Fairtrade Fortnight

Takes place from Monday 9 September – Sunday 22 September 2024.

This year, join us in urging everyone to Be the Change, by picking up Fairtrade products and speaking up for fairer trade. 

Check out our Fairtrade Fortnight 2024 digital campaign pack for tools to support you in getting involved, and read on for all the details of this year’s Fairtrade festivities!

Be the Change Online Events

Kick off Fairtrade Fortnight by joining one or all three of our Be the Change online events. Connect with campaigners, Fairtrade farmers and other experts from around the world.

You can join as an individual, with friends, with your school or as a local campaign group, to hear how our global Fairtrade movement can come together to change trade for the better.

‘Thanks to the Fairtrade Premium, we can provide opportunities to young people in our community.’ Maria Doris, Fairtrade banana grower in Colombia. Maria Doris and her cooperative have used their Fairtrade Premium to provide educational opportunities for young women.

30 years of Fairtrade sales have meant over £1.7 billion in Fairtrade Premium. That’s given more power to farmers like Maria Doris, driving real change in their communities. 

But if we could convince politicians to change the rules of trade, so all trade was fair, there could be millions more stories like Maria Doris’. 

That’s why this Fairtrade Fortnight we’re launching our Be the Change challenge to newly elected MPs. Join us in asking your MP to step up and stand with Fairtrade farmers, and supporters like you, who are leading the way in building a fairer future. 

Ask your MP to be the change by pledging their support for fairer trade

How to get your MP on board

• Run a Be the Change event during Fairtrade Fortnight and invite your MP: Every year hundreds of Fairtrade events bring whole communities together to speak up for fairer trade, and MPs will be keen to join events like this shortly after the election. Why not tempt them in by running a Be the Change brunch or breakfast, made up of Fairtrade treats? 
• Tell us about your plans or ideas: We look forward to hearing about your plans for Fairtrade Fortnight and promoting your great work as much as we can. Look out for a form to share and celebrate your plans, which will also include an opportunity to order a free pack of printed campaign materials.
• Write to your MP to ask them to take the Be the Change pledge: When Fairtrade Fortnight begins, we will launch a quick and easy tool you can use to ask your MP to stand with Fairtrade farmers. By signing, your MP is committing to listen to farmers and workers dealing with the reality of unfair trade every day. 

If you don’t already get our emails, sign up today to get all the latest on Fairtrade Fortnight.

Be the Change will begin in Fairtrade Fortnight – but it’s going to continue all year

If you don’t have time to organise an event during Fairtrade Fortnight, don’t worry!

As new MPs get settled into their roles, it’s going to be so important to make sure they understand that they can be the change for farmers working to overturn an unfair global trade system.

Thank you for making sure your MP understands they can be part of the solution. 

Be the Change Resources

Download social media graphics, printable posters, short films, presentations and much more to help bring the Be The Change message to your community.

• Be the Change digital graphics: A selection of graphics you can use online or offline to spread the word in your community and beyond. 
• Download printable posters and assets: Posters and other printable assets to use in your community  
• Make Your Mark short films: View and download a selection of films that explain how farmers and workers use the power of Fairtrade to be the change in their community.
• More Fairtrade films: A further selection of longer films which show the impact of choosing Fairtrade and how Fairtrade helps farmers adapt to climate change.
• Fairtrade and Climate resources: Including PowerPoint presentations and stories of farmers taking on the climate crisis. 
• Fairtrade Foundation Manifesto: Before the election we produced a manifesto document, sharing with MPs how they can get behind Fairtrade. Share this with any MPs at your events. 
• Growing Our Movement For Change report: Our report to mark 30 years of Fairtrade sales in the UK, the difference that has made all around the world and what the future holds for Fairtrade. 
• How to engage your MP video: Our campaign catch-up featuring former MP, Holly Lynch, who shares the best ways to get politicians’ attention.
• Be The Change Campaigner catch up- How your MP can be the change: Our campaign catch-up featuring how local supporters can lobby their MPs to pledge support to Fairtrade, find out about our new and exciting selection of resources and connect with campaigners across the UK.
•  Infographics on Fairtrade impact: Show how 30 years of Fairtrade sales in the UK have driven change around the world with our set of powerful infographics. 
• Fairtrade recipes: Planning to run a Be The Change brunch? Check out our recipes archive for some inspiration.
• Template press release: Let the local media know about events in your area and the national Be the Change campaign. 
• CCOW Prayers for fair trade: four prayers (three favourites and one new) created by Christian Concern for One World for Fairtrade Fortnight.
• Bespoke CCOW Using Fairtrade in your Church: A fantastic resource for places of worship outlining ways to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight.

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