Co-operative and Fair Trade Organisations
For more information on co-operative organisations and links to other resources follow these links:
Co-operative Movement
- The Co-operative College
- Takes you to the Co-op college in Manchester's website where you will find useful resources and information.
- www.co-op.ac.uk
- School.coop
- A wide range of additional new co-operative teaching resources can be found here.
- www.school.coop
- Fairtrade friendly schools
- This is the co-operative movement's website section on Fair Trade.
- www.co-op.ac.uk/co-operateforchange.htm (updated resource)
- tinyurl.com/d8pke6 (previous resource)
- The Co-operative Group
- The Co-operative Group is the world's largest consumer co-operative. They have led the way in getting Fair Trade into the supermarkets here in the UK. Their website has masses of information on their involvement in Fair Trade. There are special in-depth reports on cocoa and coffee, which make excellent resources for Young Co-operatives, in particular.
- www.co-op.co.uk
- www.scotmid.coop
- Agricultural Co-operatives
- SAOS is a good first port of call for farming and agricultural co-ops in Scotland.
- www.saos.co.uk
Enterprise
- Learning and teaching Scotland
- Learning and Teaching Scotland provides advice, support, resources and staff development to the education community. The websites below have lots of ideas, examples and support for Curriculum for Excellence through interdisciplinary learning and teaching.
- www.ltscotland.org.uk/citizenship
- www.ltscotland.org.uk/enterpriseineducation
- www.ltscotland.org.uk/enterpriseineducation
- www.ltscotland.org.uk/curriculumforexcellence
- Determined to Succeed
- DtS is the Scottish Executive's strategy for enterprise in education. It aims to help Scotland's young people develop self-confidence, self-reliance and ambition to achieve their goals - in work and in life.
- www.determinedtosucceed.co.uk
- Co-operative Development Scotland
- CDS supports and develops co-operative enterprise across Scotland.
- www.cdscotland.co.uk
- Young Co-operatives
- Young Co-operatives is for schools and youth groups who want to combine enterprise and ethics.
- www.youngcooperatives.org.uk
Fair Trade Movement
- Scottish Fair Trade workers' co-operatives
- A wide range of exciting Fair Trade products can be found at these workers co-operatives near you.
- www.highlandwholefoods.co.uk in Inverness
- www.greencity.co.uk in Glasgow
- www.equalexchange.co.uk in Edinburgh
- Traidcraft
- Since 1979 Traidcraft has been helping hardworking producers from poor communities around the world to work their way out of poverty. Traidcraft's website contains a wealth of information on the countries it works in. There is a separate resources page, and you can also arrange for a Traidcraft speaker to come and visit your group to tell them you all about Fair Trade. You can order products online using the Traidcraft shopping site.
- www.traidcraft.co.uk
- www.traidcraftshop.co.uk
- www.geoactive.co.uk
- The Fairtrade Foundation
- The website of the Fairtrade Foundation includes: case studies of producers; resources you can buy; and details of the campaign for Fairtrade towns, schools and universities. Fairtrade Fortnight takes place every year in the first two weeks of March and this website is the best place to get information about events and resources to help you take part.
- www.fairtrade.org.uk
- Divine Chocolate
- Hear firsthand the impact getting a Fair Trade deal for their cocoa, and sharing in Divine's profits, has on the lives of Kuapa cocoa farmers. Divine supplies the Co-op with Fair Trade chocolate.
- www.divinechocolate.com
- Papapaa
- Comic Relief's Fairtrade website, which contains teaching materials about fair-trade.
- www.papapaa.org
- Scottish Fair Trade Forum
- Works to support ongoing Fair Trade activity in Scotland and regularly bring campaigners together to network and share expertise and build the capacity of local groups to make them more sustainable and independent.
- www.scottishfairtradeforum.org.uk.