AGM 2013
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- Published on 10 June 2013
You are warmly invited to this year's Annual General Meeting of the One World Shop which will be held on
Thursday 20th June at 7pm
at Henderson's @ St John's, St Johns Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh EH2 4BJ
Please come for 7pm and enjoy some refreshments before we start. After the formal meeting you are invited to stay on to hear Winnie Wood, a volunteer from the Edinburgh shop. Winnie will be speaking about the exciting trip she recently made to Sri Lanka on a Traidcraft Meet the People Tour where she met several of our suppliers.
Our Annual Report and Accounts will be available to pick up on the night but if you cannot attend we will happily send you out a copy.
Non-members are welcome to attend but kindly reminded that they cannot comment or vote in any matters during the formal meeting. To become a member of One World Shop, see our membership page.
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Glasgow Shop Closure 22nd June 2013
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- Published on 10 June 2013
A HUGE thank you to all our loyal customers, supporters and friends for their messages of support for our Glasgow Shop. Unfortunately we will close our doors for the last time at 5.30pm on Saturday 22nd June. We are now selling off the majority of our stock so do come along and enjoy a 20% discount off everything except food and drink, before it all goes.
We are also selling off our shelving and other shop fittings, so if you are interested in any of our wonderful oak shelving, glass cabinets or IKEA shelving please get in touch with Elaine or Rachel on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Click here for images: For Sale - Shelving)
Please join us on Wednesday 19th June at our Farewell Party in the shop from 4 - 7pm, tea and cakes will be available. Everyone is welcome, especially all of our loyal customers, this is to say THANK YOU for your great support over the years.
So where next?
Sadly, we have had no luck in finding a low cost alternative shop or even an office in the West End as yet but we are ever hopeful and have some potential irons in the fire. Our plan is to re-locate to an office or room in the next few months where we will continue to run our education work in schools, supply our regular stalls with stock and have all the equipment to run pop-up shops, stalls at Festivals and events and potentially a short-let Christmas shop. We have applied for funding to help us with this work and will hear the results of that in August. Once we have built up our resources again and the economy is improving we certainly plan to be back running a shop in Glasgow at some time in the future. In the meantime, our Edinburgh shop will continue to run and resource any stall or talk requests from Glasgow.
Keep in touch
We are not far away so please keep in touch. If there is any Fair Trade event, talk or stall you would like us to be involved with, we would love to hear about it. Or if you just can't live without some of our products, we are happy to post them to you via mail order, just drop us an email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or give our Edinburgh shop a ring on 0131 229 4541
Warmest wishes
Rachel, Elaine and all the Glasgow team
For Sale - Shelving
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- Published on 10 June 2013
We are selling some of the shop fittings from the Glasgow shop. Wooden IKEA shelving is also available (not pictured).
Please contact us if you would like to make an offer on anything.
Elaine Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 0141 337 6117
Rachel Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 0131 229 4541
African Stories - Free Kids Event Saturday 15th June
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- Published on 07 June 2013
Mara Menzies is a fascinating storyteller, passionate about bringing African stories to life. Mara grew up in Kenya listening to many stories from anyone who wanted to share what they too had once heard. Now she has become the storyteller, sharing tales based on myth, folklore and historical characters with a huge range of different audiences.
Come and meet Mara on Saturday 15th June at One World Shop Edinburgh where she will be telling stories through music, dance and workshops full of fun activities!
This free event runs from 2:30 - 4:30pm on Saturday 15th June 2013 at One World Shop in Edinburgh (West End of Princes Street - Under St John's Church). Refreshments will be available and is suitable for children of any age. The event will be held outside under a gazebo canopy - please remember to wear sunscreen!
Contact the office for more details. Tel: 0131 229 4541 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Date: Saturday 17th June 2013
Time: 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Location: One World Shop Edinburgh
Cost: Free
Suitable for: Children of any age
Wheelchair/buggy access: via the Princes Street entrance next to St John's mural
FairPhone
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- Published on 15 May 2013
Fairphone is a social enterprise based in Amsterdam whose mission is to develop a seriously cool smartphone that is designed and produced with minimal harm to people and planet. Taking a step-by-step approach, Fairphone aims to make the story behind the production of electronics more transparent, raising the bar for the industry and giving consumers a choice for fairer electronics. The FairPhone will be affordable, ethically sourced and manufactured in decent conditions.
Fairness starts at production, which involves many different people and locations and goes from raw material input to assembly all the way to end-of-life and recycling. They also look at fairness through the eyes of a user, by offering fair prices, and fair options (ability to modify, root, dual sim, etc).
The phone will be available for pre-order exclusively via their website starting 21 May 2013.
