Generating Opportunities

Our Social Accounts Report details our social, economic and environmental impact. Please take some time to read through the Shared Interest Social Accounts audited report for 2022 - 2023.

This issue is packed full of news, including highlights from our online AGM and stories of our customers in Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda and Uganda, where your investment is making a significant difference to farmers and their wider communities.

With this QR 130 and Summary Annual Review, we share insights into impact studies with customers EDUCE and CAYAT, deforestation monitoring, Shared Interest Foundation's 20th Anniversary and our Society and Foundation financial accounts.

In this issue, we share our focus on extending support to a wider range of producers, whilst weaving emerging global issues into our actions, such as the climate emergency; rise in global poverty; supply chain disruptions and technological advancements. 

We have lots to share with you in this issue. We reflect on our first face-to-face supporter events since 2019, explore coffee pricing and Fairtrade certifications within the contexts of our customers, celebrate our volunteers and much more.

This issue is packed full of news, including a feature on our online AGM. There is also a feature focusing on Peruvian coffee co-operative, COOPARM and longterm customer, ECOOKIM in Ivory Coast, has told us of the hurdles faced by cocoa farmers.

In this first member magazine of 2023, we share the range of challenges and successes faced by producers in different countries and regions, from KOAKAKA in Rwanda and SOCODD in Ivory Coast, to Apicoop in Chile and TradeAID Integrated in Ghana.

In this edition, we explore the theme of gender equality as set out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were launched by the United Nations in 2015.

A guide to help you try and generate opportunities with Rotary Clubs and similar groups

A draft introductory letter which you can edit and use to approach Rotary clubs and other similar groups.

A case study of a Rotary Club (Maidenhead Bridge) which is a Shared Interest member

A guide to help you try and generate opportunities with U3A and similar groups

An example letter of introduction which you can edit and use when approaching groups to offer a talk about Shared Interest.