After much deliberation and some super speedy organisation, we are delighted to be opening a temporary pop-up shop in Oxford’s Covered Market as a joint enterprise between Headington Fairtrade and our friends in the city centre, Fairtrade at St Michaels. This shop will be in the Covered Market until the end of Februrary, and will be a community cooperative shop, specialising in fairly traded, ethical and sustainable products from around the world. Just like our shop up the hill in Headington, we will be offering gifts, accessories, toys, homewares, food and more, with more of a focus on gifts and gift food (so we won’t be offering cleaning products or a refill service in this temporary shop).
Every purchase you make from this shop will make a real difference in the lives of craftspeople and producers who are struggling with the double impact of COVID and of climate change, and we would all be so glad of your support, especially over the festive period. The Covered Market is a lovely place to shop for all your Christmas needs, and houses a plethora of independent businesses, from butchers, florists and groceries to cheese, jewellery and hat shops. In fact, you probably don’t need to shop anywhere else! At Christmas there is a joyful atmosphere, with Christmas lights and extended shopping hours.
We are currently busy fitting out the new unit and will open our doors for the first time on Wednesday the 17th November 2021 – next week! We will be open Monday – Saturday, 10.00am – 5.00pm, and three Sundays in December, and we’ll be located in Avenue One of the Oxford Covered Market, next to “The Oxford Cobbler”; Unit 5. Our Headington Fairtrade social media pages will be keeping our followers updated on this pop up shop as well as all our normal content – so please give us a follow!