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Fairtrade inspires a Shared Interest in Belfast
Shared Interest’s Membership Development Co-ordinator Ashleigh Wilson and Supporter Relations Officer Ruth Taylor embarked upon a four-day tour to Northern Ireland from 25th-28th May. This involved a visit to Belfast; Ireland’s only Fairtrade city. They culminated their tour of faith groups, volunteer bureaux and universities in the region with a visit to a Belfast store [...]
A Fair Deal
Anyone who attended an event over Co-operatives Fortnight may have picked up a ‘co-operative’ pack of cards. A great way to replace the dog eared packs that usually find themselves in a corner somewhere, missing an ace of spades or seven of hearts (at least that’s generally the condition the packs in my house come [...]
2010: A Fairtrade Anniversary
2010 seems to be the year for fair trade anniversaries, here at Shared Interest we are celebrating 20 years at the heart of the fair trade movement. Fairtrade chocolate bar Dubble is now 10 and Chesham4Fairtrade celebrated five years as a Fairtrade Town by becoming Shared Interest members. Colin Cartwright of Chesham4Fairtrade said “we are [...]
Co-op Awards 2010
I have just returned from a weekend in Plymouth where the weather was beautiful. This year the Plymouth Co-operative Society celebrates its 150th Anniversary as a co-operative. In honour of this anniversary Co-operatives UK held their annual conference and AGM as part of the newly launched Co-operatives Fortnight (19th June to 3rd July) in the [...]
Next week sees the first national celebratory fortnight of all things co-operative
The UK movement is largely dominated by The Cooperative Group which offers everything from groceries, to holidays, pharmacies and financial services. Consumers are offered membership of the group where they receive a share of the profits, and voice issues that are important to them such as Fairtrade and ethical finance. Other business set-ups include worker [...]
In the Zone: Hadrian’s Wall
For those of you that don’t know, earlier this year Hadrian’s Wall was appointed the prestigious title of world’s first Fairtrade landmark and indeed heritage site! As Shared Interest formed part of the steering group for the Fairtrade Hadrian’s Wall Campaign, we are always pleased to see positive coverage of the group’s achievements. An interview [...]
Don’t be the last to check out our new website
We may have mentioned our birthday a few times before (it’s our birthday, we’re allowed!) but here at Shared Interest HQ we are incredibly proud to have reached our twentieth anniversary. Our celebratory spirit has spread to our website and we are pretty pleased with the result… Check out our new look at www.shared-interest.com. We [...]
World Fair Trade Day
There was candy floss, music and all the fun of the fair. The London Fair Trade Festival ran from Friday evening until Sunday afternoon last weekend. The event celebrated World Fair Trade Day and involved a number of fair trade organisations including Visionary Soap, Cafedirect, Zaytoun, Tropical Wholefoods and of course Shared Interest. Although the [...]
Want to win £40 of Ethical Superstore vouchers?
Happy World Fair Trade Day to one and all! As Sally mentioned earlier last week there are various events celebrating World Fair Trade Day running around the country this weekend but if you’d like to be involved without leaving your computer we can help! Below is a picture of our trusty fair trade banana, your [...]
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Shared Interest, Happy Birthday to you!!
As you may have gathered from the title of this blog, today is officially Shared Interests twentieth anniversary. Hip Hip Hooray! Over the last twenty years the organisation has gone from strength to strength and now annually lends over £33 million in 36 countries around the globe. No mean feat for a small Newcastle based [...]