Fairtrade supports the millions of farmers in the developing world who struggle to make a living from selling their crops.

Buying products with the FAIRTRADE Mark ensures they receive a fair price plus a little extra, the Fairtrade premium, to invest in projects of their choice.

What Kind of Products are Fairtrade?

Fairtrade Fortnight

23 Feb – 8 March 2015

Hold an assembly

Every year the Fairtrade Fortnight takes place in February. Last year’s theme was Go Bananas for fairtrade. We did a role play about farmers trying to get a fair price for their bananas.

Some other things we have done

Hold a Fairtrade Fortnight coffee morning or stall

Have a Fairtrade Stall at the School Christmas Fair

We sold things from the Traidcraft catalogue:

ShortbreadJewellery boxesChocolate barsWooden nativity sets

Have a Fairtrade taste test.

Decorate a banana competition

Hold a Fairtrade Easter egg hunt, or raffle a Fairtrade Easter egg.

So you’d like to become aFairtrade School!........

Become aFairtrade school

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Become aFairtrade School

3 steps: 1.Fairaware Award 2. Fairactive Award 3. Fairachieve Award

http://schools.fairtrade.org.uk/fairtrade-schools/become-fairtrade-school