LeedsVeg - Leeds Vegetarian and Vegan Society |
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Local contact: tel Natalie on 0113 2484044 or email natalie@tharraleos.freeserve.co.ukLeedsVeg Events: We are an informal and friendly group who meet a couple of times a month usually in each others' houses.We meet for a variety of fun, social activities and themed potluck veggie/vegan Sunday lunches, where we dazzle each other with our culinary creations! We sometimes get together between meetings to go to other veggie friendly events and restaurants. Our monthly Monday evening meetings have a theme and include activities like going out for meals, having a speaker, walks, creative and holistic sessions etc. The Sunday lunches are an opportunity to get creative in the kitchen and try new recipes, or make old favourites – they are always amazing for the array of food and are often much nicer than any restaurant (and there aren't many veggie places in Leeds anyway). They are also really good social occasions and great for swapping information and ideas. You are always welcome to contact us for recipe ideas. If you’re interested in finding out more about the group or coming to an event please ring me for a chat – we meet in each other’s houses so it’s nice to have made a bit of a connection beforehand and have some idea who each other is! Please also ring Natalie rather than email if you want information close to an event as she doesn’t read emails everyday, whereas she will do her best to answer phone calls. Our recipe book, A Taste of Leeds, is available from our stalls, price £2.50, or by mail order from the Vegan Society, Animal Aid and Viva. Our stalls at mainstream and green events across the region provide a range of material on healthy eating, nutrition, animal welfare and the environment from the Vegetarian Society, the Vegan Society, Animal Aid, Viva and the Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation. We also sometimes sell home-made cakes/truffles/flapjacks on these stalls, donations of homemade food welcome. About twice a month, there is a LeedsVeg healthy eating stall at the Leeds Primary Care Trust "All Being Well" stall in the indoor Kirkgate market in the city centre with info from the above organisations. See the other events page for the dates. We welcome ideas for fundraising and details of events where we can have a stall. *** NEW *** Animal Aid has written a Compassionate Charter for councils consisting of 8 practical and achievable goals, download it here. Please write to your local councillors and the Chief Exec asking them to implement it in Leeds and remind them that York City Council was the first in the
UK to pass a motion condemning the sale of foie gras and banning the sale of the
pâté from its premises and other councils soon followed suit while Leicester City Council has already adopted an ethical purchasing policy and it
now buys only non-animal tested products. Find your councillors here. The Chief Exec's address is Paul Rogerson CBE, Chief Executive, 3rd Floor, Civic Hall, Leeds, LS1 1UR. Leeds City Council has already banned animals in circuses and animals as prizes on council-owned land. You may wish to mention their recent decision to cull squirrels at Horsforth Hall Park. *** NEW *** Compassionate Living Guide to Leeds here. Urgent Help needed - Evenings Can anyone help with trying to trap an unneutered female cat living in Leeds city centre? She is likely to fall pregnant again very soon.Bobby (details below) has been trying to trap this mum since October 07 and has got most of the kittens in, neutered and returned. You would need to drive to the site, set the trap, and sit and wait for a couple of hours in your car, until she goes in the trap. Training can be given. Please can anyone else assist with this, with a few more people the nights Can you rehome an unwanted dog? The Doris Banham Dog Rescue charity urgently needs help with rehoming local dogs permanently and where necessary, fostering the dogs until a permanent home becomes available. They also really need volunteers to help with walking and socialising the dogs (weekdays and week-ends), food collections, blanket collections and fundraising. One of these dogs is a black labrador cross called Sam who has been rescued from a dog pound. He is very cute but very lively. Sam finds it difficult to cope when there are lots of people/activity around him, so he needs to find a loving owner without kids and a nice quiet home. Sam needs someone who is prepared to spend some time getting to know him and gain his trust. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated. If you can offer any help, please contact Joanne on 07858 600395 or email benjijoanne@yahoo.co.uk. Facebook Group for LeedsVeg This on-line group will act as one of the main mediums of communication with members and will be very effective to post messages about meet-ups, events, demos and other news items and to exchange ideas. Also, members will be able to communicate with each other using private messages. Becoming is a member is easy. You will need to have a facebook account. If you already don't have one, please go to http://www.facebook.com/. Here click on the "Sign Up" button. Just provide a few registration details and you are done!! Log into facebook with your user ID and password. Next step ... on the top left hand corner, there is a search box. Type "Leeds Veggies and Vegans" and click search. You are likely to get two matches. One of them will have a photo next to it (3 people and lots of cakes!!). Click on this. Last step ... on the right hand side you will find "Request to Join Group". You will find this just below the main photo. Thats it. A notification will automatically be sent to the administrator to approve your membership. Once the membership is approved, the group name will appear in your facebook profile and you can access it anytime you need. Protecting Animals in Democracy TIPS FOR VEGGIES AND VEGANS IN HOSPITAL 1. If possible, tell the hospital beforehand that you are veggie or vegan and explain what you can and cannot eat. Vegan Society Catering Guide for Hospitals and Care Homes WHERE TO BUY ORGANIC FRUIT & VEG Home Delivery Box Schemes * also has a shop Shops |
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