Welcome to Visionary Soap Company... The UK's only body care company dedicated entirely to being a fair trade business. Our products are also organic and handcrafted by us which makes us especially unique. And based on feedback from our many customers, we think our products are great!
We source most of our ingredients and accessories through a combination of Fairtrade Foundation UK, IFAT and BAFTS Certified partners in Palestine, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, The Comoros, Bali, The Philippines, Thailand, India, Cambodia and Ghana. None of our products contain synthetic dyes or fragrances, parabens, petroleum-based ingredients, alcohol, sodium laureth sulfate or animal products. They are simply made with the finest organic oils, herbs and spices. All products have been safety assessed and comply with current EU regulations as well as being fully certified by The Vegan Society. In our packaging, we have strived for all of it to be simple, minimal, recycled, recyclable and/or compostable, natural in appearance as well as conveying an attractive, modern and commercial appeal. Our promotional materials and fair trade gift packaging are made from post consumer waste & plant fibres. Our workshop is powered by 100% renewable energy and we even use a green broadband/telephone provider.
Bottom line, our vision is to produce premium quality, organic productswhilst at the same time incorporating our values of social responsibility, environmental sustainability and holistic wellbeing. We believe in empowering communities through fair trade. We believe in creating jobs and contributing to our local economy. We also believe in promoting a healthier way of life without all the usual hype of the cosmetic industry. All this through our simple, yet luxurious, products! Why not give us a try?
Pestalozzi International Village Trust (PIV) remains the only UK organization exclusively dedicated to giving educational scholarships to extremely poor but exceptionally bright young people (aged 16-19) from developing nations. These scholars currently selected from highly disadvantaged areas in Africa and Asia would otherwise be denied the chance to continue beyond a basic education and fulfill their academic and social potential. Working with established in-country NGO partners, we offer scholarships to students that have shown a real commitment to improving the lives of their own countries and communities.
Pestalozzi was a Swiss Educator who believed in holistic education. It is upon his ideals that our organisation is based. Pestalozzi international Village seeks not only to develop the intellect of young people; but works to educate the whole person; the head, heart and hands.
When I met Monica and heard about her passion for social enterprise, it made perfect sense to build links between our organisations. PIV and Visionary Soap are therefore creating a training programme where Pestalozzi students can learn skills in ethical business including making, marketing and sourcing natural beauty products and learning skills in project management and customer service.- Thea Platt, Environmental Education Officer, Pestalozzi International Village, July 2007
'Visionary Soap Company sell 15 types of different organic soap from Anise Poppy Seed to Patchouli as well as bath melts, body butters, lip balms and body oils. Based in Sussex and regularly spotted at local farmer's markets, Visionary are "first and foremost a fair trade company". Their ingredients are sourced from cooperatives around the world. Visionary products contain no synthetic fragrances, parabens, petroleum based ingredients nor animal products. The packaging is of course minimal and recyclable, in line with their serious consideration of their environmental as well as their ethical and social responsibility. My choice? A bag of six organic shea butter bath melts (£13.95) in a range of natural scents tied in an unbleached muslin sack. Each melt can be used for 2 to 3 relaxing baths. Hmmm, pure luxury!' -Ella Rabaiotti, New Consumer Magazine, February 2007
'I discovered this small, hand-made soap company on a farmers' market stall while I was selling Judges Bakery bread in Hastings and I've been buying it ever since. A lot of the ingredients in the soaps and body butters come from women's cooperatives, with high levels of organic ingredients - and they're simply but stylishly packaged, beautifully fragranced with essentil oils. My fave soaps are the patchouli and the ylang ylang....'' -Jo Fairley of Green & Blacks, the Award Winning Judges Bakery and beautybible.com.
'Visionary Soaps have produced a range of fair trade products for Oxfam. The range, which will reach shelves and the online shop in July, includes soaps, bath oils and lip balms. The products are 100 per cent organic and most ingredients are sourced through fair trade partners in Palestine, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Cambodia, Bali and Ghana.The products are handmade and are certified by The Vegan Society.' - Gemma Taylor, New Consumer Magazine, April 2007
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