Campaigns

The Robin Hood Tax

February 10, 2010 – 10:14 am by janet173

I have been very impressed by the ideas for a tiny tax on bank to bank transactions put forward by Richard Curtis and Bill Nighy which they are calling the ‘Robin Hood’ tax. This would generate billions of pounds a year half of which would be spent in Britain on issues such as child poverty, [...]

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‘The Big Swap’ Fairtrade Fortnight, 22 February – 7 March 2010

December 7, 2009 – 1:56 pm by suzannei

QPSW is encouraging Friends and others to help raise awareness of the benefits of Fairtrade by taking part in Fairtrade Fortnight 2010.  The theme for Fairtrade Fortnight 2010 is  ‘The Big Swap’ and as part of this Fairtrade supporters will be asking the nation to swap their usual, sugar, oranges, socks, toiletries and other items [...]

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Stand Up!

September 25, 2009 – 5:24 pm by Sunniva

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I’d really like to encourage Friends to get involved in Stand Up as many Friends have in previous years. It’s a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate to our leaders that citizens really do care about poverty and climate change, and to stand in solidarity with people affected by these issues around the world.
There are many ways [...]

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Campaigns and Advocacy

The abolition of slavery, the writing-off of billions of pounds worth of developing country debts and the mainstreaming of Fairtrade products are just some of the positive economic changes that have happened as a result of ordinary people campaigning to persuade political or economic decision makers to do things differently.

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