Simon has been a Trustee of the Fairtrade Foundation since 2008.  As such he serves on their Board of Trustees and is both a Charitable Trustee and a Company Member.

The Foundation’s mission is to work with businesses, community groups and individuals to improve the trading position of producer organisations in the South and to deliver sustainable livelihoods for farmers, workers and their communities by: being a passionate and ambitious development organisation committed to tackling poverty and injustice through trade; using certification and product labelling, through the FAIRTRADE Mark, as a tool for our development goals; bringing together producers and consumers in a citizens’ movement for change; and being recognised as the UK’s leading authority on Fairtrade