How to Support the Fairtrade City Project
Individuals and Families
Here are 50 or so easy (?) ways to support Fair Trade
1 Drink FAIRTRADE Tea and Coffee.
Don't throw away your jar of Nescafe or Maxwell House, or Carte Noir,
but DO immediately go out and buy a jar of Cafe Direct 5065.
When the old coffee is finished, ceremoniously re-cycle the jar or tin,
and then never again drink coffee unless it is FAIRTRADE labelled.
Do the same with Tea, convert to FAIRTRADE Teabags or Tea.
2 Write to Cafe Direct for an information pack
on the coffee or Tea that you are drinking, or contact Traidcraft,
or call in at your local Fair Trade Shop and ask for information on FAIRTRADE Products.
Learn why it is important to drink FAIRTRADE so when neighbours,
friends and relatives ask why your coffee and tea is so good
you can tell them why FAIRTRADE guarantees a better deal for Third World Producers.
3 Buy Cards and Gifts from your local Fairtrade Shop.
Next time you need a gift or a greeting card, pop down to the
One World Shop in town.
The cards are super, no smutty jokes or put-down humour, many have an ethnic theme.
And all of the products are fair trade.
Fair trade shops are very important. They are staffed by volunteers, they provide outlets for craft items from family sized workshops, and they provide information and educational services. In Hull, the Fair Trade Shop is the co-sponsor of the Fairtrade City Project.
4 Buy Fair Trade Online
Whilst it is important to buy from Fair Trade Shops, it is OK to buy online. Here are some great websites:
Traidcraft
www.traidcraft.co.uk
One Village
www.onevillage.org
Tropical Wholefoods
www.tropicalwholefoods.co.uk
Every purchase helps reduce poverty and give hope for the future.
5 - Buy Fairtrade labelled products at your local shop.
First and Foremost, please choose consumable products bearing the Fairtrade label. This step is a key to everything else that follows.
Look for -
- the Fairtrade Label.
Check out our directory of outlets, start with tea and coffee or chocolate and take it from there.
Rest assured that third world farmers benefit from this simple action.
6 - Get some "I would like to buy Fairtrade" cards.
Available free of charge from the Project Office, these little cards are small enough to carry in your wallet, and can be given to the store manager, or the cafe owner, or just popped in a suggestions box.
7 Educate Yourself about Fairtrade Issues.
Browse the websites (there is a great set of links at One World Shop Links page).
Read New Consumer magazine (on sale in One World Shop Hull).
Even better, order an extra copy for the leader of your Faith Community, or your boss.
8 Spread the message.
Please wear a Fair Trade lapel badge (available from the Hull One World Shop).
Look for ways of spreading Fair Trade at work, at church, down at the club, wherever.
If you need help, please contact us.
We have an extensive network of supporters who can help.
9 Write an article for Hull Daily Mail, Yorkshire Post, etc
Stuck for a theme? Bone up on the cost of coffee and what the farmer gets paid. Or try chocolate.
10 Get Involved in the Fairtrade City Project
Come to the next forum to see what is going on.
If you want to make a contribution of skills or ideas, please download our "contribution form" and send it in, completed, to the project.
MS Word Format, 55kB download: DOWNLOAD CONTRIBUTION FORM now.
11 Write letters to the editor
Getting Fairtrade into the media is a key to recognition of the brand.
Make the Fairtrade label famous !
12 Return to this website www.fairtradehull.org.uk
News and views, events and records. Fairtrade for Hull is on this site.
13 Gather a few friends and form an action group, then do something.
14 Get a Sale or Return Pack for Church.
Lay out a table with all the goods on display. Invite folks round for a coffee and a little chat about what you are doing, and then let them buy as they see fit. You need to be clued up about the label, about FT food and beverages in general, and about the producers of any craft items.
15 Contact your local MP, ask if they support Fairtrade.
16 Ask your supermarket if they have a Fairtrade Policy.
17 See if your hairdresser is drinking Fairtrade coffee. (Careful now).
18 Ask at the newsagent if they can stock your favourite Fairtrade chocolate.
19 Contact Fairtrade Foundation for materials, posters, mugs, inflatable bananas.
20 Hold a Fairtrade Dinner.
www.fairtradecookbook.org.uk has loads of recipes containing Fairtrade ingredients
21 Submit a FAIRTRADE recipe
to the Fair Trade Cook Book - The FAIRTRADE COOKBOOK .
22 Buy shares in Cafe Direct.
23 Run a Traidcraft evening (Traidcraft catalogue sale)
Take a range of Traidcraft samples from the shop and a load of catalogues. Talk about the work of Traidcraft in general and warn folks that you only have samples, so they will need to order from the catalogue.
This works well in September / October in the run up to Christmas. You can order via the shop, but a bit of admin (order forms) will be needed.
24 Have a theme evening.
Coffee, chocolate, wood, whatever. Take plenty of the focus stuff, because you tend to sell that more than any other. Do a talk about the theme so people can understand it better. Coffee is the best as you can sample it as well as talk and sell. (Wine would be good, but you would need a licence).
25 Have a games and action evening.
Use Chris & Mick’s games for education. The action part is once having got the message over, “what should people do”?. Answer is twofold, a) buy products from Supermarkets with FT label, and b) take some “I would like to buy Fairtrade” cards, and drop them in the newsagent, greengrocer, café, restaurant, etc. There are lots of supporter ideas on the Fairtrade City Project website (you are reading number 25).
26 Have a Fairtrade Food party.
Everyone brings a dish containing at least one FAIRTRADE ingredient. The fairtrade cookbook helps with the recipes. Also, people can bring their recipes and you can make a party recipe book (if really keen).
27 Invest in Shared Interest
Click here to download a leaflet on Shared Interest.
Shared Interest is a mutual society that uses deposits made by members of the public to fund microcredit loans in support of Fairtrade.
28 Hold an "Unfair Sports Day"
Get a bunch of youngsters and have:
Unfair Egg and Spoon Race.
Unfair Tug of War
Unfair Sack race.
etc.
29 Hold a "FAIRTRADE Football Match"
11 White T Shirts with black Fairtrade label, 11 black T Shirts with a white Fairtrade label.
Two FAIRTRADE Labelled Footballs (You need a spare just in case).
23 Pairs "No Sweat Trainers" (25 if you have linespeople as well).
FAIRTRADE Orange Juice in the break, plus FAIRTRADE Cookies.
30 Hold an "UnFairtrade Football Match"
15 White T Shirts with black Fairtrade label, 6 black T Shirts with a white Fairtrade label.
Two FAIRTRADE Labelled Footballs (You need a spare just in case).
23 Pairs "No Sweat Trainers" (25 if you have linespeople as well).
FAIRTRADE Orange Juice in the break, plus FAIRTRADE Cookies.
31 Buy some Fair Trade Clothes.
Traidcraft, People Tree both provide catalogues.
Bishopston sell online and through BAFTS Shops.
32 Get some campaign materials for FAIRTRADE Fortnight.
Visit the Fairtrade Foundation, website.
Dowmload the order form and send off for T Shirts, bananas, leaflets, posters, etc.
Then get an event organised and let us know at the Project Office.
33 Hold a FAIRTRADE Wine and Cheese evening.
Pop down to the Co-op, get some red and some white, a few Water Biscuits or a biscuit selection. And some nice cheese. Invite a few friends round. Enjoy.
34 Go Bananas.
At your local Fair Trade shop or Co-op.
Get some yellow paper and cut out footsteps. Stick them on the pavement to lead to the shop.
At the shop door have some inflatable bananas.
Get the press down to ook at it and take a photo and do an interview.
Have a load of bananas on sale.
And some banana trade leaflets to give away.
35 Give Fairtrade Roses.
If you have a girlfriend, or wife, or niece, or mother-in-law. Choose to give them a bunch of Fairtrade Roses (Tescos) for their next special day.
Make it a double treat and give them a Traidcraft or Salay handmade card as well.
36 Fairtrade Sports - Passive.
Go to Sainsbury and get some Fairtrade Coffee Beer to drink with Fairtrade Snacks (from One World) during your next TV Football session.
37 Fairtrade Sports - Active.
Buy a Fairtrade football and join da kids in da street.
Even better buy a Fairtrade beach ball before your holidays.
38 Fairtrade Faith Group.
If your church doesn't use Fairtrade Tea and Coffee - suggest that they do so.
If you church does use Fairtrade Tea and Coffee -suggest that they should incorporate Fairtrade in some aspect of worship.
If your church has a Fairtrade commitment (see above) suggest that the Church Council should apply to FT Foundation for certification as a Fairtrade Church.
39 Hold a FAIRTRADE community BBQ
40 FAIRTRADE Family Fun Day/Carnival
with bouncy castles, street theatre
(there are FT and Christian theatre groups who may get involved)
41 FAIRTRADE Black tie dinner
42 FAIRTRADE Treasure Hunt
43 FAIRTRADE Its A Knockout competition
44 FAIRTRADE Drum Cafe (combine with Christian Aid)
45 Go out and buy some FAIRTRADE Chocolate.
46 Whilst eating the chocolate bought under suggestion 45,
go online and buy a copy of the PaPaPaa DVD (£8).
47 Go out to the Coop and buy some FAIRTRADE Peanuts.
48 Go out to the Coop and buy some FAIRTRADE Wine.
49 Contact Twin and ask for a copy of the Judith's Story DVD Peanuts.
50 Ask some friends round.
Nibble the nuts (suggestion 47), open the wine (suggestion 48),
watch Judith's Story (49),
have a coffee,
watch the PaPaPaa DVD (46) and eat the chocolate (45).
Gently does it
If you have a favourite restaurant or cafe, ask them if a Fair Trade option is available
If they are interested, tell them about the project, and ask nicely if we may contact them.
If "yes please" send a contact name and address to the Project Office
(with your name and address as well), and we will gladly get in touch.
See "10" Suggestions again.
Retailers
If you sell consumables please offer your customers a Fair Trade choice.
If you do include a Fair Trade choice, please contact the Fairtrade City Project Office so that we can mention you in the Fairtrade Directory.
Supermarkets, mini-markets, late shops and such like can carry about 25 different Fairtrade consumables.
Newsagents can stock Fairtrade chocolate and confectionery.
RETAILERS - You can now join the Hull Fairtrade City Project - apply for certification now.
Catering Outlets
If you sell Tea or Coffee please offer your customers a FAIRTRADE choice.
Download the "Getting Started Guide". (Click DOWNLOAD Guide now).
If you do include a Fair Trade choice, please contact the Fairtrade City Project Office so that we can mention you in the Fairtrade Directory.
We are developing materials to help you promote the Fair Trade range, and if you would like to see the materials when ready please let us know.
If you would like to be an "early adopter" and might like to experiment, then we could work together , please do get in touch with the Project Office .
Community Organisations - Schools
Details of how to become a Fairtrade School are now available - see: Certification Scheme.
In the meantime look for ways to sell Fairtrade in school and how the messages can be incorporated in the teaching ethos and curricula.
If you are really keen to become a Fairtrade school, then contact us straight away
Community Organisations - Faith Communities
Churches
Details of how to become a Fairtrade Church will be published when developed (probably June 2003).
In the meantime look for ways to sell Fairtrade in church and how the messages can be incorporated in the worship and church activities.
If you are really keen to become a Fairtrade Church, then contact us straight away or fill in an application for a certificate.
The Hull One World Shop offers Sale and Return Packs to get folks started.
Other Faiths
We invite all people to join in and support this work on behalf of marginalised and impoverished people. Please contact us.
Other Community Organisations
Other = "not listed above". Religious groups, emergency services, health service, sports clubs, trades unions, political parties, etc., etc. - we will work with you all.
Details of how to become a Fairtrade Organisation are now available, see the certification pages.
In the meantime if you are really keen to become a Fairtrade Organisation, then contact us straight away.
BUT - do start buying Fairtrade Tea and Coffee.
Businesses
Details of how to become a Fairtrade business are now available,
see
the certification pages.
In the meantime if you are really keen to become a Fairtrade Business,
then contact us straight away.
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