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 [...]

Co-ops to work with RISE on Social Enterprise Mark criteria. A new working group has been set up to address issues that may apply to co-operatives wanting to apply for the Social Enterprise Mark. A joint statement has been issued by RISE and Co-operatives SW:“In recognition of the concerns raised by co-operative representatives about the [...]

To coincide with the Good Egg Awards and to celebrate all the winners that have switched to using only cage-free eggs, Compassion in World Farming are proud to launch our very first Bake with Compassion fundraising week!
From the 6th – 12th July get your aprons on and oven mitts out, to host your very own [...]

Saturday 9 May is World Fair Trade Day. This is a global celebration of fair trade and loads of events are being organised by lots of different people from campaigners and retailers to fairtrade farmers. We’re sure it will be a great day – check out the website for local events and lots of information [...]

Congratulations to co-director Linda Bratcher from Total Coverage who has been elected to serve on The Co-operative Solent area committee. Local area committees are part of a bigger democratic structure that govern The Co-operative Group. Committee members play a variety of roles by helping the Group manage their businesses, such as identifying new sites for [...]

It’s Fairtrade Fortnight from 23 February to 8 March 2009 and every day during the two weeks tea drinkers at Total Coverage will be sampling some of the fairly traded teabags that are currently on the market. So far we have 6 different ones to try. We’ll let you know what we think.