Shared Interest Supporter Day - Manchester

Shared Interest are coming to Manchester to talk to supporters in the North West about our lending and impact.

Come along to learn more about Shared Interest and learn about the impact made by your investment. This is an open event, so please feel free to bring a friend and introduce them to Shared Interest and the world of fair finance. There is also an opportunity to meet members of our Board, Council and staff team.

PROGRAMME

10.30 Registration, Fairtrade refreshements and stalls

11.00 Welcome, Kerrey Baker, Marketing and Relationships Manager, Shared Interest

11.05 Guest Speaker, Ed Mayo, Secretary General, Co-operatives UK

11.20 Review of recent activity, Patricia Alexander, Managing Director, Shared Interest

11.45 Aniamma Roy, cashew farmer & Vice Chair of Liberation shareholder organisation FTAK (Fair Trade Alliance Kerala) from India

12.00 Question and Answer session

12.30 Lunch, networking and stalls

13.30 Main event closes

13.45 Optional workshop, learn more about volunteering and other ways to get involved

15.00 Close

DIRECTIONS

Friends Meeting House is centrally located only a couple of minutes walk away from Manchester Town Hall and Manchester Central, and directly opposite the newly refurbished Central Library.

ECHOES OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE

ECOOKIM is made up of 23 member co-operatives. As one of only four producers licensed to export cocoa under new regulations, they provide a livelihood for almost 12,000 cocoa farmers based in rural areas of Ivory Coast.

ECOOKIM is also beneficiray of our charity Shared Interest Foundation's Access to Finance project, which provides financial management training to businesses across Africa. Following the training ECOOKIM received a loan from Shared Interest Society.

'We hope the loan will help us grow our business, pay our farmers upfront for the harvest and look to the future with confidence.' Bamba Mamadou, Managing Director