Business support for your events

Licensees

Cafédirect

For this year's Fairtrade Fortnight, Cafédirect are asking you to turn over a new leaf and make a Big Swap to their range of teas. Tea Parties are a great way to get people together, have some fun and try some truly exceptional teas, so they've put together everything you need to host the perfect tea party in one fabulous kit.

Containing posters to let everyone know about your party, three delicious Cafédirect teas, money off coupons and even a guide to making the perfect cuppa, your tea party is sure to be a success. Get your hands on a Tea Party kit here and share your images and photos. The most funny/creative/unique will win an amazing cupcake tutorial and a fabulous cupcake kit!

Pants to Poverty

In celebration of Fairtrade Fortnight, the relaunch of their website and in support of all your swapping, Pants to Poverty would like to offer you:

1. Two free pairs of pants to give away, model or award to people at your event. Coupled with flyers of some of their producer friends in India offering an exclusive 20% discount codes for all attendees of your event.
2. 60% off bulk orders of pants if you’re selling pants at your events (and raise money for your group). Minimum order just 50 pairs of pants.

Please contact linda@pantstopoverty.com to get more information!

Bubble and Balm

Bubble and Balm are launching the first ever liquid Fairtrade soap in the UK during Fairtrade Fortnight. They’re giving away 101 free bottles to campaigners organising tea dances or parties - useful in the kitchen with all that tea making. To enter the draw campaigners need to email postbag@bubbleandbalm.co.uk with their details, 101 names will be selected out of a hat and the winners will be sent the soap in time for Fairtrade Fortnight.

Divine

Divine Chocolate has produced a sampling kit to help support events for Fairtrade Fortnight which includes chocolate samples, posters, leaflets and postcards.

To get this pack for free (there is a £4 postage fee) simply send an email to events@divinechocolate.com with details of your Fairtrade event.

Equal Exchange

Want to run a Fairtrade olive oil tasting for Fairtrade Fortmight? Event guide, tasting notes and leaflets are now available from Equal Exchange’s website. They also have some fantastic recipes and leaflets about other products like tea and walnuts. Check www.equalexchange.co.uk for more details.

Tropical Wholefoods

For a slice of something yummy to go with your cup of Fairtrade tea, try Tropical Wholefoods Tea Cake. It is made with two types of Tropical Wholefoods banana from Uganda, Fairtrade tea, walnuts and demerara sugar. It’s packed full of ingredients from Africa and Asia. It’s easy to make too so if you manage not to eat it all at once, it keeps very well in an airtight container. Perfect for keeping up energy levels after a Strictly Fairtrade Tea Dance.

For the full recipe and many more go to: www.fmfoods.co.uk/resources/recipes.htm

If you would like a box of Tropical Wholefoods dried bananas (x2 125g bogoya and x2 150g chewy chips) to make the Tea Cake, plus a recipe brochure, and 2 sample packets of Tropical Wholefoods new Fairtrade apricot kernels, please send a £5 cheque to cover postage costs, made out to Fullwell Mill to: Rachel Gurak, Fullwell Mill, Unit 5d, Southwick Industrial Estate, Sunderland SR5 3TX (tel: 0845 258 2783 or rachel@fullwellmill.co.uk).

Please ask for TWCookBox and enclose your address for sending the box to and any special delivery instructions.

Jacksons of Picadilly

Jacksons of Piccadilly are offering their lovely premium teas and coffee FREE to anyone requiring refreshments or prizes at their Fairtrade Fortnight event. Jackson’s teas not only taste super, they come in catering friendly packs with envelope, string and tag, perfect for events. To claim your FREE teas and coffee and find out how else Jackson’s can support your Fairtrade event please contact Samantha Purton on 01264 348659

Kit Kat

KIT KAT is proud to be supporting Fairtrade Fortnight 2010 and would like to offer Fairtrade campaigners free samples of Fairtrade KIT KAT 4 Finger Milk and Dark bars for their events during Fairtrade Fortnight.

In order to register your request, please send details regarding your event (location, number of attendees expected, delivery details such as person responsible, address and contact telephone number) to Stuart Jones at consumer.services@uk.nestle.com or 01904 605720.   There will be no charge for delivery.

Percol Coffee

Percol coffee is offering 20 mini sampling kits for free to help support dedicated campaigners for Fairtrade Fortnight. The kit consists of samples of our tasty Percol Colombia instant, A3 posters and product info booklets. All you need to do is send us an email at Percolsales@fbg.co.uk with details of your event. As there are only 20 kits up for grabs, it is first come first serve so get in there quick!

The Co-operative

The Co-operative is again providing Fairtrade Campaigners Packs filled with vouchers to purchase Fairtrade products from Co-op food stores. A great resource to help you organise your own tasting sessions, demos, Fairtrade dinners and tea parties, the packs are perfect to help you raise awareness of Fairtrade. For more information visit the Co-operative website.

Ubuntu Trading

Ubuntu Cola will be launched in 51 Waitrose stores from 1 March, to find out if there is one in your area, check our website, www.ubuntu-trading.com. If you do have a Waitrose stocking Ubuntu in your area we are offering a donation to groups who wish to run a sampling at their local store and all the samples they need for Fairtrade Fortnight events.

On top of this we will supply a case of Ubuntu to the first 10 groups to request samples, so get in touch quick! miranda@ubuntu-trading.com        

Supermarkets

Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s are keen to speak with local campaigners about a range of topics that are important to them. Go to your local store and talk to their customer services desk.

Marks & Spencer

If you would like your local M&S to be involved with your campaign, speak to local store staff or email plana@marksandspencer.com with the details.