Truck of Fairtrade Bananas © Fairtrade Foundation

Just Fair Trade Challenge
31st January 2008



Just is currently working with 7 city and county secondary schools; Judgemeadow, Rushey Mead, Hamilton, Guthlaxton, Maplewell Hall, English Martyrs and City of Leicester who have entered the Just fair trade challenge, one of the Excellence in Enterprise challenges run by LEBC each year.

A group of 6 students from each school came to the shop for a visit and to be informed and enthused about fair trade. They are now back in their schools mounting a fair trade awareness raising campaign. Their ideas range from completions, assemblies, and tuck shops to lobbying their catering staff to include one fair trade item on the canteen menu every day.

They return in the spring to give a presentation about their campaign, its success and lessons learnt and then the winners will receive their awards at a glamorous presentation evening in the summer.

This is the second year we have been part of this scheme, last year over 70 students from 10 schools were at the celebration evening along with 11 diverse businesses including HSBC, Asda, the Army, Connexions and British Gas.