Sonia's Smile

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Fairtrade Links:

Haworth Fairtrade Village
Fairtrade Foundation
BAFTS
Toybox Charity

Contact details:
85 Main Street
Haworth
West Yorkshire
BD22 8DA
Tel: 01535 647776
e-mail the shop here

Haworth Links:

Haworth Village
Bronte Country
Haworth Village (in Bronte Country)

Sonia's Smile was inspired by a photograph of a Peruvian girl with a wonderful smile taken in 1992 when she was about 8 years old and the shop was opened in 2001, I actually met her in 2005 when we made a successful visit to twin Haworth with Machu Picchu Pueblo.

We are members of The British Association for Fair Trade Shops and most of our stock is from companies who are on the BAFTS approved list of suppliers.

The emphasis is of course fair trade and we are involved whenever possible in campaigning and raising awareness of fair trade issues not only during Fairtrade Fortnight but at many events throughout the year. Haworth was declared the first Fairtrade Village in 2002 and won a 'Fairy' the following year.

Shop opening times vary so please phone first if you are coming a long way to visit but the it is usually open Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm all year round and most weekdays during the summer, winter is quiet here and the shop may be closed occasionally during the week.

Things you will find.

A large proportion of the stock is clothing, for example ladies skirts and dresses , tie dye and printed tops, jumpers, hooded knitted zip jackets, hats, scarves, lots of bags etc etc. Obviously things change and new and different items always appearing.

We have usually a large stock of men’s (or ladies!) grandad shirts lots of colours and sizes. Lot's of men's jackets fleece lined hand knitted from Nepal.

Best selling children's clothes are hand knitted zip front hooded cardigans from Peru, every one unique, and from Equador, fleece button front appliqued jackets. A selection of tie-dye dresses and tops, patchwork pants, fairy dresses, and when available Fairtrade cotton babygrows.

Besides all this there are wooden children’s toys, jig-saws, fabric Indian girl and boy dolls, organic cotton dolls clothes in a bag to fit Barbie or a baby doll, wooden and soapstone craft items, handmade paper, Indian wall hangings, cushions, incense, large tree carvings etc etc all from fair trade suppliers.

There is a small range of Fairtrade mark foodstuffs, tea, coffee etc and a vast range of Ecover products including refill facility for washing-up and laundry liquid. We have a HUGE range of the fantastic Zotter Fairtrade chocolate bars made in Austria, a firm favourite with the regular customers.

The other popular items you will find are recycled BOTTLES. Glass bottles made into fantastic wine glasses, classy ones, finely etched with geckos or swirls and funky ones made from Sol or Corona or even Grolsch bottles. We have a selection of locally made vegan soap at only £1 each.

We have a range of beautifully soft Mirasol alpaca knitting wool from Peru. A proportion of the sales of the wool have funded a much needed boarding school for the children of the shepherds near Lake Titicaca.

One other range we have is a selection of The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) merchandise. Although this is not classed as fairly traded it is something which is very special to me. The message of the Little Prince is one which struck a chord many years ago and I realised that there were more people in the world

Opening times vary so please phone first if you are coming a long way to visit but the shop will usually be open every Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm all year round and most weekdays during the summer, winter is quiet here and the shop may be closed sometimes during the week.