The Parish Church, St Peter and St Paul

Godalming Baptist Church

St Edmund's Church, Croft Road

Godalming United Church

St John the Evangelist, Farncombe

St John the Baptist, Busbridge

St Mark's, Ockford Ridge

You can apply for a Fairtrade Poster Certificate for your church from the Fairtrade Foundation if the appropriate Council or Church meeting has agreed to:

• Use Fairtrade tea and coffee for all meetings for which you have responsibility.

• Move forward by using other Fairtrade products (such as sugar, biscuits and fruit)

• Promote Fairtrade during Fairtrade Fortnight - and through other activities whenever possible

To apply, please complete and return the Fairtrade Foundation application form (PDF). They can then issue you with a poster certificate to display in your church.

What else can your church do to support Fairtrade?

• Put up a Fairtrade display, and give out leaflets

• Include prayers and info on Fairtrade in a service

• Use Fairtrade Foundation ideas for churches to put together a church magazine article.

Check out what Christian Aid have to offer, too.

• Serve Fairtrade tea and coffee after services

Traidcraft now offer a caterer account for schools, churches and small companies, with free delivery on orders over £50. Download the application form (PDF)

St Marks School (?)

St Edmund's Catholic Primary School

is working towards making Fairtrade beverages available to staff and visitors. Fairtrade drinks are already sold to pupils on a regular basis

Convert your school

Encourage the teachers at your school to provide Fairtrade tea and coffee in the staff room and provide information about Fairtrade both to other teachers and pupils from time to time. It would be great if children could be given Fairtrade fruit juices, chocolates, biscuits etc as well, although this is not essential. Perhaps hold Fairtrade awareness days and Fairtrade stalls if possible.

Fairtrade and the curriculum

The concept of fair trade fits beautifully into the key curriculum areas of Citizenship, Geography and Religious Studies, and allows students to learn about fairness, social justice and diversity.

Suggested Actions

There are currently no criteria on the Fairtrade Foundation website - just recommendations for actions, and they have no capacity to respond to schools sending in applications for status until next year.

• Make Fairtrade foods available to staff and students

• Present an assembly or lesson on Fairtrade

• Set up a Fairtrade tuck shop selling Fairtrade chocolate, bananas and snack bars

• Get involved in the Print IT! competition for secondary school students

The Fairtrade Foundation is currently in the process of developing a new unified Fairtrade Schools initiative.

Capelli Hair Design Salon, 2 Bridge Street, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1HY

Echo Research Limited, Friary House, Station Road, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1EX

Godalming Art Shop, 45 Bridge St, Godalming, GU7 1HL

Godalming Library, Bridge Street, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1HT

Oxfam Charity Gift Shop, 32 High Street, Godalming GU7 1DZ

Peak Printing, 4 Moss Lane, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1EF

Record Corner, Pound Lane, Godalming, GU7 1BX

The Surrey Bookshop, High Street, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1AW.

Work Station, High Street, Godalming

Zibrant Ltd, Sandford House Woodside Park, Catteshall Lane, Godalming, GU7 1LG

Convert your workplace

A growing number of local premises are making Fairtrade refreshments available to their staff. However, we need even more of the workplaces in the Civil Parish of Godalming to provide Fairtrade tea and coffee in their staff rooms and to make information about Fairtrade available from time to time. Could your business or place of work be one of them? If you work in Godalming we need your help to encourage your colleagues to do this and to let us know when they start or if they already make Fairtrade available.

Choose Fairtrade

Enjoy a Fairtrade espresso at the office. There are hundreds of Fairtrade certified teas and coffees to choose from, as well as Fairtrade hot chocolate, sugar, bananas, and vending machines, all at competitive prices.

Suggested Actions

• Speak to your catering manager about offering Fairtrade foods to staff. You may be able to source from your existing supplier. Otherwise, the Fairtrade Catering Directory lists nationwide suppliers.

• Arrange a display of Fairtrade posters and make samples available in the work kitchen and/or canteen.

• Write an article about Fairtrade for your intranet or staff newsletter.

• Arrange a workplace petition to persuade your company to offer Fairtrade foods.

Please note that the Fairtrade Foundation are unable to issue certificates for workplaces that offer Fairtrade products.

Resources

You can download the Fairtrade Catering Directory of companies that can supply Fairtrade foods and vending machines.

You can also order other resources and such as leaflets, posters and mugs.

Find out more at the Fairtrade at Work website and check out their downloadable resources such as leaflets and posters.