Latest News & Events

If you have any Fair Trade news concerning schools, such as achieving Fairtrade School status, a Fair Trade event your school was involved in or a new Fair Trade product that schools could use, send it in to schools@sftf.org.uk and we'll feature it here. 

Also, please let us know of any future events your school is organising or involved in or any Fair Trade events that would be of interest to schools, and we'll advertise them here. 

 

Latest News

SFTF Fair Trade Cotton School Uniform and Sportswear Campaign

The Forum has launched an exciting campaign to encourage pupils, teachers and parents to buy Fairtrade cotton school uniforms and sportswear.  The pilot campaign took place in schools in East Dunbartonshire and will now be rolled out across Scotland.  To find out more or to get involved, please click on the heading above, contact us at the email address above or download our leaflet here.

 

Fairtrade Schools Workshop: Focus on Cotton

Materials from this workshop, presented at the 2010 Scottish Fair Trade Forum Campaign Day, are now available to download.  Please click on the link above to access them.

 

SFTF Fair Trade Toolkit for Schools. 

This essential resource is now available and is free for schools working towards Fairtrade status in Scotland.  It includes all the information you need on how to become a Fairtrade School as well as information regarding our Fairtrade Cotton Schoolwear Campaign. To find out how to get your hands on this great resource and to download some of the materials, please click on the link above. 

 

SFTF Schools Mailgroup

If you'd like to join the mailgroup and receive useful news on resources and Fair Trade initiatives contact us at schools@sftf.org.uk. Any schools on the Fairtrade Schools scheme outwith Scotland are more than welcome to join the mailgroup too.

 

Events

Thursday 6 October, 9:30am - 12:30pm    Cotton Briefing Session

The Scottish Fair Trade Forum held a briefing session on Fairtrade Cotton and Fairtrade Cotton Schoolwear on 6 October 2011 at the SFTF offices in Edinburgh.

Veronica Pasteur, Head of Campaigns at the Fairtrade Foundation spoke about the problems in the production of cotton and how Fairtrade addresses these problems.

Angela Oakley, Schools Advisor at the Scottish Fair Trade Forum provided information on Fairtrade Cotton Schoolwear.

Pupils from St Andrew's RC High School in Kirkcaldy presented their Fairtrade cotton hoodies.