Lorna Young Foundation (LYF)

LYF is all about ETHICAL TRADE. We help to shorten the supply chain leading to POVERTY REDUCTION for poor producers in developing countries. We have used various initiatives in order to do this. Our latest project focusses on FARMER RADIO as a way of empowering producer groups. Our aim is to give our Farmer Radio model away - for free - to the groups who need it the most. 

Our Mission:
To reduce poverty through helping disadvantaged groups via the medium of ETHICAL TRADING.
Overseas, the LYF helps smallholder farmer groups and co-operatives to gain better access to information and expertise and to improve their livelihoods; supporting them to add value to what they grow and lift themselves out of poverty. See Our Programmes page to find out more about our projects – and in particular about LYF Farmer-Radio. In the UK, our mission is the same – but we go about it in a different way. We work with marginalised groups (i.e. youth at risk of long-term unemployment, those with disabilities, BaME groups) helping them to learn ETHICAL trading skills and to create fair trade social enterprises; many of which connect them back to the producers and farmers.