The celebrations for One World Week continue, and on Friday we join Shared Interest in Manchester, to learn more about the work they do to change the world for communities around the world. In today’s guest blog we invite you to celebrate with Shared Interest too: “This year marks Shared Interest’s 25th anniversary. For […]
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 »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 »Fairtrade is one of the key global themes we focus on at fairandfunky – in our school workshops, in our online shop and at our events; as well as on a campaigner level so we leapt at the chance to meet with, and learn from, other Fairtrade campaigners at the Fairtrade Foundation Regional Conference in […]
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 »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 »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 »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 […]
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 »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 »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 […]
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 »To celebrate Fairtrade at 20 we asked Harriet Lamb, Chief Executive at Fairtrade International, to share her thoughts for the future of Fairtrade in a special guest blog for fairandfunky. “As I sit to write this, my legs are still aching from marching round London on the loud and colourful demonstration calling on world leaders […]
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