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Where to buy Revolver Fairtrade coffee (with interactive Google Map)

Our Fairtrade roast and ground 227g coffees are already available in around 50 Midcounties and Penrith Co-operative supermarkets as well as from Infinity Wholefoods Co-operative in Brighton! Want to find your nearest store? Use our handy map and search features to locate your store. You can order our coffee direct from Revolver World online - every purchase includes a free music download and half-price ecru Organic Fairtrade cotton T-shirt.

Click here for the interactive Google Map to find your nearest store...

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Fairtrade Foundation: "The value of Fairtrade coffee"

December 2nd, 2011 by Christopher Woods

Bean to Cup: The Real Value of Fairtrade Coffee
Written by Kate Lewis, Fairtrade Foundation

 

My visit to the coffee farmers of Cepicafe and Cecovasa… it was so many things – eyeopening, educational and inspiring. If every consumer could take the journey I took, we would value our daily cups of coffee even more. To get the coffee beans in our cups the journey is long, involving many steps, many people, thousands of miles and lots of hard work.

The lives of coffee farmers in such remote areas are hard to imagine. Fairtrade has helped them to change their own lives and build strong futures for their businesses. Belonging to co-ops gives them access to markets worldwide and training in coffee production, and investment in machinery for better, higher yields.

The machinery above is a good example. Farmers bought this new coffee sorting machine to replace the manual equipment used by many farmers in the area, making it much easier and faster to sort their beans.

'Fairtrade is the best thing that could happen to small producers because besides having better prices, they have better living conditions. They also have better self esteem and they value themselves as producers. Now, to be a producer, is something to be proud of.' Javier, General Manager, Sol y Cafe/Cepicafe. » Read more: Fairtrade Foundation: "The value of Fairtrade coffee"

Posted in Discussion, Editorial, Fellow Fairtraders

Revolver partners with Co-op supergroup to release Mencap charity single

December 1st, 2011 by Christopher Woods

Peter Marks (L), CEO of Co-operative Food and drummer in Angel Square with Paul Birch (R), MD of Revolver World

Revolver World has worked with the Co-operative for a while -- our coffee is in Midcounties Co-operatives around the country -- now we are giving back to the co-operative movement. We're working with a 'co-operative supergroup'  of individuals who all work at The Co-operative Group's Manchester headquarters, helping them to release a charity single this Christmas in aid of Mencap through our sister company, indie record label Revolver Records.

We visited the group at their final recording session in Manchester last month; pictured above is our MD Paul Birch with the group's drummer... No less than Co-op Group Chief Executive Peter Marks!

We're delighted to be working with Co-op Group on this charity single - all proceeds will benefit Mencap and we're also making a donation on the single's release day. More details will be published next week; keep watching the Revolver World web site, Facebook and Twitter feed for details!

Posted in Charitable Causes, Co-operative News, Company News, General

Co-Op To Bid For Lloyd's Branches

November 7th, 2011 by Claire (Revolver World)

Robert Peston Business Editor of BBC News today stated;

I have learned that the board of Co-Op has decided today that Co-Op Banking group will submit a second-round bid for the 632 branches and £36bn of deposits being sold by Lloyds as Verde.

Here is my earlier post on why Co-Op would be favourite to own these branches, once it has made a bid.

Co-Op will make the announcement in the next half hour or so, I understand - but will not submit a bid till next week.

So far Lloyds has only received one bid, of around £1.5bn, from NBNK, the newly created business set up to buy banks.

The bid from the Co-Op is a bit of good news for Lloyds, in a week when its chief executive decided to take a temporary leave of absence, to recover from exhaustion.

(Source: BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15600810)

 

 

Posted in Co-operative News, Discussion, General

Fairtrade and Fair Trade USA split over trade mark differences

September 26th, 2011 by Claire (Revolver World)

FLO and Fair Trade USA (formerly Trans Fair) are to split amidst discontent from grass roots supporters that Fairtrade is a movement and should not be a Registered Trademark. A joint announcement by both parties on the 15th of September stated:

While Fairtrade International and Fair Trade USA continue to share a belief in producer empowerment and improving life for farmers and workers through better terms of trade, “we recognize that we have different perspectives on how best to achieve this common mission.”  This recognition led to FTUSA’s decision to resign its membership as of 31 December 2011.1

» Read more: Fairtrade and Fair Trade USA split over trade mark differences

  1. Source: Fairtrade.net news article 897 [↩]

Posted in Discussion, Fellow Fairtraders

Previously Unseen Ken Loach Film set to air in September

August 22nd, 2011 by Emma (Revolver World)

The controversial Save the Children film, funded and then banned by Save the Children, is set to be publicly viewed for the first time in over 40 years as part of BFI’s celebration for Ken Loach's 75th birthday.

It has been recently revealed that Ken Loach's film "Save the Children" is due to be aired publicly for the first time this year - over 40 years since the film's creation in 1969. Originally created to be a film celebrating Save the Children’s 50th anniversary it soon became apparent that while Save the Children thought they were funding a film to advertise and celebrate their years, Loach was in-fact directing an hour long exposé showing the charity to have a hidden abusive and bigoted side (Beck. S, 2011). No strangers to controversy Loach’s films have long been famed for their exposure of the issues facing the underdogs of society made the director an odd choice. The charity was originally so unhappy with the film that they partitioned for the destruction of the negatives, however, a single copy was saved by Loach's lawyer Irving Teitelbaum under the premise that it would never be seen by the public held within the BFI national Archive (Gritten.D, 2011). The film which includes interviews with various members of the charity and surrounding communities aims to evoke debate. The film uses contrasts and commentary to bring to light issues that surrounded charity work at the time. Such an example might be commentary from different figures including those who disapprove of the use of solely English in selective African schools disallowing African languages to be spoken on the campuses stating it isolates the children from their society (Beck. S, 2011). » Read more: Previously Unseen Ken Loach Film set to air in September

Posted in Editorial, Viewpoints

LUCIA - helping young girls reach their potential

July 15th, 2011 by Sarah (Revolver World)

Kenya Children Centres rescues destitute orphan girls and cares for them in a safe and loving environment.  The children live in small family units, each with a house mother who looks after them as she would care for her own children.  They provide each child with food, shelter, education, health care and a home that is free from conflict, abuse and exploitation.  They  have been caring for children since 1999.

The NGO has been key on helping young girls reaching their potential, and supports them at the most important times of their lives as they grow. It is very humbling to be able to be involved with a charity who help those who have been excluded most in society. The down-turn of the economy has had impacts world-wide, but some of the worst impacts have been on those already on the margins of the chronic poverty- line. » Read more: LUCIA - helping young girls reach their potential

Posted in Discussion