Get Involved!
What can you do to support Fairtrade?
Wherever you are, you can support Fairtrade and fair-trading, for example:
- buy fairly traded products (see our list of shops and cafés selling Fairtrade products in Birmingham).
- always ask for Fairtrade products when you go shopping or out to eat and drink.
- encourage family, friends and workplaces to buy fairly traded goods.
- gain Fairtrade status for your place of work, study or faith group. You can find out more on our schools, Universities and workplaces pages.
- be a fair-trade representative and sell fair-trade items through catalogues such as Traidcraft, People Tree and Bishopston.
- Find out more about Fairtrade in Birmingham.
If you'd like to receive FAB's quarterly email newsletter, find out about Fairtrade events and retailers in Birmingham, meet others promoting fair-trade or volunteer to support FAB please
contact us.
You can also find out more about our volunteering opportunities on our
volunteer opportunities page.
Steering Group Meetings are normally on the third Thursday of the month at 5:30pm at Midlands Co-operative Society, at their Member Relations offices at the
Birmingham Midlands Institute, Margaret Street, BIRMINGHAM, B3 3BS.
The next planned meetings are:
Key Objectives for 2008
To provide a focus for activities and the FAB Steering Group, the 2008 AGM set FAB the following four key objectives for the year.
- Become a defined, articulate organisation
(considering the benefits of, for example, charitable status and taking action to achieve the preferred status)
- Complete the audit of Fairtrade retailers
(complete data collection and cleaning and publish the data)
- Get organised
(identify activities and events for the year ahead, set targets and aims and assess progress at the end of the year. Further improve sharing of information and communication to support growth of the Fairtrade Supporters Network)
- Develop new links in the community and partnerships
(develop links with schools, colleges and universities across the city, and encourage Birmingham businesses, particularly high profile companies, to demonstrate their commitment to Fairtrade)