FAIRTRADE by International Development
FAIRTRADE
FAIRTRADE guarantees producer organisations a fair and stable price for their products that covers their costs and enables them to support their families and invest in a better future. You have the opportunity to speak out for FAIRTRADE, promote FAIRTRADE as a positive and viable way forward for your consumer choices and make a real difference to the lives and livelihoods of our neighbours in the developing world who produce so much of the food and products we consume.
There are a whole range of free resources that are available from the FAIRTRADE Foundation that will help you profile FAIRTRADE in your school, workplace, church or community centre.
 
Share the habit!
You may want to ask your church leader, head-teacher or your boss to consider making the switch to FAIRTRADE supplies. Give them a sample of the products (chocolate always works well!). Ask if you can create a display, or speak at assembly, a staff meeting or in a church service to share the information with others. You could also ask the manager of your local supermarket to stock more FAIRTRADE goods and your local council to look into becoming a FAIRTRADE borough.
Making the choice to “go FAIRTRADE” is a simple one. You simply choose to buy products that have been marked by the FAIRTRADE logo. Most major supermarket stores sell FAIRTRADE products, but there are also a number of catalogue-order companies and wholesalers who you can buy from as well.
As a FAIRTRADE organisation, the Salvation Army is a keen advocate for FAIRTRADE. Since signing up to get ‘the stamp’ in 2004, many of our centres and churches in the
UK have started stocking and serving FAIRTRADE products as part of their activities and community work. In fact, it is now our organisational policy, that where possible, FAIRTRADE products should be the preferred option. Our work with communities in the developing world is always based on FAIRTRADE principles and on enabling people to get the best deal they can for the products they produce. This enables more opportunity for education, better health prospects and a sustainable, steady income for the people involved.
To download resources for FAIRTRADE Fortnight click on the links to the right.
Some content on this page is adapted from The FAIRTRADE FOUNDATION website.
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