Our products are special, not just because they are great quality products, but also because they are help to define the culture of our whole work. These are not just fair trade products; they go far beyond fair trade.
Our products are the "tools that our groups can use to put the skills they learn into practice - selling at stalls, markets, events, to local businesses and organisations. We try to encompass our local and global social values in our products. They are all Fair Traded, several sourced directly from smallholder farmers that our parent charity, the LYF, has worked with for many years. We also use local firms and our own enterprise groups to help with packaging, product design and production. Here are some of the products we have created:
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Not Just a Box of Tea Bags
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Not Just a Bar of Milk Chocolate
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Not Just a Packet of Tea Leaves
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Not Just a Bag of Rice
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Not Just a Jar of Instant Coffee
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Not Just a Product Range
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Our products are all developed in partnership with our community and school enterprise groups. The products give the groups the opportunity to earn income and gain enterprise skills and experience through sales, marketing and promotion. Our products connect communities here in the UK with the communities in developing countries who produce them. And they provide an ethical choice to consumers. By buying our products, customers learn about the challenges faced by the communities we work with and help some of the world's poorest producer communities - as well as supporting community enterprises here in the UK.