As lots of people return to school this week, our blog showcases some of our upcoming workshops! We’re always looking for new opportunities to develop our workshops and would love help from our fairandfunky friends – please share this blog far and wide – to teachers and youth workers, guiding and scouting leaders. At fairandfunky we […]
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 »Fairtrade Fortnight runs from February 24th to March 9th and this year’s theme from the Fairtrade Foundation is “Stick with Foncho to Make Bananas Fair!” In response, we are offering a range of NEW workshops for your school. Each fairandfunky workshop can be used within a class subject area or within enrichment. The workshops teach knowledge and […]
Continue reading »fairandfunky after school and SCRAPtastic workshops begin again this week….just in time to recycle all those Christmas cards. This year we have a really simple SCRAPtastic to get you started: All you need is a simple outline of your choice, we chose birds but we plan to add dinosaurs, stars and hearts for […]
Continue reading »The fairandfunky mission statement is “empowering people to take their own steps to change the world.” We work hard to empower people of all ages. Each and every one of us has the power to make a positive difference in the world around us: locally and globally. Through our workshops, our events and our […]
Continue reading »We are delighted to have another guest blog this week from Jack, a recycling expert. Jack has been to a number of fairandfunky workshops, has led debates on recycling at school, and often shows his recycled masterpieces off via his Mum’s twitter! We spotted the ghoulish tweet over the weekend and asked Jack to share […]
Continue reading »We are launching a children’s recycling competition in conjunction with the fairandfunky family food day on 22nd September. If you are 12 years and under – have a go at creating your very own fairandfunky feast using recycled materials on a paper plate. Bring it along on the day (to Holmfirth Market) and the […]
Continue reading »The fairandfunky family food day on 22nd September is the final fringe event for the Holmfirth Food and Drink Festival. It celebrates local and ethical organisations, each stall offering something different; celebrating individuality and independent businesses. We are delighted that the market will be FULL of stalls, and all will be entertained by live […]
Continue reading »Schools out for Summer! Wondering what to do? Join us at one of our fairandfunky SCRAPtastic workshops for creative fun using recycled materials. Each and every fairandfunky workshop creates wonderful creations from junk to get children thinking about the world around them and teach them how to take their little steps to change the […]
Continue reading »The lovely hot weather has made us wish we were by the sea again! And, last month, that is just where we were: in Southend-on-Sea. Back in October we met members of the Southend High School For Boys Fairtrade Council at the Fairtrade Foundation Supporters Conference; sharing ideas and inspiration at the “Engaging […]
Continue reading »We have been twittering on about GIANT postcards recently so thought we’d update our blog with an explanation! We have collaborated with Holmfirth Arts Festival on a new series of exciting recycling workshops, entitled “Holmfirth Driftwood”. All our workshops encourage participants to have a sense of place in the world; to think about […]
Continue reading »Keighley is the latest town in Yorkshire working to achieve Fairtrade Town status. This comes after Yorkshire was declared the very first Fairtrade Region earlier this year. Read our blog about that here! Involving schools is key to a successful application for Fairtrade Town Status so fairandfunky were invited to join in and deliver […]
Continue reading »You can never have too many ideas to keep little fingers busy in the holidays, so we welcome Ali from Kids Chaos to the blog! Ali runs her own ethical marketing company, and is proud mum to two little boys, who won’t throw ANYthing away, and like to do a LOT of junk modelling. This […]
Continue reading »On 9th March 2013 at Holmfirth Market Hall, an idyllic location famous for being home to the long running television comedy series ‘Last of The Summer Wine’, fairandfunky organised and facilitated a Fairtrade Family Funday. This marked the end of Fairtrade Fortnight and the achievement of Yorkshire Fairtrade, in becoming the first UK county to […]
Continue reading »If you can’t get to one of our Easter SCRAPtastic workshops over the next two weeks….here’s one of our little simple upcycling crafts you can do at home: First of all collect together a selection of old bits and pieces: old birthday cards, beads, buttons, odds and ends; along with an old video […]
Continue reading »This is the first Fairtrade Fortnight for fairandfunky so we’re trying a bit of everything and hoping some of it works! There is so much going on (too much for a tweet!) that we decided to put it all in a blog; that way, you can share our Fairtrade Fortnight journey with us and maybe […]
Continue reading »One of the favourite workshops at fairandfunky after school club this half term has been the humble bug. Children have loved it “I have to say, I think this is your best yet.” Harvey, aged 9. “ I loved the bugs, I didn’t know you could make things from old clothes.” Luca, aged […]
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