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Subject : A New Year Message from the Vegan Society
Date : Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:58:03 -0000
From : Dave<davep@...>


As a valued supporter of the Vegan Society we would like to provide you
with a summary of some of our work in 2007 and some of our plans for the
future.

Since our move to Birmingham, we have sent letters to every secondary
school in the country to tell them about our new School Speaker Network
and free interactive CD-Rom for young people. Hundreds of CD-Roms have
been requested and sent out and requests for school talks are already
flooding in.

We have extended our advocacy work. The Vegan Society already supports
vegans in prisons, but we are now working to support vulnerable vegans
in hospitals and care homes too. We have produced a catering booklet
for hospitals and care homes, which will go out to all hospitals in the
country.

The Vegan Society is working with many other catering groups. The
University of Glasgow now carries our Vegan Society trademark, which
shows that their vegan staff and students are well catered for. We are
working with other universities, as well as restaurants and catering
colleges, to gain improvements in their standard of catering for vegans.

New publications this year include the Young Person's Guide to Veganism,
the Vegan for the Animals booklet and the Plant Based Nutrition booklet.

Our PR/Media officer (Amanda Baker) challenges the media whenever
veganism is misrepresented. Amanda is also working hard to improve and
update our website. Amanda organised our 'Belching Brenda' stunt on
World Vegan Day; more information about this will be in the Spring Vegan
magazine.

The Vegan Society works with government bodies and other vegan societies
around the world. Our Chief Executive Officer, Nigel Winter, has
recently spoken at The Green Party National conference about the impact
eating animal products has on the environment.

The Vegan Society is in talks with the NHS, providing advice and
information on veganism. We have worked with Sainsbury's and advised on
their labelling policy.

We continue to fund vegan events such as free food fairs and the London,
East Midlands, Bristol and International Vegan Festivals, which might
not otherwise get the financial support they need.

Work continues on production of the Animal Free Shopper: hundreds of
companies have been contacted and have responded with their lists of
animal-free products. The Animal Free Shopper is an indispensible guide
to all things vegan and a must-have publication for vegans.

We are a voice for veganism. We run a full-time Information Department
where vegans and those considering veganism can find help, information
and support.

Our education and advocacy work is vital and in great demand. The Vegan
Society needs funds to complete our work and make our voice even
stronger.

It is members such as you who give strength to the vegan movement and
help us push forward and make important gains, so please continue to
support our vital work in order that we can do even more in 2008.

With best wishes for the New Year from all at the Vegan Society.

www.vegansociety.com