Fairtrade Fortnight 2013
February 28 - March 13, 2011
Purpose:
- To provide students with a platform to engage in events.
- To educate students on Fairtrade matters.
- To provide students with a safe environment.
- To provide students with an enjoyable experience.
| Date | Event | Resources and event description | Company | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Monday February 21 |
Competition Deadline | Students to produce an innovative and exciting short film on fairtrade and you could win £50. | University | Submission of videos to University. |
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Monday February 28 |
Exhibition | Students will be provided with an environment to educate themselves on fairtrade around the world, highlighting the importance and successes. Taking them through the history of Fairtrade and a chance to experience a real life market. | UBS | Atrium (Hamilton Centre) |
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Monday February 28 |
Inflatables | Inflatable Trees to launch the campaign | Party stuff online | Atrium (Hamilton Centre) |
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Tuesday March 1 |
Fashion show | Engaging students in a fashion show to display a wide variety of clothing | Sir Steve Red Debenhams Grave, Annie Greenable.com | Atrium (Hamilton Centre) |
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Tuesday |
Smoothie making | Supplying free smoothies with a range of recipes and a chance to make their own smoothies. | Unique Fruit | Atrium (Hamilton Centre) |
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Tuesday March 1 |
Taste tent |
Food and drink and promotional material as well as representatives.
Fairtrade sock sale. |
Twinnings, Traidcraft, Tropical Foods, Unique Fruit | Atrium (Hamilton Centre) |
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Tuesday March 2 |
Cadbury crème egg |
5 x 5 metre space – in high footfall location preferably in SU café / bar as activity will happen late afternoon through to early evening. We will have a backdrop so this space should back up to a wall. Seating in and around the stage (café / bar) |
Cadburys | Locos Bar (Hamilton Centre) |
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Wednesday March 2 |
Process of Tea: Exhibition | Students will be provided with an environment to educate themselves on fairtrade around the world, highlighting the importances and successes. | UBS | Atrium (Hamilton Centre) |
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Wednesday March 2 |
Tea Swap | Tea bags and posters to brand approximately 500 tea bags as well as representatives. Students will be provided with an opportunity to taste fairtrade tea and buy products in order to encourage them to swap their tea bags. |
Twinning’s | Atrium (Hamilton Centre) |
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Thursday March 3 |
Unfair funfair |
Resources needed; coconut shy, rope, posters, as well as representatives
|
UBS | Atrium (Hamilton Centre) |
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Thursday March 3 |
Banana Rugby |
Resources needed: Two giant inflatable bananas
|
UBS | Atrium (Hamilton Centre) |
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Thursday March 3 |
Coconut competition |
Resources needed : coconuts (20)
|
Unique fruit |
Atrium (Hamilton Centre) |
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Thursday March 3 |
Unfair Sumo Wrestling | Resources needed: Sumo costumes, mats | UBS | Atrium (Hamilton Centre) |
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Friday March 4 |
Banana bobbing |
10 bananas
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UBS | Atrium (Hamilton Centre) |
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Friday March 4 |
T-shirt competition | Engaging students to design fairtrade t-shirts. Winner receives two global tickets | UBS | Atrium (Hamilton Centre) |
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Friday Mach 11 |
Can't cook won't cook! | Student officers versus University staff in a fairtrade ‘cook off’ | UBS | Atrium (Hamilton Centre) |
For more information on any of these events you can contact;
Avina Patel
Vice President Community Welfare
Office: +44 (0)1895 266624
Email: vp.communitywelfare@brunel.ac.uk
