Don’t forget that it’s Fairtrade Fortnight! Swap your regular goods for fairly traded ones and make a difference.
The Co-operative has been supporting Fairtrade since the inception of the Fairtrade mark back in 1994. And in 1998 launched their own long-term plan to ‘mainstream’ Fairtrade. Through ongoing campaigning, product innovation and leadership they’ve helped develop the [...]

Co-operatives Fortnight is a call for people to do things differently, to work together – as individuals, colleagues, communities or businesses. For 14 days, all kinds of co-operatives and community initiatives, across the economy and up and down the country, will be showing that there is an alternative.
Join in, be inspired, be co-operative!

Red or Dead designer Wayne Hemmingway at 3Market event. Photo Andover Advertiser
Hampshire social enterprise, Total Coverage graphic design co-operative, was amongst a number of social enterprises and business leaders who had a unique opportunity to ‘Learn and Earn’ at the recent 3MARKET event held at the University of Southampton.
Keynote speaker,  Red or Dead design brand [...]

This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight (22 February – 7 March) is going to be the most ambitious two weeks yet. The Fairtrade Foundation wants one million and one people to join them in The Big Swap. They’ll be asking the nation swap their usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff;  usual wine, sugar, or oranges for Fairtrade wine, [...]

Total Coverage graphic design co-operative will be available at the 3MARKET event on 9 February 2010 at University of Southampton to talk about all your marketing needs. The 3MARKET will provide opportunities for businesses to source more ethical products and services from local social enterprises. Driven by social purpose rather than shareholder gain, social enterprises [...]

The Voice 10 social enterprise conference  in Cardiff at the beginning of February also saw the launch of the Social Enterprise Mark, a new brand for social enterprises that will identify businesses which meet defined criteria for social enterprise, and help consumers  recognise that businesses displaying the Mark are trading to benefit society and the [...]

Linda Bratcher, Total Coverage Director recently attended Voice 10, the Social Enterprise Coalition’s annual conference, which took place 1 and 2 February in Cardiff at the International Arena, and saw close to 1,000 delegates meet to debate and discuss the conference theme ‘No More Business as Usual.’
Linda says: “It’s exciting to meet with so many [...]

Holocaust Memorial Day is commemorated internationally every year on 27 January. This date was chosen as it is the anniversary of the day in 1945 on which the Soviet Army liberated the largest Nazi concentration camp – Auschwitz-Birkenau. Each year the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust urges everyone in the UK to pause and reflect on [...]

Wayne Hemingway MBE will provide the keynote opening address at the pioneering 3Market event at the University of Southampton on 9 February 2010.
In the first event of its kind, 3MARKET will provide opportunities for businesses to source more ethical products and services from local businesses which are driven by social purpose rather than shareholder gain. [...]