We met lots of lovely mums and their babies and made footprint pledges as part of our  "Babies first steps" campaign for Fairtrade Fortnight. There was lots of paint and lots of mess and the babies loved it!  All of the footprints were displayed at our Fairtrade event at Brighton and Hove Junior School the following day and for every painting we took to exhibit, we also gave the mums a footprint on a card to take away with them.

At Red Jelly classes, which run throughout the week, children play with and explore a variety of art and craft activities in their own time and own way.

Red Jelly was set up by Tash Tamlyn, a mum to two young children.An art and craft enthusiast, who just loves making things, Tash hopes to share her creativity and imagination with parents/carers and children, in a playful environment. 

Red Jelly is a fantastic activity for both children and mums, all three of our little monkeys love being able to make as much mess as they want, painting, singing, exploring and being creative without limitation. 

Here's some of the artwork the babies created!....

We had a great time at Brighton and Hove Junior School on Friday night, taking part in their Fairtrade event. The event was well supported and we met lots of lovely children and parents who were all committed to ‘Take a Step for Fairtrade.  

We displayed all of our lovely ‘Baby steps to Fairtrade’ artwork which looked really colourful and it was great to see all of the little footprint pledges. We received a great deal of interest in our products and spoke to dozens of people about why we have chosen to use Fairtrade ingredients and why it is so important to us. The raw Shea Butter we displayed on our stand was rather a hit, with mums rubbing it into their hands for immediate nourishment. Claudine and I particularly enjoyed the Fairtrade chocolate samples too!

Thank you for Alison and the rest of the team that organised the event for allowing us to be part of  it and for making it so successful.

So, armed with our Fairtrade coffees, Claudine and I are busily getting ready for the first of our events, ‘Baby Steps to Fairtrade’ in conjunction with Red Jelly creative play in Brighton where we are inviting little ones and their parents to paint their footprints for us to exhibit as part of a display at our second event at Brighton and Hove Junior School on Friday evening.

We use as many Fairtrade ingredients as are possible to source for our skin care range and all of our products have been certified by the Fairtrade Foundation. Fairtrade provides a better deal for producers in developing countries, creating opportunities for farmers and workers to improve their lives, their communities and protect their environment.

Take the raw shea butter we use in our nappy balm for example. This is produced in Ghana by the Akoma Co-operative Multipurpose Society who process nuts gathered from the karite tree grown in Bolgatanga Upper East Region Ghana. The Fairtrade premium received is helping members of the village of Pisi-Namogo, particularly the more vulnerable women, children and elderly, to rise out of poverty