We love working with like-minded organisations to increase our reach and impact in schools, so are thrilled to announce we’re teaming up with Elland-based organic, vegetarian and vegan wholesaler Suma Wholefoods to spread the word about sustainability across Kirklees and Calderdale. The aim of the partnership is to promote sustainable lifestyles both in terms of […]
Continue reading »We often get asked about what we actually do in SCRAPtastic after school clubs so we thought we’d ask our current club members to help write a little blog all about it. We ‘interviewed’ Mollie, Evie, Oliver, Artie and Isra in the final SCRAPtastic club of 2023 and these are their replies: What is SCRAPtastic? […]
Continue reading »Our blog series to meet fairandfunky friends continues. We’re loving finding out a little bit more about the people we work with, and how they take little steps to change the world – we hope you are too. The words people share confirm that we choose great partnerships! Today we welcome Nigel Kaye from Suma […]
Continue reading »Meet fairandfunky and friends is our new blog series (can we still call it a new blog series now we are on number 10?!) to get to know the people we work with and how together, we all take little steps to change the world. Today we welcome Lisa Jagger to the blog to answer […]
Continue reading »Meet fairandfunky and friends is our new blog series to get to know the people we work with and how together we take little steps to change the world. Today we welcome Tanya Noon to the blog to answer our questions….. Who are you, where are you from and what do you do? I am […]
Continue reading »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 the world around them; both locally and globally. Recycling is one simple way in which each of us can take little steps to change the […]
Continue reading »‘Meet fairandfunky and friends’ is our new blog series to get to know the people we work with, and how together, we take little steps to change the world. Today we welcome Sharron from Give A Few Words…to the blog to answer our questions. Take a read and discover how little steps of kindness spread […]
Continue reading »Have you heard the news?! We are thrilled to have been selected as a local community cause from the Holmfirth Co-operative store for our work with young people around climate action! And the BIG NEWS is when you head here: https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/82027 you can choose us as your local cause WHEREVER YOU LIVE! The Co-op Local […]
Continue reading »‘Meet fairandfunky and friends’ is our new blog series to get to know the people behind fairandfunky and how we take little steps to change the world. Today we welcome fairandfunky director Julie Tweedale to answer our questions…… Who are you, where are you from and what do you do? I’m Julie Tweedale from Slaithwaite […]
Continue reading »‘Meet fairandfunky friends’ is our series of blogs to get to know the people behind fairandfunky, the people we work with, and how together we take little steps to change the world. Today we welcome fairandfunky director Janet Bebb to the blog to answer our questions…… Who are you, where are you from and what […]
Continue reading »What better way to celebrate recycling week than with not one, but TWO SCRAPtastic workshops at Hillside Primary School in Huddersfield. Our innovative SCRAPtastic recycling workshops inspire creativity in students of all ages and abilities as students discover the importance of the 6 R’s (rethink, refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle) through interactive activities. “fairandfunky were […]
Continue reading »‘Meet fairandfunky and friends’ is our new blog series to get to know the people behind fairandfunky, the people we work with, and how together, we take little steps to change the world. Today we invite fairandfunky director Hannah Tombling to the blog and ask her to answer our tricky questions….. Who are you, where […]
Continue reading »Holme Valley Green Week brought the Holme Valley and wider community together to share ideas, take action and engage in creative activities empowering people to take their own little steps to change the world. The different activities created opportunity for knowledge sharing and to make plans for future collaborative action to combat climate change in […]
Continue reading »‘Meet fairandfunky and friends’ is our new blog series to get to know the people behind fairandfunky, the people we work with, and how, together, we take little steps to change the world. Today we welcome fairandfunky director Rose Condo to the blog as she answers our questions….. Who are you, where are you from […]
Continue reading »As part of Holme Valley Great Big Green Week we have been working with young people in local schools, sharing ideas of how we can all make a difference with the decisions we make – where we shop, what we buy, how we travel, what we wear. We’re all called to RECYCLE, and so we should. […]
Continue reading »‘Meet fairandfunky and friends’ is our new series of blogs to get to know the people behind fairandfunky, the people we work with, and how together, we take little steps to change the world. This week is Holme Valley Green Week so the perfect time to welcome our friend Sian from Holme Valley Climate Action […]
Continue reading »Welcome to our new series of blogs: Meet fairandfunky and friends! Each week we’ll introduce people who we work with and who inspire us, asking them to share little bits of information about themselves and how they take little steps to change the world. It’s seems right to start the blog series off by introducing […]
Continue reading »It’s new start to the school year for many so we thought it would be a good time to launch our new series of blogs: Meet fairandfunky and friends! Each week we’ll introduce people who we work with and who inspire us, asking them to share little bits of information about themselves and how they […]
Continue reading »We love seeing the work that goes on in schools to inspire young people to take their own little steps to change the world and are thrilled to hear that Diamond Wood Community Academy have been awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag Award. We have worked with Diamond Wood for a number of years, in fact […]
Continue reading »Inspired by The Climate Coalition’s Great Big Green Week* fairandfunky are hosting the first ever Holme Valley Green Week from 25th-29th September 2023. Climate is the current buzz word. Whether that’s climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency or climate denial. There is no escaping the talk about the climate, the environment, our world. It’s in […]
Continue reading »Did you know plastic was invented in the 1800’s by Alexander Parkes? He was so incensed by the hunting of animals for the use of their horns and shells in the manufacture of buttons and combs that he created an alternative. An alternative that now, in it’s single use form, is responsible for destroying habitats […]
Continue reading »When we get a website enquiry that starts: “We are looking for some sort of workshop for the summer term for year one and two, 60 children. Their learning will be about recycling , ocean and fair trade.” we know we can help! Our range of workshops cover these topics and more – climate change, […]
Continue reading »You may have seen us popping out of plant pots and duelling with litter pickers on social media this week and wondered “What on earth are fairandfunky up to now?!” This week’s blog hopes to explain a thing or two! June 10th – June 18th is Great Big Green Week, a national initiative from The […]
Continue reading »What a day we had at Holme Valley Campsite to celebrate World Environment Day! It was the first ever outdoor ECO conference we have organised, so we were thrilled to welcome 7 schools – over 70 delegates – to celebrate the planets diversity and raise awareness of the role we all play in looking after […]
Continue reading »We are all connected – people and planet. In our busy lives it’s easy to forget that there are people behind the products we use and buy everyday. It’s important to stop and think about the people who sew our clothes, make our many things, deliver our products and grow our food. And that’s what […]
Continue reading »Everyone has the power to change the world. It doesn’t matter how old you are or what you do, we all make decisions everyday that impact on our local and global environments. It can be daunting, and often we’re struck with what an impossible task looking after the planet is. We know it isn’t easy, […]
Continue reading »We were thrilled to be part of Co-op Academies Eco Conferences for both Primary and Secondary Schools at Co-op HQ in Manchester last week. The building itself is an eco triumph – it is one of the most sustainable large buildings in Europe, powered by a biodiesel plant using rapeseed oil and the structure makes use of […]
Continue reading »The famous fairandfunky smoothie bike has been out and about this week, with resounding success – and not just with the students! “Wow! The smoothie bike has been the PERFECT addition to Kirkheaton Primary School’s Eco Week. There has been a tangible buzz in school today because everyone was so excited about it and I […]
Continue reading »Climate change, climate action. Or is it climate ACTION, climate CHANGE? Our new workshop is all about the affect our everyday actions have on the planet, and the fact we’re all responsible. It also looks at the change we can make to have positive actions on the planet. We are all connected. The fact we […]
Continue reading »We were delighted to be asked to run Fairtrade workshops for every year group at Smithies Moor Cooperative Academy during Fairtrade Fortnight! It gave us an opportunity to showcase our Fairtrade SCRAPtastic workshops all in one place and demonstrate that children of all ages can access workshops on Fairtrade and sustainability. They all know what […]
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