AMNESTY ETHICALLY-SOURCED CHRISTMAS GIFT CATALOGUE LAUNCHED<\/p>\n
amnestyshop.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018Amnesty\u2019s gifts are not only for the people receiving them, they also support the local communities who make them\u2019 \u2013 Kate Allen<\/p>\n TWITTER<\/a> | FACEBOOK <\/a>| GOOGLE+<\/a> | INSTAGRAM<\/a> | YOUTUBE<\/a><\/p>\n Amnesty International has released its Christmas catalogue full of ethically-sourced and highly imaginative gift ideas.<\/p>\n Items available in the 61-page catalogue this year include Frida Kahlo cushions and tumblers, a diary celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the suffragette movement, a shopping bag made from recycled drinking water sachets in Ghana, olive soaps from the West Bank, a handmade copper lampshade, handknitted fleece-lined slippers, safari animal figurines made from washed up flip flops in Kenya, tote bags, games, toiletries, jewellery and other carefully-chosen stocking-fillers.<\/p>\n All the items in the catalogue are ethically-sourced and many of them are from small local suppliers who support their local communities by providing people with marketable skills and a fair wage.<\/p>\n Highlights include:<\/p>\n Animal figurines made from recycled flip flops – colourful and attractive safari animal figures handcrafted in Nairobi from flipflops found littered on beaches in Kenya. The company was founded by Julie Church a former marine scientist, \u00a310.95 \u201cAmnesty\u2019s gifts are not only for the people receiving them, they also support the local communities who make them.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople don\u2019t want to give gifts that come from sweatshops or from child labour and so it\u2019s a relief to know that everything in the catalogue is not only stylish, but ethical and fair trade.\u201d<\/p>\n Amnesty has a no-quibble money-back guarantee and offers free postage for orders over \u00a360.<\/p>\n Further information and products, see www.amnestyshop.org.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AMNESTY ETHICALLY-SOURCED CHRISTMAS GIFT CATALOGUE LAUNCHED amnestyshop.org.uk \u2018Amnesty\u2019s gifts are not only for the people receiving them, they also support the local communities who make them\u2019 \u2013 Kate Allen TWITTER | FACEBOOK | GOOGLE+ | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE Amnesty International has released its Christmas catalogue full of ethically-sourced and highly imaginative gift ideas. Items available […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":364819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[23331,12095,7831,22707,6740,11424],"class_list":["post-364818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clubs","tag-amnesty","tag-catalogue","tag-christmas","tag-ethically","tag-gift","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":364820,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364818\/revisions\/364820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFrida Kahlo cushion – back by popular demand, last year\u2019s sell-out cushion embroidered with iconic portrait of the artist, fabulous and bright, \u00a334.50
\nFrida Kahlo stainless steel tumblers – with three colourful designs each featuring portraits of the artist, \u00a38.95
\n100 years of Suffragettes diary 2018 – handy, informative and stylish pocket diary with weekly facts, anniversaries, quotes and biographies and \u2018purple sash\u2019 ribbon place marker, \u00a39.95
\nHandknitted slippers – chunky knit, fleece lined, made in Nepal \u00a322.50
\nCopper lampshade – urban-chic long-hanging ceiling lampshade handmade with pressed copper. Made in India, \u00a318.00
\nRecycled water sachet bag – made in Ghana from recycled drinking water sachets, strong and durable, ideal for weekly shop, \u00a310.00
\nBird paper bunting – elegant white peace dove bunting, handmade in India priced \u00a36.95
\nMessenger satchel bag – teal, mustard and red recycled leather satchel. Made in India, \u00a342.00
\nRecycled denim apron – hardwearing and practical, made in Bangladesh, \u00a316.00
\nPalestinian West Bank olive soaps – Prepared in the traditional way using virgin olive oil. Set of four soaps gift set scented with honey, lemon and milk, \u00a313.95
\nDalit beeswax clay pot tealights \u2013 beautifully presented gift box of candles poured in clay pots and scented with lavender, made by Dalit people from India, who often face widespread discrimination due to being at the bottom of the Hindu caste system, \u00a38.50
\nWear your heart on your waistline with Amnesty candle boxer shorts, in organic cotton with candles all around the waistband in black and white. \u00a319.50 for a set of three
\nKate Allen, Amnesty\u2019s UK Director, said:<\/p>\n