The full range of Fairtrade products available in the UK and where you can buy them is listed in the  National Fairtrade Buying Guide.

We Are Fair Trade – The UK’s newest Fair Trade online retailer (founded 2023 after Traidcraft PLC closed). Stocks Fairtrade and other fairly traded products. Check them out here.

One World Shop – “People Before Profit.” Based in Edinburgh but with online shopping. Also supplies Fairtrade stallholders with a 10% discount. Check that out here.

Premcrest – a wholesale supplier, specialises in ethical products, including a wide range of Fairtrade items.

in cafes and restaurants. If your local food store does not have the Fairtrade product you are looking for, speak to the manager and ask them to stock it.

Say thank you with a bunch of Fairtrade flowers, bring a bottle of Fairtrade wine to a dinner party or make them a cup of refreshing Fairtrade tea.

• Treat yourself to snacks of Fairtrade coffee, tea, fruit and chocolate
• Use Fairtrade cotton for your staff uniforms or promotional T-shirts
• Pep up your meetings with Fairtrade coffee, Fairtrade fruit juice and Fairtrade biscuits
• Brighten your reception area with Fairtrade flowers
• Buy Fairtrade certified cotton towels for your kitchen
• Give colleagues hampers of Fairtrade products for their birthday (don’t forget the wine!)

Hold an event about Fairtrade in Fairtrade Fortnight (or any time) – a stall, a tasting event, a display, whatever is appropriate for you. Let us know what you’re planning and if you’d like some help – we can help with publicity through our local networks and on the Fairtrade Fortnight page of this website/displays. Get in touch to learn more.

There are simple, effective ways to support Fairtrade:

• Buy Fairtrade products to help farmers earn more and invest in their communities.
• Spread the word by telling others how Fairtrade makes a difference to farmers lives and empowers them to address the challenges of climate change.
• Write to your local newspaper or use social media to raise awareness.
• Contact or meet your MP to put fairness in trade on the political agenda. Tell her why fairness in trade matters to you.
• Ask election candidates about their stance on trade justice and what they will do make trade fair.
• Join peaceful public demonstrations.
• Sign petitions for changes that will help Fairtrade producers. Latest campaign “Brew it Fair” petition is here.
• Keep up to date by signing up for Fairtrade’s newsletter.

Trade Justice & Climate Justice

Fairtrade advocates for global trade systems that deliver fairness, sustainability, and climate resilience for farmers and workers.

The Current Campaign theme is “Brew It Fair”. It seeks fair treatment for the millions of people who produce the tea in the 100 million cups we drink every day, in Britain.

But many of the people behind our daily brew face poverty, unsafe working conditions, and the mounting threat of climate change – leaving them unable to plan for their future.

Changing the lives of the people behind the tea we drink requires businesses and politicians to uphold their responsibilities, listen to what these communities need and commit to rebalancing the global trade system we all rely on.

So, we are asking the UK government to protect human rights, collaborate for change and honour their international climate finance commitment. You can sign the petition here.

Living Wage for Cocoa Farmers

Launched in 2019, this campaign calls for living incomes for cocoa farmers in West Africa. It has since expanded to include coffee and banana producers.

Fairtrade Flowers & Women’s Rights

The “Dignity for All” programme in Ethiopia empowers women and young workers in the flower industry through training and union support, funded by multiple international partners.

Child Labour & COVID-19

The pandemic disrupted education and increased risks of child labour. Fairtrade responds with targeted projects and advocacy for stronger child protection laws.

Who Made My Clothes?

Inspired by the Rana Plaza disaster, this campaign challenges the fashion industry to be more transparent and ethical. It includes education on Fairtrade cotton, support for the Fashion Revolution movement, and promotion of ethical brands.

Gosport Fairtrade Action (GFA) is a volunteer-led group established in 2006, representing schools, businesses, community groups, and local councillors. In collaboration with Gosport Borough Council, GFA helped Gosport become a Fairtrade Borough in 2008 and has maintained that status, with the latest renewal in August 2023 and the next due in 2026.

GFA aims to promote Fairtrade products and explain how the Fairtrade movement enables producers to:

• earn a fair income which provides a decent living for their families,
• enjoy a safe working environment which respects their human rights, free from discrimination,
• develop their whole communities with premium-funded projects of their own choosing
• train in business practices
• learn and develop sustainable farming practices to adapt to the challenges of climate change and environmental degradation,

GFA’s main activities include:

• Hosting events during Fairtrade Fortnight
• Creating educational displays on Fairtrade and climate issues
• Participating in local community events
• Promoting Fairtrade products and providing tastings
• Giving talks and working with schools, businesses, places of worship, and voluntary groups
• Running fun, engaging activities to raise awareness

You can see examples of some of these activities in the archives’ accounts of each year’s activities, here.

Beyond local promotion, GFA campaigns on broader issues like sustainability, workers’ rights, and climate justice. For example, they support the international Loss & Damage Fund, collaborate with groups like Friends of the Earth and Global Justice Now, encourage residents to write to MPs, and participate in peaceful demonstrations.

GFA offers locally adapted resources tailored for schools, places of worship, organisations, and events—such as exhibition materials, talks, and presentations, including PowerPoints with videos. Contact GFA to discuss how they can support your activity.

From 2006 to 2019, GFA published illustrated annual newsletters (available here). Current updates are shared through the website’s “Activities” and archive pages.

YOU’RE INVITED TO GET INVOLVED

whether helping at events, spreading Fairtrade awareness or signing petitions.

Schools can earn national Fairtrade School Awards, from Fair Aware to Fair Active and all the way up to Fair Achiever. Full details and guidance are available via the Fairtrade Schools programme. Full details, guidance and resources are available via the Fairtrade Schools programme, where you can also sign up to receive their newsletter with the latest teaching resources, education campaigns, and schools’ news directly to your inbox.

Students can wear uniforms made from Fairtrade-certified materials, available locally from a supplier willing to engage directly with school groups.

Explore what KOOL SKOOLS have to offer.

Explore the successes of various schools in Gosport since it became a Fairtrade Borough—celebrating their projects and efforts. Examples can be found in the Archives for 2022 and 2023 and a blog about Gosport Schools’ achievements and activities.

Gosport Fairtrade Action (GFA) offers practical support including:

• Connecting you with experienced teachers who’ve worked toward Fairtrade School status.
• Providing ideas, local resources, talks and helpful links tailored to your school’s needs.

To become (or renew status as) a Fairtrade Place of Worship, churches need to meet two core requirements:

1. Use Fairtrade products (at minimum: tea, coffee, sugar) and share Fairtrade information with the congregation.
2. Integrate Fairtrade values into church life—e.g. during Fairtrade Fortnight or via displays, events, stalls, or sermons.

Apply or renew via the Fairtrade Places of Worship online platform.

Churches have hosted producer films, displays, talks, youth activities, coffee mornings, tea, cake, chocolate and wine tastings, and even made Fairtrade bunting. These initiatives can build global connections with real people in an entertaining way and make the cause meaningful.

They also encourage user groups to choose Fairtrade products when booking space.

Gosport Fairtrade Action provides resources—worship materials, videos, posters, leaflets, newsletter content—via Churches Together in Gosport. They’re happy to send these directly to your church.

There are several Christian websites which provide specific resources related to Fairtrade. Try Christian Concern for One World for a range of prayers and worship materials some specifically selected/written for the current Fairtrade theme, others relating to Fairtrade more generally – all inspiring!

Tea, coffee, sugar, and other Fairtrade staples are available in most supermarkets.

Non-Food Fairtrade Products

Fairtrade options extend beyond food to include cleaning products, candles, and cotton goods.

Fairtrade Communion Wine

Poterion offers fair trade communion wine from South Africa. (NB – used to be from a Fairtrade-Certified winery but it has, since 2011, been certified by Fair for Life, a similar but not so rigorous certifying organisation.) Other Fairtrade-certified wines may be available from local suppliers.

Fairtrade Wedding Rings

Encourage ethical sourcing of precious metals by considering Fairmined wedding rings. More information and supplier lists are available through Fairtrade International.

For bulk or speciality items, see the linked supplier list.

Local volunteers are available to speak at churches, groups, and schools—often using personal stories and farmer interviews to foster connection and to raise awareness of issues that many farmers struggle with in the global south and how Fairtrade offers a solution.

Stepping into another person’s shoes can show us what we have in common – whoever we are, wherever we are from.  There are excellent short videos on the Fairtrade Foundation website of interviews with Fairtrade farmers.

Let GFA know if your church is holding a Fairtrade event via their contact form or Facebook page—they’ll happily help advertise and celebrate it.

Fairtrade options extend beyond food to include cleaning products, candles, and cotton goods.

Fairtrade Communion Wine

Poterion offers Fairtrade Communion wine from South Africa. Other Fairtrade-certified wines may be available from local suppliers.

Fairtrade Wedding Rings

Encourage ethical sourcing of precious metals by considering Fairtrade wedding rings. More information and supplier lists are available through Fairtrade.

For details on becoming a Fairtrade church, signing up for newsletters, or volunteering, please reach out to Gosport Fairtrade Action.