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Speaker Network donations

As well as spreading the word, a number of our speakers have also raised some money for Traidcraft Exchange. Over £3,000 of donations were sent to us last year from just over 100 Speakers who had either raised this money at talks they’d given or sent us their expenses as a donation.

Thank you to all our speakers

A huge thank you to our 530 Traidcraft Speakers across the country.

Our Traidcraft Speaker Network is really going from strength to strength and now we're spreading the word of Traidcraft to more than 35,000 people every year.

The difference your donation could make

Although closely linked, Traidcraft Exchange is not funded by the profits of Traidcraft plc, as these are re-invested back into the company in order to grow its business and benefit further fair trade producers.

The work of Traidcraft Exchange complements the plc’s trading activities with wider work to help poor producers, both plc suppliers and others, overcome the barriers that prevent them benefiting from trade.

In Tanzania, our Bee Fair project is helping people like Jabiri. We are working with local partners to improve beekeepers' livelihoods through developing links to markets, improving the efficiency of production and quality of the honey, and organising beekeepers to help them trade more effectively.

"This season I have 25 buckets of honey and we harvest twice a year. But it takes 10 buckets of honey to pay for one child at secondary school. My children would not be going to school without money from honey."
Jabiri Nassoro

If you would like to donate your expenses.

    • Donate by post. Please send a cheque made payable to Traidcraft Exchange, with the reference "Speaker Scheme donation" on the back of the cheque or in a covering note.
    • Donate by phone. Call us on 0191 497 6445 to donate by credit/debit card.

If you would like more information on how to ask your audience for a donation – or more leaflets on Traidcraft Exchange, donation forms or gift aid declarations please email us or telephone 0191 497 6445.

Also if you’d like us to thank the group (if they’ve donated the money) then please remember to let us have their details.

Thanks again for your great support.