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Rainbow Turtle is a group of committed individuals helping to promote Fair Trade in Paisley and Renfrewshire. We believe that by selling fair trade products and teaching about fair trade in schools we create a virtuous circle between ourselves and farmers and producers in the global south.
What is fair trade?
Fair Trade is a partnership between producers and consumers which ensures producers in the developing world have good working conditions and fair prices.
Want to know more about Fair Trade? You’ll find our handy introduction here.
You can also read about Rainbow Turtle’s history, and how Rainbow Turtle the Charity and Rainbow Turtle the Trading Company work together.
Want help promoting Fair Trade in your business, faith group or school? Check out the relevant sections of the site – they’re here just for you. As well as providing advice and educational materials, Rainbow Turtle offers stalls for Schools and Faith Groups, making accessing Fair Trade simpler.
Want to buy Fair Trade products? Visit our Paisley shop. Looking for that special gift for someone? Contact us about our fair trade hampers.
Interested in learning more about Rainbow Turtle? You can keep up to date by subscribing to our monthly newsletter. Clicking on the link will take you to an online form. Please note that when you complete it you will be sent a confirmation email. If you haven’t received the email within 5 minutes check your spam or junk mail folder.
Latest news
- Meet the Volunteers Episode 4In episode 6 of our current series we meet 3 more volunteers from Rainbow Turtle. First up is Kitty McEachen, an escapee from Glasgow who, to her surprise, found that Paisley wasn’t such a bad place to live in, especially when she came upon Rainbow Turtle and some of the committed volunteers, including the inspiring… Continue reading Meet the Volunteers Episode 4
- Save the date – RT AGM 29/10/24Just to give you an early heads up, Rainbow Turtle charity will be holding its annual general meeting on Tuesday 29th October at Paisley Methodist Halls at 7pm. Following the business part of our meeting, Margaret Foggie of Olive Tree, we will be giving us a talk about the work that they do in Palestine.… Continue reading Save the date – RT AGM 29/10/24
- Meet the Volunteers Episode 3In episode 5 of series 3 of our podcast we meet Elise Kelly, our creative shop manager. Elise has been in charge for about three and a half years. She joined us when we were just coming out of covid when things were tight and sales were poor. During that time Elise has transformed Rainbow… Continue reading Meet the Volunteers Episode 3
Rainbow Turtle is a member of Scottish Fair Trade and the British Association of Fair Trade Shops
Other fair trade organisations we’re involved with:
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