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From the Source Christmas Gift Ideas

From the Source Christmas Gift Ideas

Is it that time of year already?

As we countdown to Christmas we like to reflect on what we've accomplished in 2018. This year we've been extra busy, expanding our wool range, launching new clothing collections and bringing back more unique decorations, crafts and textiles from Nepal and India!

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Black Friday Weekend 2018 - Donating not Discounting

Black Friday Weekend 2018 - Donating not Discounting

While we know that many shoppers may groan when Black Friday hits the headlines again, we were extra excited about the event this year. For us, Black Friday (and the weekend following it) have turned into an opportunity to focus on the good, and more importantly on giving.

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New Season Fair Trade Winter Wool Hats, Gloves & Headbands

New Season Fair Trade Winter Wool Hats, Gloves & Headbands

Earlier this year, From the Source founder Paul travelled to Kathmandu to visit our Nepalese suppliers.

We source all our knitted accessories, such as bobble hats, wrist warmers, and headbands, from some fantastic producers in Nepal. Nepal is renowned for its high quality knits, and we are privileged to be able to help people from the region obtain fair wages and employment.

 

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New Hand Woven Silk and Cotton Scarves from Laos

New Hand Woven Silk and Cotton Scarves from Laos

We have recently received a brand new range of beautiful handwoven silk and cotton scarves from Laos, South East Asia.

Our fantastic supplier in Laos is is a fair trade social business that works with traditional handicraft artisans to preserve and promote Lao village crafts. We are really pleased to support them in working to create employment opportunities for villagers, especially women, and reduce poverty.

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From The Source Magazine Feature - Our Shop & Our Story

From The Source Magazine Feature - Our Shop & Our Story

We are so privileged to have been featured in a great little local magazine to Skipton and Yorkshire called Aspire. Learn about us, our Skipton shop, and our origin story in Aspire's feature about us dated December 2015.

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Nepal Earthquake Appeal

Nepal Earthquake Appeal

From The Source work with various suppliers in Nepal to import our Tibetan cotton bags, wool hats and gloves, and men's shirts and some ladies clothing. We have been in touch with people in Nepal and as far as we know our suppliers are unharmed.

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Fair Trade Wool Hats, Gloves, Hand warmers & Headbands from Nepal

Fair Trade Wool Hats, Gloves, Hand warmers & Headbands from Nepal

Feeling cold? Our wide range of unique women's wool beanie hats is now available on line and in or shop in Skipton. We've teamed up with some fantastic suppliers in Nepal to source quality, fairly traded, hand-knitted wool hats and gloves.
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Ethical Fashion in Skipton Autumn/ Winter 2014

Ethical Fashion in Skipton Autumn/ Winter 2014

We are selling lots of new Autumn/ Winter clothing in our shop now by Nomads and Thought (formally Braintree). These brands are renowned for their environmentally conscious and ethical ethos, and we are proud to be offering such a fashion-forward range. Organic cotton, bamboo fabrics, and more eco-friendly fabrics feature in the collection, finished with lots of on-trend details and sophisticated cuts.
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From The Source Skipton Shop Now Open!

From The Source Skipton Shop Now Open!

We’re delighted to announce that our new shop in Skipton is now open! After weeks of decorating and shopfitting we opened on the 12th of October, offering our unique range of ethically sourced clothing, accessories and gifts.

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Empowering Women in Afghanistan through Fair Trade

Empowering Women in Afghanistan through Fair Trade

From The Source are working with Zardozi, an Afghan non-governmental organisation, to bring fair trade products to the UK and enable women in Afghanistan to generate income through skilled work. Fair Trade in Afghanistan can help tackle poverty, empower women and gennerate sustainable and long term international economic relationships built on trust and respect.
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Fair trade scarves & rural development in Laos

Fair trade scarves & rural development in Laos

At From The Source we've been steadily increasing the amount of cotton products we source from Laos, in particular handwoven, naturally dyed fabric that's produced in rural areas. We love these cotton products, and now stock cotton scarves for men and women in a range of beautiful natural colours that have a lovely handmade feel. They are truly original scarves that look great on, and also have a fantastic story as making them is offering new opportunties for women in Laos and providing sustainable rural development.

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Panchachuli - handwoven lambswool scarves from the Himalayas

Panchachuli - handwoven lambswool scarves from the Himalayas

The Panchachuli Women Weavers is a fair trade cooperative producing the finest quality handwoven scarves and shawls from cashmere and lambswool. Located near Almora in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas, visiting Panchachuli back in 2005 was a big inspiration for us and for the creation of From the Source

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