GFA Resources
(National Resources are below)
Gosport Fairtrade Action (GFA) produces a variety of resources for and with local schools and organisations. GFA members are happy to provide talks or presentations illustrated with PowerPoint , in person (when circumstances allow) or on line through Zoom meetings, or lend items for you to use.
Presentations
Here are some examples – but we can customise a presentation to suit your needs, given sufficient notice.
- Introduction to Fairtrade
- Fairtrade towns
- Fairtrade churches
- Fairtrade schools
- Fairtrade tackles Climate Change and Covid (2020)
- Fairtrade empowering women cocoa farmers (2020)
- Small scale tea growers in South India (2009)
- Fairtrade in conflict zones
- Fairtrade wine in South Africa (2011, with updates)
- Fairtrade raisin and table grape production in Chile (2014)
- Fairtrade Footballs (and other sports balls) – Are you involved with any football teams in Gosport? I expect you insist on Fair Play at all times! Did you know that you could play and train with Fairtrade footballs? – no need for any more exploitation of child labour just so our children can enjoy their footie! Donna, one of GFA’s members, is happy to visit clubs and schools with a Fairtrade football and would love to talk to you about it – Why not invite her along to your club or school to find out more? (Contact her: here.) mmnvHere is a short video about Fairtrade footballs
Exhibitions on the following themes
– they can be customised to incorporate various elements according to your needs:
- Fairtrade, environment & climate change
- Fairtrade and COVID
- Fairtrade at work
- Fairtrade and women.
- Benefits of Fairtrade to Producers. We can offer posters about :
- tea small holders in South India; an estate in Sri Lanka);
- coffee (women in Nicaragua);
- sugar in Costa Rica;
- bananas in Dominica, Windward Islands, Colombia;
- cocoa in Sierra Leone, Ghana;
- raisins in South Africa;
- Rooibos in South Africa;
- oranges in Cuba;
- olive products in Palestine;
- skincare products from shea butter grown in Ghana;
- Household cleaning products from palm oil grown by small-holders in Ghana;
- Fairtrade Gold and producers in Peru;
- Quinoa in Bolivia;
- Dried Fruits in Pakistan.
Quizzes
about Fairtrade in general and on specific themes and products, e.g. chocolate or bananas,
Available to BORROW are:
Games
– such as Breaks and Ladders, a board game with a Fairtrade theme (2-4 Players).
The Schools Fairtrade Banner
– pictured below on display in the Discovery Centre and other Libraries over the summer of 2011,)
The Fairtrade Logo Collage
These are available for loan to schools who would like to use it for an assembly or as part of a programme of work or an event about Fairtrade. Please contact us for availability.
If you would like to use or borrow any of the above, please:
Contact us
National Resources
The Fairtrade Foundation offers a wide range of resources, including films and videos, for a variety of users. Please visit their Resources pages here
Page updated 21-01-2022