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Inverness Fairtrade Group

Community Development

We want to create an interactive app showing Highland Fairtrade outlets so that tourists and local residents alike can find them easily.

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About this cause

We raise awareness of the benefits fairer trading practices bring to producers who want to be more self reliant, the positive impact on citizens here of engaging with Fairtrade (FT). The more our local community knows about the benefits FT brings to growers the more they feel enabled to help bring about change through the power of their purchasing even if it is only occasionally buying FT flowers or chocolate, retailers, cafes, other businesses (including BandBs) and work places that supply or use Fairtrade products in Inverness and in the wider Highlands. Our new proposed app will move this promotion into the 21st century.

How this cause brings people in the community together

Fairtrade (FT) is a good news story, Sometimes people feel overwhelmed by the world's problems, especially poverty, But understanding what a difference a FT agreement makes to growers' lives will enable our local community here to know they are making a difference if they buy FT goods eg tea or coffee. Our schools already embrace involvement with FT as a route to foster active citizenship.