Across the UK, tens of thousands of people have celebrated the first ever Co-operatives Fortnight, which ran from 19 June to 3 July. From events to early day motions, Twitter and tastings, members and supporters of co-operatives have got together to promote the co-operative alternative.
Over the course of Co-operatives Fortnight, an incredible range of activities [...]

Yesterday, Linda Bratcher from Total Coverage graphic design co-operative attended the official launch of the Co-operative Enterprise Hub and the Co-operatives South East AGM held at Reading Town Hall and Museum. The event clashed with the England World Cup match, so there were a few no shows, however, everyone who did attend could hear all [...]

British Sandwich Week (May 9-15th) presents a great opportunity to celebrate one of Britain’s institutions – the sandwich. Since being uncovered and named by the 4th Earl of Sandwich in 1762, the Great British Sandwich has become something of an institution and, in recent years, Britain’s single most important food.
Each year we eat in excess [...]

Christian Aid Week

Today 1.3 billion people live in extreme poverty. Tonight 800 million will go to bed hungry. This year 12 million children will die before their fifth birthday. Yet our world has never been richer.
For more than 60 years, Christian Aid has made a practical difference to millions of lives around the world.
They work [...]

During Fairtrade Fortnight in February the coffee drinkers at Total Coverage sampled a range of fairly traded instant coffees that are currently on the market. We tasted five types in all. After much deliberation we have voted Percol Fairtrade Americano Arabica Coffee Strength 4 our favorite for the second year running.

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 [...]

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, [...]

The Nestle announcement that Kit Kat is going Fairtrade, is a breakthrough for cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire as well as for snack lovers in the UK and Ireland. The move which will kick off in mid-January 2010 when the first certified Kit Kat four-finger bars arrive on shop shelves, is benefiting thousands of farmers [...]

Ethics Girls is a one-stop shop for ethical living that YOU get a share in. They think that since people are at the heart of what they do and why they do it, then they think YOU should be able to have a stake in the business!
Become a member of the Ethics Girls Co-operative to [...]

Your Tomorrow sells ethical gifts to people who care about creating a better world for the future. Each of their products is identified as to why it helps the world using their eco-icons. A 5% of the purchase price is given to charity and visitors to the site vote for the recipient charity. The ethical [...]