FREE VEGAN FOOD FAIR
All Saints Church Hall, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7RA (Directions)Sample a wide range of delicious, healthy, cruelty-free and eco-friendly food, and it`s all FREE!! Whether you`re already seeking to change your diet or just curious to learn why so many people are switching to plant based diets, this is the event for you!!What you can expect to find at our food fair:
Local MP Lynne Jones to Open the Food Fair!!We are delighted to announce that the food fair will be opened by Lynne Jones MP. You can watch her cut the ribbon at 10.30am. And there`ll be another special guest at the fair, in the shape of Wendy the Windy Cow! Wendy will tour the country with Animal Aid during November, the UK`s first ever Vegan Month, in order to spread the word that veganism is kinder for your health, the planet and of course animals! Wendy will hand out leaflets in the street to encourage people inside! Later in the afternoon, she`ll invite fair goers to take the Vegan Challenge(go vegan for a day, week or the whole of vegan month). Anyone that takes the challenge will have their photo taken with Wendy and it will be displayed on the Vegan Month website! For more details about Vegan Month, see www.veganmonth.comCookery Demos & TalksAll cookery demos and talks will take place in a separate room to the rest of the fair, with seating available for 40 - 50 fair visitors. No booking required, just turn up on the day! Stallholders
The following campaign groups and organisations will have stalls at the event: Viva! (Vegetarians International Voice for Animals) - Probably the world`s biggest vegetarian/vegan campaigning organisation, see
www.viva.org.uk Food Donations & SponsorsWe are extremely grateful to the following for generous donations of food and sponsorship, without which this event would not be taking place: Veggie Snow - www.veggiesnow.org The Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation - www.vegetarian.org.uk Birmingham Vegetarians and Vegans - www.bvv.org.uk Redwood Wholefood Company - www.redwoodfoods.co.uk Beanie`s Health Foods - www.beanieshealthfoods.co.uk Bute Island Foods - www.buteisland.com Plamil - www.plamilfoods.co.uk Cauldron Foods - www.cauldronfoods.co.uk Clearspring - www.clearspring.co.uk Booja Booja - www.boojabooja.com Just Wholefoods - www.justwholefoods.co.uk Essential Trading - www.essential-trading.co.uk Suma - www.suma.co.uk R & R Tofu - www.clearspottofu.co.uk Humdinger Foods - www.humdinger-foods.co.uk Clipper Teas - www.clipper-teas.com Red Star Natural Liquid Soaps - www.redstarnaturalliquidsoaps.co.uk Alpro Soya - www.alprosoya.co.uk Earth Friendly Products - www.greenbrands.co.uk VolunteersWe would be delighted to hear from anyone that would like to help make this food fair a success. If you would like to help before the day with publicity such as leafletting round the local area or displaying posters on noticeboards, please contact us. Likewise, if you could help on the day itself with lifting & carrying, setting up tables etc; in the kitchen washing up and serving refreshments; in the hall clearing tables and serving food; or out in the street leafletting passers-by to entice them in, please contact us. Even just an hour or two of your time will help us to help people change their diets for the better!! Location, directions & car parkingThe church is located in the centre of Kings Heath, at the Junction of the A435, Alcester Road and the B4122, Vicarage Road. Buses: 11, 35, 50 and 69 pass the church. |
