Convert your School or College

Why not convert your school or College to Fairtrade?

 

There is a brilliant new site for schools, full of ideas on the Fairtrade Foundation website.

For Colleges go to “How to become a Fairtrade College“

  

We are happy to visit your school or college to give talks, help with resources, lend you an exhibition or run a stall. Contact us for a chat.

To become a Fairtrade School you need to be able to:

  1.  Register your interest.

  2. Get a steering group together.

  3. Do Audit and Questionnaire.

  4. Five goals.

  5. Submit your evidence.

For further details, click here 

 

To become a Fairtrade College you need meet the following 5 goals:

1.   The Students Union (or equivalent) and the university or college authorities both create a Fairtrade policy incorporating these five goals.

2.   Fairtrade foods are made available for sale in all campus shops.  Fairtrade foods are used in all cafes /restaurants / bars on campus.  Where this is not possible, there is a commitment to use Fairtrade foods in these establishments as soon as it becomes possible to do so.

3.   Fairtrade foods (for example, coffee and tea) are served at all meetings hosted by the university or college and the Student Union (or equivalent), and are served in all university or college and Student Union management offices.

4.   There is a commitment to campaign for increased Fairtrade consumption on campus.

5.   A Fairtrade Steering Group is established.