Trade justice campaigner - supporting social and fair trade enterprise - working with cocoa farmers in Ghana via The FIG Tree https://fairtradecentre.org/workshops-2/ Was Ranavalona111 on the other placehttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mwujdzne7c27Palantir’s contract with NHS England is up for renewal in February 2027, with discussions expected to begin this year. This is a critical moment for us to tell the new Health Secr... https://www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved/take-action/sign-a-petition/tell-the-health-secretary-no-palantir-in-our-nhs/02 Oct 2026 04:18 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwujdzne7c27https://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mwr7nvmp222wPerfect that David Olusoga's excellent and important two part documentary about the Transatlantic Slave Trade and how it permeates all our lives and histories is airing during Fairtrade Fortnight It's why we should care about making trade fair. Our country was built on the labour of the enslaved30 Sep 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwr7nvmp222whttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mwpta2hqbk2xI had a boyfriend twenty years ago who used to call Nick Robinson a "Prestbury Tory Pipsqueak" I bear this in mind with every political interview he does #R4Today30 Sep 2026 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpta2hqbk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mwofb5zoak2tJust what you want to hear at 10.30am "There's a man in the shop who wants to handle that £80 wall art. I don't know how sober he is" Luckily he handled it with care and it was hard to smell how sober he was through all the testers of our organic fragrance spray he was availing himself of29 Sep 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwofb5zoak2thttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mwlmf3fpdk27Just realized I have accidentally signed up for a conference session entirely in French with no subtitles or translation. It's on a Sunday morning so I am very tempted to have a lie in and listen to the Archers instead of giving the organisers the headache of reassigning me.28 Sep 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlmf3fpdk27https://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mwip7465rs2cThing is, if you actually listen to the "legitimate concerns" they boil down to "we don't know who they are and they might be criminals or planning to sponge off us" which could be simply dealt with by 1. Safe and legal asylum routes 2. Allowing asylum seekers to work 3. Speed up Processing27 Sep 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwip7465rs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mwbyc33fds2iWatching Death in Paradise and I realize for most of my life I have been playing a version of Yellow Car whereby if Kevin Eldon appears on screen you immediately have to say "The Actor Kevin Eldon" I blame @herring1967.bsky.social24 Sep 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbyc33fds2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mw67kznw3k2tFeels like I've had the same "Fairtrade is too expensive for cash strapped customers" local radio interview every year for decades Yes it's a bit more expensive - because the others are too cheap to be sustainable This morning I went with: "there's more to the value of an item than just the price"23 Sep 2026 07:25 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw67kznw3k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mvupki36r224Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? https://www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-attend-eu-debate19 Sep 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvupki36r224https://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mvrlt7g5zk2vBut surely because the Met had "legitimate concerns" about the identity of the Putney Pusher it's completely fine for him to be doxxed and insulted on social media Or does that only apply if you aren't the great great grandson of Queen Victoria? Shades of "Do you know who I am?" #r4today18 Sep 2026 06:59 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvrlt7g5zk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mvq2q6l4hs2wThere is no greater feeling of relief than asking a tradesperson who's going to be in your house for a relatively short time if they want a cup of tea and they reply "No thank you" No awkward swigging as they head out the door but you get to feel like Lady Bountiful17 Sep 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvq2q6l4hs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mvo4iempdk2wI had to try to explain the Piddington situation to an Ethiopian asylum seeker today. How do you explain to someone who is busy volunteering to help with product photography that a village voted to leave the UK rather than have people like him living nearby?16 Sep 2026 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvo4iempdk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mvdowdm4js2mHas anyone explained why the field athletes at the #UltimateChampionships have to sit in discarded car seats while waiting to compete? Also, why do the trophies look like old school coffee makers? That and the pink sand, it's like some kind of fever dream12 Sep 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdowdm4js2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mv4iaiicm22sI didn't apply for university before I took my A Levels. It was an astute decision - I didn't want to put too much pressure on myself to achieve certain grades and frankly I didn't believe I was capable of the grades I ended up getting (3 As - decent for 1991) I applied for university afterwards09 Sep 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4iaiicm22shttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3muwrwni27k2zSaw an interesting proposal that £1 levy is charged on every parcel sent and the funds are ring fenced to support the local high street where that parcel is delivered. Independent shops and retailers like ours who send less than 5000 parcels a year would be exempt. It's getting local press traction [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwrwni27k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3muqysnbv4c2yAndy Burnham has the charisma of Tony Blair and the ethics of Gordon Brown Keir Starmer had the charisma of Gordon Brown and the ethics of Tony Blair05 Sep 2026 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqysnbv4c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3muhdv2hd722gThe fair trade community has been waiting with bated breath for news from Nepal in particular. We have a significant number of products made by Nepali artisans and sadly we've heard one of the knitters who make our winter hats is missing If you are able to donate: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/standwithnepaltoday?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL01 Sep 2026 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhdv2hd722ghttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3muew4fgzds2mIt's objectively hilarious that there are so many things that would result in automatic disqualification in this image. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3muew4fgzds2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3muee7ucxec2mIt's all very well making a blanket statement that nobody convicted of unlawful killing should be released until there's an elderly woman who took pity on her dying husband who was begging her to help him die or a woman who snaps after decades of domestic abuse & takes a knife to her violent husband31 Aug 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3muee7ucxec2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mu34bmpggk2zA lot of people kicking off about Sainsbury's taking on a few thousand young people on short term work experience placements arguing that they should instead give those same young people permanent contracts and pay them. Here's why this is unrealistic: 1. Not everyone is suited to retail work.27 Aug 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu34bmpggk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mu2jiyw3zk2zI do wish the media would stop telling us that lots of the people caught up in the horrifying flash floods in Nepal are tourists as though that's a special, more important category of people.27 Aug 2026 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2jiyw3zk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mtxr6qxalk2bI'm expecting at any minute to hear that Dolly the sheep was so named not because she was cloned from mammary cells but because Dolly Parton funded the ground breaking scientific research that made her. Titan, legend, genius. She will live long in our memories.26 Aug 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxr6qxalk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/joannafairtrade.bsky.social/post/3mtqygbigx22dSpeechless Shameless Diabolical [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:ltm77fcp64fcefzipsilbhme/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqygbigx22d