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Easter Greetings &
News from SUSSED
fair local eco-chic
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Thanks To All Our Customers
Everyone has a choice about how they spend their money, making conscious choices is a powerful way to make a difference to tackling the social and environmental challenges we face.
This includes the products we buy (from SUSSED), the companies we buy from and the banks we entrust our money with (we’re with the Cooperative Bank).
Across Britain people are making these conscious choices at a growing rate, according to the recent 2015 Ethical Consumer Market Report, despite difficult market conditions.
Thanks to you, SUSSED has maintained its sales despite the recession and internet sales – let’s all keep bucking the general retail trend.
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Sustainable Wales Election Question Time Porthcawl Y Centre April 15, 7.00 – 9.30pm
Your Questions Wanted
All candidates have been invited. Chairperson is Richard Thomas.
Please bring into SUSSED or send questions by Wed. April 13th to the charity. email robert.minhinnick@sustainablewales.org.uk
Questions on urgent local issues like the regeneration of Porthcawl are particularly welcome. Others might include re-instatement of a rail link, climate change, fracking and fuel poverty. But we feel the coming referendum on EU membership is almost certain to arise.
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Fairtrade Open Evening Event
Friday, April 22 7.00pm
A date for your diary! At The Green Room (above SUSSED 4/5 James Street, Porthcawl). All welcome.
Presentation by guest speaker Elen Jones, National Coordinator, Fairtrade Wales.
The evening will include a glass of Fairtrade wine and a buffet.
SUSSED is offering 10% reduction on all fairly traded goods.
Organised by Bridgend Fairtrade Partnership.
Find out more, join us, all are welcome. For more details tel. 01656 783962. www.sustainablewales.org.uk/events |
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News Check
The true cost of cheap jeans
The Guardian has accused Lidl of paying just 23p per hour to workers
(8hours x 6 days per week) to make its cheap jeans.
Lidl is currently marketing a pair of jeans at £5.99. That is more than £3 cheaper than Primark and £12 less than Tesco sells their cheapest denims for.
How do they do it? The newspaper says it's not magic its exploitation.
Cadbury’s Tax Avoidance
Owned now by US food-giant Mondelez (formerly Kraft) for 5 years is another multi-sized outfit who has set up a dodgy tax avoidance scheme.
The founders of Cadbury will be turning in their graves said Margaret Hodge, Chair of the Commons all party committee on responsible tax.
Channel 4’s Dispatches 22/3/16 also revealed what the company have got up to since it was bought by Mondelez. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/
For too long HMRC have sent signals to the multinationals that they are prepared to negotiate everything.
What can you do?
We’re urging you to pledge to boycott Cadbury’s, who made £96.5 million profit in 2014, until at least it pays a fair amount of corporation tax. And buy your fairly traded chocolate from SUSSED.
SUSSED now has an Ebay shop offering charity donation.
We are slowly developing our range on eBay. Please tell friends and family that if they use the site, 10% will be donated to our charity Sustainable Wales. Bamboo socks, one of our best-sellers are ideal gifts. Order online and we will post away for you. Or you can see the fab new spring and summer selection also in SUSSED.
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New in SUSSED
Leather Bags and Purses
Check out the new beautiful leather bags and purses made by Leatherwise run by Penny & Ian Thyer, volunteer Melanie Johson’s Mum and Dad. The handbags have lots of zips and pockets and are made from off-cuts of soft leather but are very hard-wearing and make lovely, practical gifts.
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Fab New Tops for Spring
See the selection of new women’s tops from an ethical organic company called ‘Mudd and Water’ based in London to add to our popular ‘Braintree’ range.
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Shop News
Local Crafter Helps Families in Zambia
Our most recent window display has featured a number of bright knitted baby clothes in support of Friends of Monze.
Started by Deana Owen, it is a rapidly growing kitchen-table charity striving to help the people of Monze in Zambia - challenges facing the locals include HIV/AIDS, climate change and poverty. Aside from knitting children’s wear to raise funds to support the charity, Deana periodically flies to visit the area to lend a hand and assist with local projects including providing a borehole and a pig rearing project.
Should you wish to support Friends of Monze, baby and toddlers knitted wear can be purchased in the shop or to invite Deana to speak at your organisation call her on 07807 660543.
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Recent and Forthcoming Events
Fairtrade Fortnight 2016
Fairtrade Foundation Research shows that:
- In the world's main tea producing regions, more than 30% of children are malnourished – resulting in stunted physical and mental development. In Malawi, this rises to 50%
- 65% of cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire lack enough resources for food during the months of July and August. 80% live on less than 40p a day per person.
- Smallholder coffee farmers in three Central American countries were found to have no guarantee of food security for 3-4 months every year.
There has been lots of activity due to Fairtrade Fortnight which ran from the 29th - 13th March 2016. SUSSED celebrated by giving away freebie chocolates, samples of tea and coffee while raising awareness.
Our ‘Stand Up for Farmers, Sit Down Breakfast’ event, which was held upstairs in the Green Room above SUSSED, offered organic and local produce as well as Fairtrade teas, coffees and juices. Locally produced handmade cakes proved particularly popular. Thanks to all those cooks!
Many local schools and churches across the borough joined in the fortnight’s celebrations. Pencoed and Porthcawl Comprehensive schools and Nottage Primary and Coychurch Primary all had Fairtrade school stalls supplied by SUSSED. This helps the schools maintain their Fairtrade Status, while also raising awareness about the importance of sustainable farming and production as well as ethical consumerism.
Fairtrade Hamper Raffle Winner
Big thanks to everyone who bought a raffle ticket in our draw to win a Hamper packed with Fairtrade goodies. Congratulations to Mr H we hope you are enjoying your prize!
SUSSED can supply Fairtrade, organic and ethical goodies for any event – please contact alexis@sustainablewales.org.uk
Looking for products?
Ask at the desk in SUSSED if you would like us to order anything specific or vegan or gluten free. We will check availability from our wholesaler and try to accommodate you. Please leave contact details.
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Latest Sustainable Wales Project
‘Shine A Light?’
A campaign film promoting Wales-wide local energy
Produced by Sustainable Wales and supported by Community Energy Wales. see here http://www.sustainablewales.org.uk/shine-light
Our film contains local images of the Cenin ‘renewable energy cluster’ at Stormy Down and Porthcawl’s iconic breakwater, rapidly becoming world famous because of its breaking waves.
‘Shine a Light?’ proposes that all UK political parties commit themselves to locally owned renewable energy schemes.
Wales and the UK lag far behind our European neighbours and some states in the USA regarding local energy production.
Producer, Margaret Minhinnick, Director Sustainable Wales says: “Shine a Light? supports the idea of democratising our energy supply, bringing ownership and profit back into communities whilst reducing climate change.“
Music is supplied by Twm Morys, singing traditional Glamorgan ‘tribannau’ to his own tune. It was recorded in the Minhinnicks’ bathroom - another integral Porthcawl feature.
Get in touch if you want to help this campaign.
As members of Community Energy Wales we want to see:
- Targets for community energy in Wales
- A right of local supply
- Easing of the planning process for Community Renewables
- Measures to address grid constraints
- A community right to buy in Wales
- Co-ordinated and co-designed support for Community Energy in Wales
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Watch the film "Shine a Light?" created by Sustainable Wales
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Hire the Green Room above SUSSED
The space has been successfully used for business meetings, performances, readings, lectures, album launches and workshops. Users have included, Arts Council of Wales, Environment Wales, local surfers and the Green Party. An attractive and intimate space for 20 – 30 people, daytime or evening bookings available.
Find out more on the Sustainable Wales site
Contact the Sustainable Wales office on info@sustainablewales.org.uk or telephone 01656 783962 to discuss your personal requirements.
Community Talks available
SUSSED and Sustainable Wales are now offering talks to groups. If you are in a community group who provides a schedule of speakers for some evening meetings and would like a presentation about our work, we will endeavour to support. The evening can also include a stall offering a display or samples of goods available at SUSSED. A donation would be welcome. Please contact Alexis or Margaret on 01656 783962 or mm@sustainablewales.org.uk.
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www.sussedwales.com
Tel: 01656 783 962
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SUSSED is Recruiting Volunteers
SUSSED is a community cooperative, run by the community for the community, and volunteers are the backbone of our organisation. People help because they want to make a commitment, gain new friends, learn new things, get creative, increase experience, add to their cv and/or feel passionately about people and the planet.
Tasks range from retail and customer sales, shop display and promotion, cleaning, to admin assistants and event help. We are open from Monday to Saturday and on average, people work for a morning or an afternoon.
Do you have time to spare or can pass on this request to others? If so, please email Alexis alexis@sustainablewales.org.uk or call 01656 783 962 for a chat. |
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