One World Shop, Hull

Fair Trade Policy

Hull One World Shop is owned by the charity WEFT, and the shop is a major statement in compliance with the objects of WEFT, namely

• The Relief of Poverty
• The Provision of Education

The shop demonstrates that an alternative approach to trade, trade based on mutual respect and partnership, is feasible. So the shop is a Fair Trade shop, and we strive to comply with the Fair Trade Criteria.

Photographs on this site are provided as examples of the types of product that we make available. Whilst striving to build long term relationships with our importers and the artisans who make the products we aim to provide quality and variety to our customers. The range is, therefore, constantly changing.

It is not an organic food shop, although some of our products are organic.
It is not a "nick nack" shop although we do sell items in the £1 to £2 range that are attractive to both children and adults.
The shop is a member of BAFTS.

BAFTS.
Our membership of BAFTS is part of our guarantee to our customers that the products we sell are fairly traded. See Fair Trade or Links for more information.

Crafts Buying

We buy from importers chosen from the BAFTS importers directory. Our policy is to buy a range of goods, consistently over time, that are popular with the customers. In so doing, we build a relationship with the importer, and through them with the producers of the goods.

Hand made crafts are beautiful and often unique, and whilst this makes the products very attractive it causes problems for some customers. When an item is on display, that is usually our stock, and there are no more, and often we cannot order more. When you are disappointed we are disappointed too, but we hope you will understand.

Accessories

We offer a range of practical and delightful coin purses, scarves, evening bags, mirrors, jewellery boxes, etc., and these cater for a range of tastes. There are neckties, scarves, hats, purses, wallets, keyrings, even a worry egg . . .
See Accessories Page.

Christmas

In the pre-christmas period we stock a range of Christmas Greetings cards and wrapping paper, together with Divine Chocolate Advent Calendars. Our crafts range includes a number of items with a religious theme such as the holy family expressed in Olive Wood.
See Christmas Page.

Clothing

We offer a range of clothing including T shirts, mens shirts, ladies' skirts, yak wool woollens, nepalese jackets, childern's woollies, hats, mittens, scarves.

Click Clothing to see some images of the clothing range.

Household

We have many household products of practical or decorative nature. Doormats, wall mirrors, wall hangings, shopping bags, salad servers, bowls, plates, glasses, etc. And also, irresistible cats, dogs, owls and fish from Indonesia. Tea towels, letter racks, picture frames, mirrors, room tidies, tiles, stoneware, pottery, pestles, . .
See Household Page.

Jewellery

Whilst we are justly proud of our range of earrings, our jewellery includes ear studs, necklaces, bangles, brooches, hair slides, and so forth. We buy from a range of suppliers and offer products from several countries including Mexico, India, and Ghana. to adorn the ears of all who wish to wear them.

Handmade in Mexico.
See Jewellery for images.

Musical Instruments

We have drums, we have shakers, we have ocarinas and we have whatever you call a double skinned twizzler with two balls on little strings that you give to a slightly eccentric musical person as a christmas present.
See Musical Instruments for example images.

Stone

Cool to the touch, and beautiful to look at, our range of stone work is some of the most exquisite work in the shop. So good, that much of it has had to be locked in a display case. But if you have a genuine interest we will be only too glad to open the case for you.
There are small decorated boxes, desk tidies, worry eggs, pestle and mortar, figures, elephants, or there is just a simple paper weight. Hand Carved and inlaid boxes from india, smooth cool kisi stonework from Africa, figurines, elephants, desk tidies. Mind you, they are a bit too heavy to send to the rellies in Australia.
See Stone for sample photographs.

Toys

is for anyone young at heart.
Bright jigsaws for little ones, soft toys for babies, whizzers, rainsticks, windchimes, spark plugs, spinning tops and nodding animals. Brightly coloured letters of the alphabet, and numbered dinosaur jigsaws.
See The Toy Range to see a few images.

Wood

Warm to the eye, but beautiful and intricate in the inlay work, carved from fast growing shesham wood from India, this is one of our most popular lines of craft work. There are small decorated boxes, desk tidies, letter racks, bowls, puzzles, infuriating hidden hinges, the intricate inlay work is a delight to the eye.
See Wood to see sample images.

Miscellany

Miscellaneuous applies to those items that don't have a full category of their own, like juggling balls and rugby balls.
See Miscellany for a few images.

World Music

Our range is not huge, but it is probably the best in the area for anyone looking for ethnic music from exotic places.
See Music for images.

Cards and Paper

We are proud of the paper range. Hand made greetings cards without smutty messages, hand made paper, even the Tibetan alphabet, wrapping paper, albums, notebooks, writing sets, kitchen rolls.
Click Paper products to see a few more pics and a list of items normally in stock.

Food and Drink

Our buying policies for Food and Drink are designed to offer both an attractive range of food products and to demonstrate the breadth of products that now bear the Fair Trade label. This applies equally to beverages and cold drinks as much as it does to "eatables". Our range is over 200 products bearing the Fairtrade label, plus many Fair Trade products not subject to FLO schemes.
We have the full range of Traidcraft foods (not wine), plus Swazi Kitchen Chutneys, Jams and Marmalade, and Tropical Wholefoods items.
See Food and Drink for a comprehensive stock list.