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Greetings Card Summer Special

Can a birthday card change someone’s life?   Greetings Card Summer Special – Week Three Happy Birthday! Congratulations! Best Wishes! Send the perfect message and help change lives with fair trade greetings cards. Starting on Monday 25th to Saturday 30th of July there will be 15% off all greeting cards. Fair trade card supplier, ‘Cards from Africa‘, help some of the poorest young […]

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Our Cow Molly

‘Summer Special’ Week Two!   Our second Summer Special offer will be on the award winning ‘Our Cow Molly’ ice cream! From Monday 18th to Saturday 23rd of July there will be 15% off all ‘Our Cow Molly‘ ice cream: 120 ml, 500 ml and 1 litre tubs Made right here in Sheffield. Their farm based in Dungworth just outside the peak […]

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Summer Special Gardeners’ Delight

Summer Special   First Weekly Offer from Good Taste: Gardeners’ Delight We’re introducing a new promotion over the summer. There will be 15% off a selected product range and hopefully we have chosen products you’ll love. Take advantage of our ‘Summer Special’ to treat yourself or buy as a gift for someone else. We have gradually […]

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Thank You Message

Thank You Message Tutors, teachers, violin instructors, Brownie leaders! It’s that time of the year to give them all a Thank You Message. By making their gift a Fair Trade one, you also help to improve the lives of the artisans who made the items in your thoughtful gift. YOU help to provide them with […]

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TASTE Project Update

Money turns to water   TASTE Project Update In April we were delighted to announce we had been able to donate £5000 from our first year’s profits to TASTE (Transfer of Appropriate Sustainable Technology & Expertise) and we have now had notification that the money is already being spent. It was earmarked to help a village […]

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Father’s Day Gift Inspiration

Father’s Day Gift Inspiration  Stuck for ideas?   Men! Dads! – What kind of gift do you get for one? Something practical? Something chocolatey? Why not treat your dad with great fairly traded gift. Perfect for him and perfect for the artisans who made the products. That is because those artisans are paid a fair price and […]

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Leave the office early day – June 2nd

Leave the office early day – June 2nd Author: Richard Smith Employees have the opportunity to go home sooner on ‘Leave the office early day’. By increasing their own effectiveness and efficiency within their place of work. This day was created by Laura Stack, a workplace productivity specialist. Its aim is to maximise production with an incentive, creating […]

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BAFTS Membership Blog post – June 2016

BAFTS Membership – what it means to us Author: Jenny Coleman We are excited to tell you that we are now full members of BAFTS (The British Association for Fair Trade Shops & Suppliers). BAFTS brings together independent shops and suppliers who are united in their core purpose to bring about fundamental changes in the status of developing […]

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World Fair Trade Day Blog post – May 2016

World Fair Trade Day Blog post – May 2016   Author: Lucy Rogers May 14th is World Fair Trade Day.  It is a day, promoted by the World Fair Trade Organisation, to celebrate the contribution fair trade makes to fighting poverty and providing a just and ethical working environment. This year the slogan for the day […]

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TASTE charity Blog post – April 2016

Thank you from us all… Author: Jenny Coleman A profit of £5000 in our first year has exceeded all our expectations, and means we can transform the lives of 3000 people living in a village in rural central Nigeria. TASTE (Transfer of Appropriate and Sustainable Expertise) is going to use our donation to help a village […]