News and Events
Stonelaw High Fair Traders Young Co-operative on Ethical TV
Stonelaw High Fair Traders Young Co-operative in South Lanarkshire has sold over £20,000 worth of Fairtrade goods in two years, using the profits to sponsor the education of AIDS orphans in South Africa.
Bank on Owen campaign to get Robert Owen on Scottish bank notes
A petition is aiming to get Robert Owen, the father of social enterprise, on banknotes in time for the 2012 International Year of the Co-operative, joining other notable Scots such as Robert Burns and Walter Scott.
Fairtrade producers visit St Lawrence’s Primary School, Byker
Students learning about Fairtrade at St Lawrence’s Roman Catholic Primary School in Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, spent a morning in March finding out what life is like for farmers and their families in the developing world, thanks to two special visitors.
Sleep out video diary
During the Easter holidays, the Young Co-operative from Fulston Manor school in Kent slept out for the night after visiting a local homeless shelter. This is a video diary made by members of the Young Co-operative.
Al Khair say Fairtrade!
Students at Al Khair School, Croydon, get into the spirit during Fairtrade fortnight.
Juice 4 Life at Forest Gate Community School
This fantastic video shows students from Forest Gate Community School, a Co-operative Business and Enterprise College in Newham, East London, running a social enterprise called Juice 4 Life which provides the school with fresh, healthy smoothies.
Students talk about how coming across the problems and risks of running a business is preparing them with life skills for the future, and display the benefits of working in a group – as one student says, ‘it’s much easier with team work’.
Additionally, deputy headteacher Suresh Singh describes how work related learning helps equip the students with the ‘real skills that employers want’.
Because it is a social enterprise, the profits of Juice 4 Life go to a good cause and are invested back into the school. It is hoped there will be Juice 4 Life smoothie bars in the Olympic Park.
Fulston Manor School Report
The Young Co-operative at Fulston Manor School, Kent, has been featured on BBC radio news talking about the group’s plans for future projects.
The School Report reveals that Year 10 members of the Young Co-operative are hoping to plant fruit and vegetables, particularly apple trees, with the help of a local farmer.
The school also discusses its Fairtrade values and ethos of ‘everybody matters, everybody helps, everybody succeeds’.
Additionally, there are plans to sleep out on the school tennis courts to raise money for homelessness.
Young Co-operative sleeps out to raise awareness of homelessness
The Young Co-operative at Fulston Manor School in Kent gave up an afternoon and whole night of their Easter Holiday visiting a homeless shelter as well as spending a night outdoors to raise awareness of homelessness. Young Co-operatives co-ordinator Sarah Palmer reports on their experience:
Richard Challoner School Fairtrade studies
At Richard Challoner School in New Malden, Surrey, Year 8 students have built their own web pages to improve both their ITC skills and their understanding of Fairtrade
Greenfingers resource
A new resource for schools wishing to set up a Greenfingers horticultural Young Co‑operative is now available to download from www.enterprisevillage.org.uk.
