Transform Trade

Transform Trade We fight for trade that values people over profit. By donating today you can make an incredible difference to the lives of thousands of people across the world.

Traidcraft Exchange brings people together to fight injustice in trade and help protect the world's poorest communities against climate change.

🎁 There’s no need to panic to find Christmas gifts for friends and family - relax and save yourself the mad dash to buy ...
19/12/2025

🎁 There’s no need to panic to find Christmas gifts for friends and family - relax and save yourself the mad dash to buy presents with Transform Trade’s Gifts for Life e-cards!

These charity gifts are truly meaningful presents for your loved ones, featuring stories of producers from Kenya to Bangladesh, sharing just how impactful your support is.

Take a look: https://store-transform-trade.org/products/for-a-fabulous-friend-ecard

We just received an update from Pawan who leads our work with the Pahariya community - featured in this year's Christmas...
17/12/2025

We just received an update from Pawan who leads our work with the Pahariya community - featured in this year's Christmas appeal. He said,

"In the last few weeks many farmers have signed up to become shareholders in the Farmer Producer Company. The interest is bigger than we imagined - but the pressure is on.

Heavy rains in late October were followed by major pest problems for many farmers - we're looking to support them however we can. Setbacks hurt progress - we must protect the FPC and respond together."

For farmers in the Pahariya community - just to be seen as an equal in the world of trade has felt like an impossible task.

But we've worked with them to set up the Farmer Producer Company (FPC) - a producer-owned business that is already securing better prices for farmers and spreading good practice in the area.

As with all new businesses - these early days are crucial. This FPC - designed with fair trade in its bones - is full of potential. But before it grows, it is fragile.

You can support the Christmas appeal here: https://action.transform-trade.org/one-gift-many-blessings-christmas-appeal

🎄⏰Today is your last chance to order physical Gifts for Life cards – and have them arrive in time for Christmas! Gifts f...
15/12/2025

🎄⏰Today is your last chance to order physical Gifts for Life cards – and have them arrive in time for Christmas!

Gifts for Life are beautiful gifts for your friends and family – and truly meaningful ones. Every card is a donation, which funds Transform Trade’s work with producers in Africa and Asia, and each card contains a story from a farmer or artisan we’ve worked with.

When you purchase a Gifts for Life card, you’re making a real difference, helping create a world where everybody benefits fairly from their hard work – so don’t miss out! https://store-transform-trade.org/collections/gifts-for-life-cards-1

After over 1,500 Transform Trade supporters contacted their MP to demand fairness for smallholder farmers in upcoming UK...
11/12/2025

After over 1,500 Transform Trade supporters contacted their MP to demand fairness for smallholder farmers in upcoming UK deforestation legislation, we've taken the next step in our Don't Cut Out Smallholders campaign.⁠

Alongside Fairtrade Foundation, we have written to Mary Creagh MP, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - outlining our concerns with UKFRC regulations and our recommendations on how they can be changed to benefit smallholder farmers.⁠

We need rules that protect forests and support farmers. That means governments and companies must invest in farmers through training and resources, guaranteeing fair prices, giving farmers control of their data, and ensuring their voices are heard in decision-making spaces. ⁠

Read the full letter here: https://www.transform-trade.org/policy-resources/mary-creagh-letter-12-25

There’s just two days left to get involved in Crackerless Christmas! It's a £20 donation to support producers around the...
07/12/2025

There’s just two days left to get involved in Crackerless Christmas!

It's a £20 donation to support producers around the world, and a celebration pack designed to get everyone smiling and talking and laughing. Switch out your Christmas crackers for something far more meaningful this year: https://store-transform-trade.org/products/crackerless-christmas

GOOD NEWS for Kenyan farmers and BAD NEWS for UPOV91!⁠⁠A huge victory for food security, smallholder farmers, and the ba...
06/12/2025

GOOD NEWS for Kenyan farmers and BAD NEWS for UPOV91!⁠

A huge victory for food security, smallholder farmers, and the basic right to share seeds.⁠

The High Court of Kenya has ruled in favour of smallholder farmers, effectively decriminalising the age-old practice of saving, sharing, and exchanging indigenous seeds.⁠

If you haven't already, join our call to here: https://action.transform-trade.org/its-time-stopupov

Giving Tuesday is here and for one day only you can DOUBLE YOUR DONATION. Join our biggest day of generosity and help bu...
02/12/2025

Giving Tuesday is here and for one day only you can DOUBLE YOUR DONATION. Join our biggest day of generosity and help build a fairer future for producers around the world here: action.transform-trade.org/giving-tuesday-2025

Thanks to your support of our Regenerators Appeal, where eligible donations were matched pound for pound by the UK gover...
01/12/2025

Thanks to your support of our Regenerators Appeal, where eligible donations were matched pound for pound by the UK government, three years ago, we began collaborating with communities of farmers in the Pwani region of Tanzania, who are particularly vulnerable to climate change.

Now they are seeing the fruits of their labour - benefiting from sustainable technologies, climate-resilient farming techniques, and new business ventures. Read more: https://www.transform-trade.org/blog/adapting-to-climate-change-and-protecting-local-ecosystems-in-pwani-region-tanzania

We’re working with indigenous Pahariya communities in Jharkhand, India, helping farmers to grow their incomes and introd...
30/11/2025

We’re working with indigenous Pahariya communities in Jharkhand, India, helping farmers to grow their incomes and introduce climate-resilient farming.

Together this effective, community-based support costs approximately £21.28 per household – will you help farmers transform their futures through trade this Christmas? https://www.transform-trade.org/christmas

This includes training farmers in livestock husbandry, reintroducing traditional crops, business management skills and preserving quality seeds, as well as helping farmers enrol with social security schemes.

Next week it's Giving Tuesday (2nd Dec) -  and for one day only, all donations to our Christmas appeal will be doubled.I...
25/11/2025

Next week it's Giving Tuesday (2nd Dec) - and for one day only, all donations to our Christmas appeal will be doubled.

It will be the BIGGEST match funding total we've ever had and that means two things...

1️⃣The impact of your generosity will travel further than ever this year
2️⃣We need your support next week to take full advantage of the opportunity

Over the years, this single day of combined generosity has become a powerful force for good. This year we're inviting you to be part of it once again - and to help us make it the biggest yet.

🚗We’ve been working with Giveacar for over a decade, who have helped transform unwanted vehicles in thousands of pounds ...
24/11/2025

🚗We’ve been working with Giveacar for over a decade, who have helped transform unwanted vehicles in thousands of pounds of donations to Transform Trade, thanks to our amazing supporters.

If you have a car, motorbike or other vehicle you’d like to dispose of, Giveacar will collect it for free, arrange for the vehicle to be sold or recycled, and donate the proceeds. Find out more: https://www.transform-trade.org/give-differently

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