1. Embedding Fairtrade in your local authority
How to navigate the world of Local Government

2. Contents This presentation is here to provide the following:
Introduction
What do you want
Easy wins
Where to look for information
How to engage
Who else
Any questions
Contents

3. I am Joe Lee,
Social Value officer at London Borough of Lewisham
I cover:
Fairtrade
London Living Wage
Tackling poverty through procurement
Public sector partnership work
Who I am

4. What do you want? What do you want from the Council?
Put together a clear request of support from the Council including:
Resources required (e.g. staff/funding/space)
Timescales
Communication plan
Elected officials
Just to support your Fairtrade renewal
What do you want?

5. Easy wins with the Council
Space – if the Council has any space it can provide for free e.g Civic Hall
Easy wins with the Council

6. Easy wins with the Council
Communication of events via Social Media or websites a lot of this can be reactive e.g. retweets of your tweets by the Council
Easy wins with the Council

7. Where to look Now where do I look? Keywords: Fairtrade Sustainability
Social Value
Procurement
Where to look

8. Now where do I look?
Where to look

9. Now where do I look?
All policies
Key contacts
Where to look

10. Where to look Fairtrade
The Council wishes to encourage contractors, suppliers and service providers engaged to work for the Council to show a commitment to Fairtrade.
The Council is committed to
Lewisham achieving and maintaining “Fairtrade Borough” status by meeting the five goals necessary to become a designated Fairtrade Borough.
Further information on fairtrade can be found at:
Where to look

11. Go to:
Councillors – they will have public meetings you can attend
first – always best to as it allows officers to find the right people internally – Councils are big employers there are a lot of people we don’t know
Via local assemblies – Council representation will be there, good to have a community wanting to be involved
How to engage

12. Who else There are others you can influence: University's Hospitals
Housing Associations
Local Chamber of Commerce
All of these will have ties into the Council and may be able to influence
Who else

13. Any questions?