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  1. 9 reasons voluntary organisations need a voice in UK trade deals

    June 1, 2022

    Climate change, health, human rights, just some of the areas that could be affected by new UK trade deals. Charles Whitmore, Wales Civil Society Forum Coordinator & Aileen Burmeister, Head of Fair Trade Wales explain. [This blog first appeared on the Wales Council for Voluntary Action’s website]. When the UK left the European Union, responsibility […]

  2. World Fair Trade Day 2022

    World Fair Trade Day 2022: Climate Justice Now!

    May 9, 2022

    It’s World Fair Trade Day 2022! The very important theme this year is climate justice. Tackling the climate crisis is not just an ecological necessity, but also a social justice issue for the worst affected who are facing extreme weather conditions. We need climate justice! Climate justice aims to deliver fair, inclusive and sustainable solutions […]

  3. Fair Trade Nation – Consultancy opportunity

    April 11, 2022

    Fair Trade Nation – Review of criteria The Scottish Fair Trade Forum and Fair Trade Wales are seeking a consultant to carry out the preparation of a short report as a basis for the organisations to review the criteria for Fair Trade Nation status. The criteria was first agreed in 2006/7. Project The purpose of […]

  4. Ophelia working on the embroidery of a pair of trousers

    Fashion Revolution Week 2022 – an interview with Ophelia Dos Santos

    April 6, 2022

    Fashion Revolution Week 2022 runs from 18-24 April, and is the world’s largest fashion activism movement. It was created to mark the anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, which killed 1,138 people and injured many more in 2013. The aim of the campaign is to see a world where every worker who makes our […]

  5. A screenshot of the Fast Fashion event panellists on zoom, including Aileen, Subindu, Ophelia and Simmone

    A very busy Fairtrade Fortnight!

    March 14, 2022

    Another busy and exciting Fairtrade Fortnight in 2022! Thank you to everyone who came to our events and to all community groups which hosted their own events. Here we showcase a snapshot of the exciting things which happened around Wales, this year.  Fair Trade Wales  For Fairtrade Fortnight 2022 we focused again on climate justice, […]

  6. Fast Fashion: Unfair and Unethical

    February 21, 2022

    This Fairtrade Fortnight we are looking at the links between fashion, race and the climate. We’re highlighting the impact fashion and the legacy of colonialism has made to our planet and the lives of people who make our clothes.  Fast fashion refers to how businesses mass-produce cheap, disposable clothing in a short amount of time […]

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    Fair Fashion? A conversation on fashion, race and climate justice

    January 31, 2022

    March 2nd 2022, 6:30pm – 7.30pm, online. Register for tickets. Fair Trade Wales in partnership with Sub Sahara Africa Panel (SSAP) put on an online flagship event for Fairtrade Fortnight. Speakers: Ophelia Dos Santos, Climate Justice Activist and Welsh Textile Designer, Simmone Ahiaku, Climate justice campaigner, activist and educator and Subindu Gharkel, Fairtrade’s Senior Cotton […]

  8. Trade Justice Wales launch

    January 24, 2022

    Fair Trade Wales and the WGC / WCVA Brexit Forum are delighted to announce the launch of Trade Justice Wales. Trade Justice Wales is a 12 month pilot to create a network of organisations and academics with an interest in different Trade Justice areas. Stakeholders will work together across a range of ethical areas to […]

  9. Climate Justice in Fairtrade Fortnight

    December 13, 2021

    For Fairtrade Fortnight 2022 we continued to focus on climate justice and the growing challenges that climate change brings to farmers and workers in the communities Fairtrade works with. Fairtrade Fortnight 2022: 21 February – 6 March Fairtrade Fortnight focused on climate justice and the growing challenges that climate change brings to farmers and workers […]

  10. Small Business Saturday: Shop local, think global

    December 4, 2021

    Shop locally, impact globally this Small Business Saturday  Small business Saturday is all about encouraging people to shop at and support small businesses in their communities. Fair Trade Wales is encouraging this through asking you to shop Fairtrade – supporting local businesses and empowering local farmers and workers in lower and middle income countries.  Here […]

  11. Fair Trade Wales & COP26

    November 11, 2021

    Climate change has been described as the biggest threat facing humanity, and indeed it is the biggest challenge for farmers around the world, who are dependent on the changing weather and landscape for their livelihoods. World leaders are currently gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 summit, to take collective action and address this global issue.  […]

  12. Our interview with Repair Cafe Wales

    October 28, 2021

    This blog originally appeared on Repair Cafe Wales’s website — Continuing our series of interviews connecting with other organisations in Wales which share our core values of waste reduction, skill sharing and community cohesion, I was really pleased to meet Aileen Burmeister, Head of Fair Trade Wales. Wales became a Fair Trade Nation in 2008 […]