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The Fair Trade Guide to Teacher Gifts!

It’s nearly the summer holidays, everyone is exhausted, there seems to be some sort of sports day or summer fair every other day, and now you need to come up with a teacher gift. ARRGGHHH!!!! Don’t panic, help is at hand, we have had a browse round the shop and picked out some of our […]

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Say Hello to Alison!

Alison is one of our wonderful volunteers and has been a familiar face over the last three years. As well as her friendly and welcoming nature she is also one of the shop’s best customers! She just can’t resist when we get new products in! We’ve asked her a few questions to help you to […]

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Taste Equal Rights School

Welcome to Equal Rights School Equal Rights Secondary School is a Catholic school located in Plateau State and was established in 1998. The school roll is currently 175 students comprising 93 girls and 82 boys, of age between 11 and 18 years. The student population is made up of different Christian denominations and Muslims. The two […]

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Meet the Artisans – India Shop Mugs

South of Madras near the East Coast of India is a small village, Allangkuppam. In an idyllic setting surrounded by trees and plants of every description and blessed with a plentiful rainfall and a good local supply of china clay, lies the Sivam pottery. Here the master potter and a group of about 60 artisans, […]

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Meet the Artisans – Dalit

The distinctive candle pots from Dalit are hand made in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai in India. This is the world’s most densely populated place where 1 million people live in a square mile. It is home to some 300 potters and their families. Traditionally this work is only done by Dalits, (who were formerly […]

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Meet the artisans – Zaytoun

Zaytoun supports an olive tree planting project which is run by the Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA) and produces the organic, fair trade olive oil, dates, maftoul and freekeh which we sell in the shop. Through the PFTA farmers can apply to become growers. In order for their application to be successful they must show that they […]

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Meet the Artisans – Honeystreet Handmade

  Honeystreet Handmade Honeystreet Handmade is a range of luxury bath and body products certified by Fairtrade. The products are individually handmade in small batches in the heart of Wiltshire by a small team from a long standing family run Fairtrade company. All the products avoid any of the ‘bad stuff’ which can usually be […]

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Meet the Artisans Behind the Products

Our Fair Trade products are sourced from more than 30 countries across the globe. Fair Trade empowers artisan craftspeople and farmers to raise their living standards above the poverty line. This is achieved by paying a fair wage for their work and through the Fairtrade premium, which enables the community to support local projects such […]

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Scarves Summer Special weekly offer

Scarves Summer Special Week Four – Weekly offer From Monday 1st August until Saturday 6th August we are giving 15% off any scarf purchased in our shop. We have a good selection of scarves made from silk, cotton, wool, linen and viscose, from fairtrade suppliers such as York Scarves, Cool Trade Winds and Namaste. Brighten […]

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Our Cow Molly

‘Summer Special’ Week Two!   Our second Summer Special offer will be on the award winning ‘Our Cow Molly’ ice cream! From Monday 18th to Saturday 23rd of July there will be 15% off all ‘Our Cow Molly‘ ice cream: 120 ml, 500 ml and 1 litre tubs Made right here in Sheffield. Their farm based in Dungworth just outside the peak […]