Week 1
| Date | Time | What | Where | What's happening |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 27 Feb | 10am to 11.30am & 1.30pm to 3pm | Launch of Fairtrade Fortnight | Outside the Library | Visit our stand on the Parade and complete our Fairtrade Quiz to get a Fairtrade hot drink. |
| Tue 28 Feb | All day | Free sweet treat | lime tree, Parade and 4W Café | Get a free Fairtrade chocolate bar with any Fairtrade mocha or hot chocolate (while stocks last). |
| Wed 1 March | Fairtrade baking at home | Virtual event | Buy your ingredients from Fresh and watch our specially recorded baking tutorials, sent to you on Microsoft Teams to bake Fairtrade chocolate brownies and banana bread. | |
| Thurs 2 March | Private event | Nursery visit | Westwood Nursery | A visit to Westwood Nursery on campus for a Fairtrade Treasure Hunt and Treats. |
| Fri 3 March | All day | Social media treasure hunt | On campus | Follow @unibathfoodanddrink on Instagram to see the clues and find a hidden Fairtrade hamper. |
Week 2
| Date | Time | What | Where | What's happening |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 6 March | 12.30pm to 2pm | Brownie tasting challenge | Outside Parade | Come and taste some delicious Fairtrade brownies and see if you can guess which ones are vegan. |
| Thu 9 March | 4pm | Fairtrade Foundation Talk | Virtual Event | Nicky Hoskyns is the CEO of Etico The Ethical Trading Company and is based in Nicaragua. He works with a range of Fairtrade (FT) co-ops and has over two decades experience operating in FT and social business networks. |
| Fri 10 March | 10.30am to 12.30pm | Fairtrade and Sustainable Market | Inside Claverton Rooms | Chat to our Fairtrade suppliers, including Tony’s Chocolonely and Bewley’s. Free coffee and hot chocolate on offer, plus, free chocolate tasters, smoothie demos and discounted Fairtrade clothing from The Market. |
| Fri 10 March | 1.15pm to 2.05pm | Tony's Chocolonely Talk | 1W 2.03 | 'The Story of an Unusual Chocolate Bar’ will look at the systematic problems in the chocolate industry and how Tony’s is challenging the status quo in creating ethical great tasting chocolate. |
*Disposable cups will not be provided. Please remember to bring your reusable cup to receive a free Fairtrade hot drink.
Why Fairtrade is important
There are many reasons to support Fairtrade:
- to ensure that products are made in safe, healthy working conditions
- farmers and producers will receive a fair price and have a voice in how their workplace is run
- food will often taste better, as the farmers are involved and invested in the entire production process, with crops grown and harvested in smaller quantities
- it helps to support communities, allowing Fairtrade farmers to invest earnings in housing, healthcare and schools
- it supports sustainable practices that help to reduce our environmental footprint