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Let's be friendsCarmel College go bananas for Fairtrade
Stacey Griffiths, Media & Comms Volunteer, reports on her college's hugely successful Fairtrade Fortnight
Carmel College went bananas for Fairtrade
“Fairtrade Fortnight at Carmel College in St Helens was a huge success!
It was a fortnight packed with events to promote fairtrade and to give a big push to the college gaining fairtrade status.
In order to promote the wider range of fairtrade items available, we branched out to a newly formed business called ‘Afrika gifts’ who sell fairtrade gifts made by craftsmen and women in many African countries. This was a big hit with students and staff, and as a result they have agreed to return to the college each month.
We also had a fundraising cake sale organised by students and a fairtrade food stall brought in by a group from our local parish.
Stacey Griffiths, Media and Comms Volunteer
The main event was a bananathon! We successfully gave away over 400 fairtrade bananas to students and staff to contribute to the world record attempt. The promotion involved a mass poster campaign, including hundreds of card bananas and giant inflatables!”
Stacey is one of our Media & Communications Volunteers. If you would like to volunteer for P&P, check out our volunteer roles
Carmel College P&P group are campaigning to get their college Fairtrade status as well as calling on it to Go Green.
P&P supports over 70 groups in schools and colleges, helping them to campaign on issues effecting their lives. As a student-led organisation our aims are to empower young people and to have an impact on issues of social justice and the environment.
If you would like P&P to come to your school to set-up a campaign group or you would like more information, check out P&P’s work in sixth forms and colleges.
