Volunteering opportunities
Details of two opportunities to volunteer for good in Oxford.
Fairtrade at St Michael’s at looking for someone to join their team of Directors. Why not use your passion for fair trade to great effect by becoming a voluntary director of one of our local fair trade shops? Details and how to apply here.
And Thirst International are running a recruitment process for a voluntary intern. Details are here and the deadline is 21st May 2021.
#BuildBackFairer
For World Fair Trade Day 2021 in May we promoted WFTO’s #BuildBackFairer campaign.
The World Fair Trade Organisation are calling for commitment. They want governments to
- Protect workers
- Help to Restart economies using stimulii and finance
- Redesign the trade environment from profit primacy to mission primacy
- Create systems which support a Fair Share of Resources
You can watch a video summary of the goals here
…and read more about their campaign here
Hidden Voices online event for Fairtrade Fortnight
Our Online discussion for Fairtrade Fortnight – Thursday 4 March at 6pm – 7:30pm
This event features Lizy White, Product Development Manager from Traidcraft, and Slindelo, Production Co-ordinator from Eswatini Kitchen. We’ll hear from them about the challenges and successes in their part of the supply chains that brings people together through Fairtrade and allow us to make the right choice as consumers here in Oxford.
More details including how to sign up on our Events Page