Success Stories

Many schools around Scotland are engaged in Fair Trade activities, including working towards becoming official Fairtrade Schools. Here we take a look at some examples of the work being done along the road to becoming a Fairtrade School. Click on the school name for more details of each story.

Carronhill School pupils raised money for different charities as part of their Fair Trade work. See how they did it!

Cults Primary has put on various Fairtrade events and activities in their school.  Be inspired by their example.

Douglas Academy  Read the story of how Douglas Academy reached Fairtrade Status.

Dunecht Primary won the Montgomery Centre Animation Competition. Read about what they did to win the prize and view their brilliant animation.

Holyrood Secondary  With their Fair Trade campaigning and award-winning ethical guru website, Holyrood Secondary reached Fairtrade status in 2010.  Read all about their inspired activities.

Kelty Primary has a great tuck shop at their school.  Read about how it has had a huge impact on parents choosing Fair Trade products.

Smithfield Primary put on a great Fairtrade Friday Fun event celebrating Fairtrade bananas.  Read all about it and get lots of ideas for your own events.

Stenhouse Primary has achieved Fairtrade status. Congratulations! Read all about their Fair Trade achievements and future plans.

St Elizabeth's Primary has devised a great activity called 'Helping Fairtrade Hands', which also takes in ecology and art.

St John's Primary in Portobello achieved Fairtrade status in August 2011. Well done!  Read about how they did it.

St Thomas of Aquin's RC High School wrote in to tell us about the Lord Provost's Award they received for the "Best Fairtrade School" during the Fairtrade Fortnight 2009 celebrations.  Read about this and all their other fantastic Fair Trade activities.

Torry Academy undertook many Fair Trade activities during Fairtrade Fortnight 2009.  Why not take a leaf out of their book and borrow their ideas for your Fair Trade events?

Towerbank Primary School became the first Fairtrade primary school in Edinburgh. Read about how they did it here.

Uddingston Grammar organised a Fair Trade Recipe Competition that was a great success.  Download all the winning entries and make the delicious dishes yourselves at home.

If you have ideas that we can feature for other schools to use, email us at schools@sftf.org.uk