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US Dollar ($)Find your Fairtrade Feet: Competition WINNER announced!
Posted by Danielle
| Over 6000 entries came in from 142 schools across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and even Switzerland, but finally we have a winner! Back in 2013, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first exclusive Fairtrade-themed sock. |
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| Entrants could use crayons, felt tips, paints etc and had just three colours, our famous 'design a sock' template and their wonderful imaginations to come up with a creative design that captured the heart of Fairtrade... And boy were there some fabulous ideas! |
Pupils from St Francis De Sales RC Primary School in Tottenham, London, show how many children took part in the design competition with CAFOD and SOCKSHOP. |
| The judging panel - including our very own senior designer Craig and actress Jo Joyner - certainly had a task on their hands. Carefully making their way through the thousands of creations they managed to whittle it down to just ten final designs from which to choose a winner! The beginning of Fairtrade Fortnight (24th Feb-9th March) last week saw the long-awaited announcement of the ten finalists! Check out their fantastic designs below! |
 Designs from Charlotte, 11 in East Hendred (left) and Christina, 7 in Guildford (right) |
 Designs from Ellie, 10 in Putney (left) and Gabriel, 8 in Huddersfield (right) |
 Designs from Julia, 10 in Gateshead (left) and Elliot, 10 in Wythenshawe (right) |
 Designs from Milly, 10 in Nottigham (left) and Olly, 10 in Bournemouth (right) |
 Designs from Sarah, 10 in Chesterfield (left) and Sofia, 10 in Tunbridge Wells (right) |
| There were so many fantastic designs, we wish we could make them all! The finalists did all receive a lovely SOCKSHOP gift voucher but, unfortunately, there could only be one winner. Over to Jo Joyner and the judging panel to reveal the lucky winner... |
| Congratulations Elliot! Here he is with his winning design which will now be made into a limited edition cotton sock to be sold on the SOCKSHOP site, with 10% of every sale helping to fund CAFOD’s work with some of the poorest communities in the world. |
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Of his design, Elliot said: “We learned about Fairtrade in school and I really enjoyed it because it’s interesting to see how you can help other people. When I was designing my sock, I remembered that Fairtrade is about paying people a fair wage for things that they produce. It’s about making people happy. So that’s why I designed a sock with a smiley face made out of fruit. I can’t believe that I won the competition. It really is amazing and I’m so excited that my design has been made into a sock and is going to be sold by SockShop. There are no words to describe the feeling!” |
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