Schools and young people

Fairtrade status for schools  A new scheme sponsored by the Fairtrade Foundation and DFID to help schools achieve Fairtrade status, organized completely online, and with helpful resources

Fairtrade quiz for secondary schools

Fairtrade quiz for primary schools

Fairtrade fortnight action pack   An excellent pack for secondary aged and college students - quiz, case studies, how to set up a stall, Bible study, draft letters to school/university and to the MP

Young cooperatives  A flexible programme to engage secondary school students in promoting and selling fairly traded goods in their schools

Lift the label  Tearfund's campaign to encourage young people to be ethical consumers - fashion, food, finance and wider global concerns.  Suitable for secondary school and older.

See the Flip Side  Traidcraft's resource to help young people learn about and sell fairtrade eg on a stall, tuck shop or youth cafe.  Discounted start up packs.  For further information send an email

Dubble  A resource particularly suitable for youth groups, focussing on Dubble chocolate, and linked to Comic Relief

Action pack  Tearfund's lively new website for primary aged children, with a focus on fairtrade

Chaga and the Chocolate Factory  An illustrated story from Stop the Traffik about child labour in cocoa farms in West Africa.  Hard hitting and promoting Fairtrade.  Could be used with adults as well!

Papapaa  A website with a simple telling of the story of chocolate, mainly in pictures, suitable for primary aged children

Just Acting  A book of 15 sketches on global issues for 2 to 9 actors, suitable for youth groups, schools and churches, with suggestions for appropriate responsive action.  £7.99  0870 078 7788 

The truth about bananas  An educational pack, with plenty of drama, to explore the banana trade.  £8 To order send email

 


Why not encourage the young people and children in your church to help out on the fairtrade stall in church, or to put together a presentation about fairtrade as part of a church service?  Habits and attitiudes formed at a young age are more likely to stick!

 


‘The fields of the poor may produce abundant food, but injustice sweeps it all away ....' Proverbs 13:23