The Leeds Fairtrade Group is run by a small group of volunteers. We are now looking for a voluntary co-ordinator to help us. The role involves helping to initiate and organise events, help with running meetings – we meet six times a year on Friday mornings, and help with keeping our Twitter and Facebook pages up to date. Assistance with keeping our website up to date would also be helpful.
Ideally our volunteer would have the ability to facilitate and encourage volunteers’ ideas and actions, ability to work as part of a group, experience in “small event” management , and to be able to liaise with existing and potential partners across the city.
He/she would have IT and social media skills, ability to take the initiative as well as work as a positive team player and to be a creative thinker.
To have understanding of Fairtrade and global issues would be an advantage.
You will get a unique experience to network with passionate and knowledgeable volunteers across the city who want to make the world a fairer place! You will gain experience in managing websites, public speaking, running (small scale) events and making maximum impact on a shoestring!:)
Please contact us with brief details about yourself and your relevant experience if you would like to join us.
We were surprised at how many different flavours there are of M&S Fairtrade Chocolate.Here’s Hannah inviting a lady to try some. We also gave shoppers samples of Fairtrade tea and almost everyone we talked to knew about Fairtrade.
