Fair Trade Communities & Membership

Whether you are new to Fair Trade or are looking to get more involved, there are exciting and creative ways to inform your friends, family and community about Fair Trade and trade justice.

Learn more about Fair Trade by reading our frequently asked questions.

With every Fair Trade gift given or every cup of Fairtrade coffee drunk, we are helping to make a difference to farmers and workers, artisans, their families and communities.  With your involvement that number can grow.                                                                                               

Find out how you can get involved with Fair Trade at school, at work, at university or in your local community.  Whether you are a heartened individual or part of a group, every voice and every action counts.  Start your journey into Fair Trade and trade justice here!

Join the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand.

Membership of the Fair Trade Association is available to businesses, organisations and individuals who support fair trade. There are two levels of membership — Members and Friends. Download the membership form and find out what is involved!

Fair Trade Association - Australia Membership Form

Fair Trade Association - New Zealand Membership Form

Fair Trade Network Groups.

In Australia and New Zealand, active Fair Trade Network Groups work to spread the good work of Fair Trade. To find a local group, download the profile booklet.

Fair Trade Association - Fair Trade Network Groups, Profiles and Contacts

Fair Trade Communities

The following links will download  information on the Fair Trade Association's Fair Trade Communities program.

Fair Trade Workplaces
Uses the Guidelines titled: Guidelines for Individual Organizations
- Guidelines (PDF)
- Application (Word)

Fair Trade Schools
- Guidelines (PDF)
- Application (Word)

Fair Trade Universities
- Guidelines (PDF)
- Application (Word)

Fair Trade Towns (Councils)
- Guidelines (PDF)
- Application (Word)

Fair Trade Faith Groups
Uses the Guidelines titled: Guidelines for Individual Organizations
- Guidelines (PDF)
- Application (Word)

Fair Trade Individual Organizations
Individual organizations interested in becoming a Fair Trade Community could include: offices, community halls, faith groups, sports clubs as well as other types of clubs like youth groups.
- Guidelines (PDF)
- Application (Word)

Further information?

Our Fair Trade Communities email contacts are on the guidelines in the above documents. We do not list them on the web page so as to prevent spam - thanks. We also have general contact info on the contact page.