July 29, 2020
Fairtrade: a voice from the African Diaspora in Wales
A guest blog from SSAP trustee Lillian Matovu-Oladebo: “Following your morning shower you probably applied your favourite shea butter vanilla infused moisturiser. Grabbed yourself a Columbian ground coffee or Kenyan grown chai; or the for the better of us, a banana smoothie with an added antioxidant punch of cacao powder. Unbeknown to you, your love [...]
July 7, 2020
World Chocolate Day!
It’s our favourite day of the year…World Chocolate Day! To celebrate we’ve asked a few Welsh Fairtrade sellers to tell us what their favourite Fairtrade chocolate is. Here’s what they said… Health & Food Llanrwst Health & Food Llanrwst is a wholefood shop selling whole foods, fresh produce and eco products. They are currently open [...]
June 23, 2020
Nestle decide KitKats are no longer to be Fairtrade: Our Response
“We are deeply disappointed by Nestle’s decision to move away from using Fairtrade certified cocoa and sugar in their Kit Kats. This decision seriously affects the cocoa producers in West Africa who have built a strong relationship with Fairtrade and have benefited from a scheme committed to fair prices and a premium that directly supports [...]
June 16, 2020
Coffee and COVID-19 – life under lockdown in Uganda for Jenipher
Guest blog: Elen Jones is a long standing member of the fair trade movement, and she currently manages the Climate Change Coffee Project and volunteers for Eglwys Mynydd Seion, Casnewydd/Newport. Life before lockdown. Jenipher is a coffee farmer from the Mbale region of eastern Uganda. She’s also the chairperson of her primary coffee co-operative and [...]
June 5, 2020
Wales celebrates anniversary of being declared a Fair Trade Nation
Fair Trade Wales, with the support of community groups, are marking the anniversary of when Wales’ became a Fair Trade Nation. On the 6th of June 2008, Wales became the world’s first Fair Trade Nation. Today, Fair Trade Wales, the organisation representing the Fair Trade movement in Wales, alongside its community groups will be marking [...]
May 19, 2020
COVID-19 – Protecting and providing
After the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global pandemic for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on March 11th governments and civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean started to implement preventive measures to stop the spread of the virus. Ecuador´s government declared a health emergency for 60 days to prevent a massive spread of the virus [...]
May 9, 2020
World Fair Trade Day: Let’s meet Fair Do’s
This World Fair Trade Day (May 9) we focus on the World Fair Trade Organisation’s (WFTO) vision of “Planet Fair Trade: Enterprises for the new economy” and talk to Jan Tucker from Fair Do’s in Cardiff, a shop in the heart of the community in Canton. Fair Do’s moved to its current location in 1998 and [...]
April 28, 2020
New message to our supporters
In our latest update on our response to Covid 19, we look at what we are doing here in Fair Trade Wales and how you can join in by continuing to campaign, through our global connections and by having fun. Read our last update. Continuing to campaign We’re ready for Fashion Revolution week which is [...]
April 20, 2020
Who made my clothes? A look at the current fashion climate for Fashion Revolution Week
Amidst a global pandemic, fashion may seem frivolous, yet the people who make our clothes are also in crisis. Many brands are choosing not to honour payments for work and are putting people’s livelihoods in jeopardy. Let’s get campaigning. What’s the situation? The fashion industry is being asked to intervene and protect the wages of [...]
April 8, 2020
We need a new logo
What we need: A new logo available in eps, jpeg and png format Full colour version and black and white version Logo optimised for different platforms – twitter/facebook/instagram and website Simple brand guidelines – font/colours etc Our budget: £600 inclusive of VAT Deadlines: Project deadline: We are happy for this to be done within one [...]
March 25, 2020
Message to our supporters
Dear Fair Trade supporters, In Fair Trade, we know how interconnected we all are across the globe. As you know, we are experiencing an international health crisis; which at the same time is becoming a global economic crisis that is having and will have a lasting impact on millions of people in all countries and [...]
March 24, 2020
What a fantastic Fairtrade Fortnight 2020
It’s a very anxious and strange time at the moment but what puts a smile on our faces is the thought of Fairtrade Fortnight and we hope it can make you smile too. We loved seeing all the amazing events hosted by groups, schools, churches, businesses across Wales. There were coffee mornings, art exhibitions, Fairtrade [...]
February 23, 2020
Fairtrade Fortnight 2020 is here
This Fairtrade Fortnight (24 February-8 March 2020) tells the stories of the farmers behind the products we use everyday from cocoa to coffee. Fairtrade’s She Deserves campaign highlights research on the cocoa sector in West Africa, where 60% of the world’s cocoa is grown. In Côte d’Ivoire, women carry out 68% of the labour and [...]
