can find […]
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 mark World Environment Day we showcase three of our environmental workshops we run in schools which have both local and global perspectives. Let’s Go Fly A Kite! Did you know supermarkets give away 290 plastic bags per person every year and it takes 400 years for a plastic bag to decompose! This […]
Continue reading »‘Change The World With An Egg Box’ at St Thomas Primary school It was a real pleasure to be invited to join in the ‘recycling’ work with Year 5 at St Thomas Primary School with the fairandfunky workshop: “Change The World With An Eggbox”. Both classes had completed work on the 3 R’s: reduce, […]
Continue reading »Happy Birthday fairandfunky! Thank you to all who have taken little steps to change the world in our first 2 years. And thank you to all who have supported fairandfunky – by shopping with us, joining in our events, giving advice and business support, attending our workshops and in many other ways. Thank you! […]
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 […]
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