Colchester demos:
Tuesday 20th July, 6pm for 7pm show
Sunday 25th, 2pm for 3pm show
at London Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 8PB

Clacton demos:
Sunday 1st August, 2pm for 3pm show
Sunday 8th August, 2pm for 3pm show
at Clacton Airfield, West Road, Clacton, CO15 1AG

Details from Jane: 07941 483719

Meet from 11am at the zoo entrance in Clevedon Road, Wraxhall, just south west of Bristol. There is often limited transport available from Bristol. If your making your own way its best to check with us before coming as sometimes we don't have enough people for a demo and have to cancel.

• network between groups and individuals in our area
  
• socialise over lunch and meet new people, such as hunt sabs and veggie campaigners
  
• find out what existing groups are doing discuss how we can help one another.

2.30pm – 6.00pm at Friends Meeting House, Hill Street, Coventry, CV1 4AN. A donation towards the £31.50 cost of room hire would be appreciated.

Please confirm attendance to covanimalalliance@yahoo.co.uk or c/o 07504 505994

If you campaign in the Midlands, even if you are a group of one, please ensure that you are in the network by adding you details to the Directory at http://www.veggies.org.uk/directory/dirbrowse-288.htm

Sheffield Animal Friends meet at 6.30pm on the first Monday of every month upstairs at the Fat Cat pub to plan upcoming campaigns, actions and events. You'd be most welcome to join us, the address of the pub is 23 Alma Street, Sheffield S3 8SA.

You can also arrange to be met in town by the Blue Moon Cafe next to the Cathedral at 6.15pm, if you'd like someone to accompany you to the Fat Cat by emailing us in advance. Please note vegan food is always available on the menu if you want to eat your tea at the pub!

On the first Wednesday of every month, SARC hold a monthly meeting upstairs @ 7:00pm Cafe Citrus, Albert Road, Southsea, Hampshire PO5 2SJ (Nearest train station is Fratton).

If you would like to get involved, or just meet fellow activists you would be very welcome.

Join our MySpace group or Facebook page to find out more and keep updated!

For more information on the meeting email is lia_sarc@live.co.uk.

Full details at Event Web Site.

The Earth First! Summer Gathering, this year in Derbyshire, is the place where people involved in radical ecological direct action - or those who want to be involved - get together for five days of time and space to talk, walk, share skills, learn, play, rant, find out what's going on, find out what's next, live outside, strategise, hang out, incite, laugh and conspire.

Brighton's Anarchist Teapot are providing main meals and Veggies Catering Campaign will be co-ordinating the d-i-y cafe, a 'tuck shop' and, at 2pm daily, Vegan Cake Baking Workshops.

Other related workshops:

Thurdsay 2.30: Veganism: the ethical glue binding movements for social change. Is veganism simply the starting point for ethical and sustainable living, or an end in itself? Facilitated by Veggies

Friday 2.30pm: Food Politics & Vegan Mass Catering. A workshop with the Anarchist Teapot about the general politics around food & specific practicalities around vegan mass catering.

Friday 4.30: Campaign Networking for Humans, other Animals & the Environment. How can we build mutual support across seemingly diverse and disparate campaigns. What tools exist for networking and how do we encourage ourselves to make use of them? Facilitated by Veggies.

Saturday 12noon: UK Social Centres Network: networking between radical libertarian social centres of all types and descriptions.

Nottm AR has regular work days here - fence building, staining, aviary building, mucking out, rabbit run building and more. Transport approx 6.30pm from City Centre - call Danny to confirm: 07593 375270. (Also possibly on Tuesdays from Beeston - call Lee 07599 282851)

Nottingham Animal Rights have to educate people about the suffering of racing dogs, leafleting at Nottingham Greyhound Stadium, usually on alternate Friday evenings, from 6pm. If you live in or near the East Midlands area and would like to help, please email to confirm or call c/o 07870 861837.

See recent Nottm Evening Post Article: Protesters ignite debate National Greyhound Awareness Week

Meeting every 2nd & 4th Mondays at 8pm in the 'Love Lounge' out the back of The Bell, 103 Walcot Street, Bath.

In between these meetings at Broadway there is also a meeting at the Sumac Centre in Forest Fields.

Upcoming events and campaigns are listed at the NAR News List

All welcome - hunt sabs, AR activists, people who want to get involved, and people who just want to know more about what we do, including supporters of Animal Aid, Greyhound Action, Hunt Sabs, SHAC, VIVA!, Vegan Society, Vegetarian Society, and the many other groups that we aim to support locally.

Tours of the sanctuary to meet the animals, stalls, talks, games, food by veggies. Find out about regular work days with Nottingham Animal Rights.

See report on Eastside at the 2008 Climate Camp at http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1257

This free non profit making fayre will celebrate local community initiatives that promote sustainable and compassionate living.

There will be various stalls, a music and kids corner as well as vegan food and drink.

The fayre has been organised around a vegan ethos.

For more details contact 024 76 715040 or email cathy@greengardencafe.co.uk

The arc-uk email group keeps you up to date with event announcements - Subscribe here.

Before the meeting there may be leafletting from 6.30 at KFC, Lower Parliament St (or McDonald Clumber St).

In between the meetings at the Sumac Centre there is also a meeting in the city centre.
Upcoming events and campaigns are listed at our Riseup News List.

This National Animal Rights Gathering, takes place over the Summer Bank Holiday Weekend, near Northampton. It promises to a great weekend not to be missed.

The will be a planning meeting on Sunday 18th July. Get in touch to get involved.

Visit event website for more information. Sorry - No dogs due to rescued animals near by.

ARUK2009: 2009 UK Animal Rights Gathering report at http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1502

August Bank Holiday
Monday 30th August
10am till 2pm

Outside Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, Clevedon Road, Wraxall, Bristol, BS48 1PG

Transport from Bristol, contact BARC for more info

Note the UK Rabbit Charity contact seems to have gone away, and linked info refers to previous years, but why not celebrate the day in your own way, at your own initiative anyway.

Full details at Event Web Site.

Wickham Research laboratory is currently being investigated by the Home Office for animal cruelty after a 8 month undercover operation by the BUAV, of which it is understood that the Home Office could soon reach its findings. Winchester City Council last year refused a planning application by Wickham labs to build new laboratories at Torbay Farm, Lower Upham, Hampshire, the laboratory has appealed against the refusal. It is now even more important to support this annual demonstration / protest to highlight the objections of the usage of the LD50 Test used within Wickham Research Laboratory.

Weekly demonstrations also continue outside Wickham labs.

There is to be a rally in Central London to mark World Day for Farmed Animals.

Meet 12noon at Cavendish Square, W1G OPR (nearest Tube: Oxford Circus), to march through the centre of London, taking the message to large numbers of shoppers, tourists and residents.

Anyone interested in helping with the planning of the march, please get in touch. You might help to make the march a success with publicity, internet networking, fundraising, admin etc.

A planning meeting is to be held on Sunday 18th July at 12noon in Holborn, London. If you're interested in attending the planning meeting, please contact info@farmedanimals.org.uk asap.

October 2nd is World Day for Farmed Animals, whilst 1st Oct is World Vegetarian Day and 4th Oct is World Animal Day

Marks the birth of Ghandi.

National Badger Day 2009 will take place on Saturday October 3rd 2009. Please note the change in date from June this year. Please contact the office for details of local events or to advise us of events you are running with your local group. (ref:http://www.badger.org.uk/Content/MoreInfo.asp?mid=340)

• To celebrate animal life in all its forms
  
• To celebrate humankind’s relationship with the animal kingdom
  
• To acknowledge the diverse roles that animals play in our lives – from being our companions, supporting and helping us, to bringing a sense of wonder into our lives
  
• To acknowledge and be thankful for the way in which animals enrich our lives

Don’t forget to use the event listing facility which provides free publicity to any group or individual who is doing something special connected with animals on or around 4th October. For inspiration see details of the events held in previous years via http://www.worldanimalday.org.uk


Note that the Animal Rights Calendar does not endorse any events involving animals captive in zoos, or the handling of animals in wildlife parks.

Full details at Event Web Site.

Full details at Event Web Site.

Protest against everything that's wrong with McDonald's - animal cruelty, exploitation of workers, damaging the planet, promoting unhealthy food, marketing to young children and much more. For a summary of the issues surrounding the McLibel Case see the European Court of Human Rights ruling at http://www.mcspotlight.org/case/trial/verdict/Echr.htm

Celebrate World Vegan Day 2010 in style at the West Midlands Vegan Festival in Wolverhampton!

The Festival will offer all you need for healthy, cruelty-free, eco-friendly living. You don`t have to be vegan to attend, everyone is welcome! Come and see why people are increasingly adopting a vegan lifestyle.

The festival is being held at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall in the city centre (almost twice the size of the hall used previously), 10 minutes walk from the train/bus stations.

The festival will be open from 11am - 5pm. Admission is just £1, payable at the door.

Watch this 2-minute long promotional film, which includes previously unseen footage from the last 2 festivals, set to funky music! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh1puVLpmcs

Full details at Event Web Site.

Join your local Hunt Sabs as they prevent illegal hunting on anniversary of the official start of the fox hunting season in the olden days.

Please remember that 5th November is approaching, the 5th anniversary of the death in prison of fellow activist Barry Horne. Barry died in Long Lartin prison of liver failure, a direct result of three prison hunger strike protests against government policy on animal experiments.

To mark the day, please either organise an event or action dedicated to Barry, or dedicate your planned event or action to Barry's memory.

The event doesn't have to be connected with vivisection, Barry was an all round activist. He was a vegan, a hunt saboteur for many years, was convicted of trying to release a dolphin from an aquarium, attended demos against all forms of animal abuse.

Events and actions will be listed on the website.

Full details at Event Web Site.

Love Food? Love Animals?

10am - 4pm at Trinity United Reformed Church Hall, Garmston Street, Lincoln, LN2 1HZ
Volunteers for the day would be great and to should contact lincoln-animal-friends@hotmail.co.uk.

Organised by Lincoln Animal Friends and Vegan Lincs, with the support of Animal Aid and Veggies Catering Campaign.

Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX.

Nearest underground: Kensington High Street (3 minutes).
Buses 9,10,27,28,52,70,328,452. Underground car park.

Entrance £2 adults, £1.50 pensioners, under-10s FREE. All profits to the animals.

Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111836932292

See also http://www.myspace.com/supportdan

Uncaged co-ordinate events across the world, calling for fundamental rights to be bestowed upon non-human animals by 2048 (100 years after the Declaration of Human Rights on this date). Groups are encouraged to hold candle-lit vigils outside local sites of animal abuse, (eg. vivisection facility, abbatoir, butcher's etc.) to highlight links between human and animal rights.

Submit your events to the Animal Rights Calendar here

So far, events are scheduled at the following UK locations: Reading, Enfield, Wandsworth, West Wickham (Kent), Cheshire, Truro, Leeds, Belton (Leics, outside Harlan), Hastings, Scarborough, Huntingdon (outside HLS), Newton Abbott, Plymouth, Exeter, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield, Cambridge, Stoke, Liverpool, Bristol, Newcastle, Cardiff, Chesterfield, Wickham, Hampshire (outside the vivisection lab) and Southampton. PLUS, many more people are having displays at work or college, or distributing campaign literature door-to-door in their local communities.

FairFoods and Green Garden Cafe with the support and assistance of people in Northampton will be holding a Christmas Vegan Fayre on December 11th 2010.

There will be stalls, free vegan food and a vegan cafe.

The event is non profit making and money received via the working cafe will be used to help fund other vegan fayres.

Venue and stall details to be confirmed.

For more information please call 024 76715040 or email cathy@greengardencafe.co.uk or clare@fairfoods.org.uk

Everything you need for a compassionate, animal and earth-friendly holiday feast is right here, from traditional roast dinners to modern fusion food – with (jingle) bells on!

Full details at Event Web Site.

Contact your local group via the Hunt Saboteurs Association.
See also Hunt Watch and the League Against Cruel Sports

Details of Boxing day hunt meets may be found via http://www.mfha.org.uk/directory/.

Full details at Event Web Site.

More details at http://www.myspace.com/supportheather

See also http://myspace.com/supportsarah

See also the Annual October 16th Worldwide Day of Action Against McDonalds.

Join people in all 50 US states and around the world who care about animal suffering and global warming by hosting an event on (or around) March 20th.

Full details at Event Web Site.

Cavy Rescue, a Small Animal Shelter, invites rat lovers to celebrate World Rat Day in the UK. See http://www.cavyrescue.co.uk and http://www.worldratday.com

To offer a home to a rat (or any other homeless animal) check out the Animal Rescue section of Veggies Directory at http://www.veggies.org.uk/acd

This is a chance to return the help that Animal Aid consistently gives to local groups, and to support their valuable campaigning, both by distributing their literature and raising funds to continue their work.

Animal Aid is a dynamic and effective animal protection group, campaigning peacefully for 30 years against all forms of animal abuse from factory farming to fur, from hunting to animal experiments; helping animals in laboratories, on factory farms, in the pet trade and the wild, and much more.