New organisation ~ Growing site ~ Relevant support ideas and links welcome.
Support
Downloadable material
Downloads - for booklets, posters self coaching form etc click here
Staying motivated
- Be your own coach
- Support groups - Facebook / sports/ religious groups
- Pledge page - send us your goals using the contact form and we'll add them to the pledge page
Problem solving resources / contacts
- Going / staying vegan resources
- Humane control of animals causing problems
- Living sustainably resources - more soon
- Planning an event - a few tips on being green - and of course the big missing one is to serve vegan food!
- Acts of compassion
- Influencing others - Sample restaurant letter, Posters / banners / slogans - coming soon
- Lawyers championing animal protection - https://advocates-for-animals.com
Training and seminars
Want to be trained to do be an effective activist ?
Animal Aid run Activist Workshops www.animalaid.org.uk
"Help - how do I get / stay motivated ?" ~ be your own coach!
Motivate yourself .........
Founder Jane is a qualified coach. She recommends asking yourself the following questions using her copyright model BEING ©
B - base - where am I now on my journey ?
E - envisage where you want to be - make this an inspirational picture,
imagine congratulating yourself or others congratulating you on your
progress
I - why is achieving this important to you ? How will you feel when you get
there ? What can you do to keep yourself motivated ?
N - next steps - what steps might help you make this journey ?
G - which of these potential steps are you going to do ? Which ones (s) can
you do today ?
Remember - start today - don't delay and taking small steps is better than taking no steps!
Coaching services
We are looking at offering coaching services in the future.
"Help - how do I find like minded individuals to inspire / motivate me ?" Support ~ groups
- Facebook has loads of vegan groups - try putting your area in!
- There is also a vegan wedding facebook group
- Bigger facebook groups - Vegan UK, Vegan Supermarket Finds UK, Accidentally Vegan UK
Sports
- Vegan runners - lots of groups around the country www.veganrunners.org.uk
- Check out this article for vegan sports people www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/vegan_footballers
Religious groups
- Find animal focused organisations for different religions at the Animal Interfaith Alliance. Click here for their Spring 2019 magazine
- Eco Church www.arocha.org.uk
Jobs
- Vegan jobs - www.facebook.com/VeganJobsUK, https://veganjobs.com/uk/
- Enironmental jobs https://www.environmentjob.co.uk/jobs
Support ~ resources
Going vegan ~ no meat ~ no problem!
Consumer power -
- Overview
- Change what you buy to eat
- Paints - Wilko confirms own brand of paints are vegan friendly
- Check ingredients
- Vegan alternatives - eggs
- Change what you wear
- Vegan friendly hairdressers
- Change what you buy to use
- Where is best to eat
- Change what your pets eat (more to follow) www.veggiepets.com
- palm oil use - more information
Resources -
- The Vegan Society
- Vegan nutrition - advice for all ages
- Support for older vegans/vegetarians eg. recipes, care home info, free training & grants www.vegetarianforlife.org.uk
- Vegan starter kits
- Go vegan for 22 days with mentors and dietitians
- Recipes
- Cruelty free pet food www.veggiepets.com
- In times of need - this vegan food bank provides vegan food to people and their companion animals www.hkind.co.uk
"Help - I've got wasps / rats etc in my home / garden ...."
" I don't want them there, but don't want to kill them either"
Information - Animal Aid
Founder Jane had a rat in her loft. John Bryant gave advice that was simple to do and it worked. 1 week later the rat had left of it's own accord and Jane was left with a rat free loft and a clear conscience!
Sadly John passed away in 2020 but Humane Wildlife Solutions offer the same cruelty free approach https://humanewildlifesolutions.co.uk/
Living sustainably
Living sustainably - general
Magazine - www.resurgence.org
Reducing - asking yourself - do I really NEED this, could I manage without for the sake of the planet
* Facebook group - Journey to zero waste
* Energy - turn off lights and equipment when not in use, use LED lights (see information section)
* Plastic - lots of alternatives out there - this website has lots of good ideas www.trashplastic.com
* Litter - take it home and recycle it. Left litter causes lots of injuries to animals . The RSPCA gets 14 calls a day for litter related animal suffering. www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/litter
Recycling
* Crisp packet recycling - https://www.terracycle.com
Reusing
More soon
Ethical weddings
Ideas available on this website
Environmentally friendly products
- Toilet paper - Recycled / Bamboo toilet paper
- Paper & cards with seeds built in https://plantableseedpaper.co.uk
- E cards - www.jacquielawson.com
- Zero waste electric toothbrush https://georganics.com or eco friedly oral B replacement heads www.livecoco.com/products/oral-b-electric-toothbrush-replacement-heads-with-charcoal-bristles
Acts of compassion
Services for charities
Jane also runs an organisation that sources pro-bono training for charities. If you are a charity or not for profit, or a trainer go to www.ukcharitydays.co.uk
to find out more