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
Support ~ resources
Going vegan ~ no meat ~ no problem!
Consumer power -
- Overview
- Change what you buy to eat
- A Beginner's Guide to vegan shopping (external resource)
- 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
- Traveling as a vegan or with other dietary requirements https://www.loveholidays.com/holidays/vegan-travel-guide/
- Palm oil use - more information
Resources -
- Plant based health professionals on line Whether you have a health condition or are simply looking to improve your wellbeing, the team of medical professionals can help you
- 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
- Need some advice on cooking vegetables? https://grillio.com/blog/methods-to-prepare-vegetables/
Announce coming events
Having a big sale, on-site celebrity, or other event? Be sure to announce it so everybody knows and gets excited about it.
Vegan easy meal plans (shared with permission from Becky Jones of Potato Tomato Events)
"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
"Help - I've got wasps / rats etc in my home / garden ...."
" I don't want them here, 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
- Guide to Going Green at Home - https://couponfollow.com/research/home-green-guide
- 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
- Household goods recycling www.madisontrust.com/client-resources/articles/saving-money-by-recycling-and-donating-household-items/
- Crisp packet recycling - https://www.terracycle.com
- Green Guide to Selling, Donating and Recycling Old Clothing https://www.lulus.com/blog/resources/selling-donating-and-recycling-old-clothing/
- What and How to Recycle: Plastics, Bottles, Cardboard and More! https://www.bottlestore.com/whatandhowtorecycle
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
Ethical investments
- Banking - one of our team has written this great blog on banking
- Pensions - and if you liked that one here is his blog on pensions
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