Category Archives: Project News

23/10/2016 – 11:07 pm

LYF Youth Enterprise expanding in to Manchester

By admin | Also posted in Latest News, Lorna Young Foundation Enterprise, Not Just Us | Tagged Aviva community fund, education, ethical consumer, ethical enterprise, fairtrade, GMYN, Lorna Young Foundation, Manchester, Oromo Coffee Company, social enterprise, trade justice, Trade not Aid, youth, youth enterprise, youth leaders, youth unemployment | Comments (0)

We are Looking for a new Chairperson

27/07/2016 – 11:40 pm

Small Charity seeking new Chairperson

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Latest News, Lorna Young Foundation Enterprise | Tagged chairty leadership, charity jobs, charity recruitment, charity trustee, exec chair, international development, LYF, non exec director | Comments (1)

The Entrepreneur Combating Climate Change one Cup at a Time

12/06/2014 – 2:05 pm

The LYF’s Cristina Talens is the founder of Source Climate Change Coffee; In this interview, she explains what inspired her to set up Source, her encounter with Bill Clinton and her passion for sustainable agriculture.

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News | Tagged Africa, bill clinton, climate change, CO2, coffee, coffee trade, Eye on Earth Summit, harrogate, Sir David King, smallholder, source coffee, Taylors of Harrogate, uganda, Yorkshire | Comments (0)

LYF and Ringtons Tea Partner with Tanzania Producers

03/04/2014 – 2:51 pm

In March 2014,LYF Project Manager Cristina Talens, Joseph Macharia and Ringtons’ Responsible Sourcing Manager spent a week in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, working with staff from the Wakulima Tea Company (WATCO) and the RSTGA, to set up a Smallholder Support Network radio-extension programme.

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News, Updates | Tagged Africa, cooperatives, development, fairtrade, farmer radio, HIV AIDS, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, Ringtons Tea, RSTGA, smallholders, supermarket, Tanzania, tea, trade, Trade not Aid, Waitrose | Comments (0)

Farmer Radio in DRC – Presenter Interview

02/04/2014 – 11:48 pm

The Lorna Young Foundation’s Radio presenter Jasmin talks of the Lorna Young Foundation’s radio outreach programme and how it is trying to improve women’s lives through cocoa in the DRC

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Updates | Tagged Africa, central africa, Chocolate, cocoa, community, Congo, development, DFID, DRC, empowerment, FRICH, gourmet chocolate, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, original beans chocolate, radio, trade justice, Trade not Aid, tradejustice, violence to women, women | Comments (0)

New Tea Blend, Reviving Cross-Cultural Dialogue

21/03/2014 – 10:37 pm

Victorian Muslim convert tea merchant inspires LYF to launch new tea supporting cross-cultural dialogue

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Latest News, Not Just Us | Tagged CIC, community enterprise, cross-cultural dialogue, fairtrade, inter faith, Islam, Liverpool mosque, Lorna Young Foundation, Manchester, muslim, ottoman caliph, Quilliam, Robert Reschid Stanley, Robert Stanley, Russo-Turkey war, social enterprise, Stalybridge, tea, the Crescent, Trade not Aid, william quilliam, youth enterprise | Comments (0)

Trustee Profile – Julie Harrington

06/03/2014 – 3:48 pm

Our Trustee, Julie Harrington, joined the LYF after spending several months supporting us through the Small Charities Coalition Skills Sharing Programme. Here is an extract of an interview with Julie by the SCC.

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Latest News, Lorna Young Foundation Enterprise | Tagged Africa, charity, coffee, development, Ethiopia, fairtrade, governance, Kenya, LYF, small charities coalition, trade justice, trustee | Comments (0)

First Climate Change Coffee to Protect World’s Forests

19/02/2014 – 1:31 pm

After a decade of working with small producers on climate related projects, our very own Cristina Talens – LYF International Programmes Manager, has now launched the World’s first climate-change gourmet coffee.