Could you go Fairtrade?

What is Fairtrade all about - 5 simple steps

·         Fairtrade is a simple yet incredibly important idea – it’s all about giving the people who produce the things you buy a fair price for their work. This may seem obvious, but lots of people in poorer countries have to sell their goods at prices so low that they can’t make a decent living.

·         Often, only a tiny bit of the money you pay for something goes to the person who actually made it. This happens a lot when we import things from poorer countries.

·         The Fairtrade Foundation was set up to help producers in poorer countries get a fair price for their work.

·         So when you buy something with a Fairtrade logo on it, you know that a fair amount of the money is going towards helping the community where it came from.

·         This extra money is usually put into things that can help the local community – like bicycles to help workers travel to work or new wells to provide water.

So look out for the Fairtrade sticker when you’re next in the supermarket and think about the impact you’re having by choosing Fairtrade! More information about Fairtrade can be found here: http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/

DDAR Fairtrade Coffee Morning

To promote Fairtrade, DDAR decided to run a Fairtrade coffee morning. The event was a great success and was achieved on a very low budget. Could you do the same in your office? 

We got the venue for free and they sourced us Fairtrade tea, coffee, cakes, brownies and flapjacks. We also ordered lots of the free resources available on the Fairtrade website. We found it to be a really simple way to get the Green Impact message across and would definitely recommend doing the same in your teams if you can.