Huzzah! Some of you may or may not know that I have just set my own exciting Community Interest Company with my very good friend, Helen Robinson. Here is a bit of something, something to tell you all about what we do!
fairandfunky was officially launched at an event in Holmfirth this month.
fairandfunky is a community interest company with the mission statement: “empowering people to take little steps to change the world”. We chose to be a community interest company as we are more that just an ordinary business. Our profits will be reinvested into the company so we can deliver workshops for free to disadvantaged community groups, develop a fairandfunky festival and eventually train and employ local people.
We believe that as individuals we have the power to make a positive difference in the world. Through the way we act, what we wear, where we shop and what we do. fairandfunky enables people to make those positive choices and empowers people to take their own little steps to change the world. We do this in 2 ways:
1. fairandfunky pop up
All of our products are fair and funky. They are either recycled, fairly traded, or organic - sometimes all 3. We work with suppliers who can tell us where the product was made and by whom. We sell a range of gifts as well as homeware, jewellery, soft toys, books and soaps. This range will grow and change as fairandfunky grows.
We are thrilled to be able to announce that from June 2nd fairandfunky products will be available to buy from Avid Farmshop in Hazlehead. With thanks to Karen we have been able to fill her shelves and fairandfunky has a residency.
But we do also pop up with our products at festivals, events, markets, and at home. We’re always interested in new ideas so do let us know if you have a good one!
2. fairandfunky workshops
Our main source of income and focus is our workshops. We deliver interactive workshops on 3 key global themes: recycling, the environment and Fairtrade; to schools and community groups. The workshops are adapted to suit either KS1 or KS2 and educate children on the issues presented by these 3 key global themes. The workshops range from creative arts to debates; from roleplay to junk modelling with a difference. All of which are suitable for a school based environment and youth groups such as guiding and scouting.
The workshops are available from September 2012. Do get in touch if you’d like to book one.
fairandfunky website
Working with We are Coda we have developed our brand and have a new website! At the moment you can sign up to our newsletter, and find out more information about us, but we are hoping that the site will be developed into a selling site very soon, so watch this space!
We are looking for funding to be able to progress to a selling website before Christmas. If you know of any funding opportunites that you think fairandfunky will be able to access, please let us know.
Thanks for your support!
