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Shambala Festival – Rebel Soul 2025

Shambala is a creative, non-commercial, ethical and family-friendly festival with a wild side and completely independent from advertising and sponsorship!

In 2016 Shambala went Meat and fish free, to continue their mission to keep Shambala at the cutting edge of sustainable event organising.

“… we’re setting ourselves a challenge: to provide the most eye-popping, mouthwatering, colourful, hearty array of cuisine at Shambala 2016 without a single bit of meat or fish on sale. Not a sausage. Instead, keep your eyes peeled for … a range of delicious food from around the world, debates, talks and creative exploration of the wonderful world of food.

Shambala HQ is a mixed bag, with vegans, veggies and meat eaters co-existing harmoniously together. However the whole team agrees that it is important to be bold with our environmental stance, and encourage this debate.”

Rebel Soul

Whilst not catering at the event, Veggies will assist again with facilities for the Rebel Soul space. There will be a programme of intellectual stimulation, music and performance that will challenge, inspire and fire you up. Whet your appetite: fresh-baked cake, pasties & samosas, teas & coffees (for donation), and fairtrade tuck shop.

Rebel Soul will be a whole area combining beautiful tents and beautiful people within to celebrate rebellion, resistance and exploring positive futures. Stimulation for your mind with workshop, displays, info and bookstall and, for your aural delectation, a fine line-up of music and poetry.

“Rebel Soul is politics thinly veiled as entertainment. In the day we host workshops and debates on hot topics run by people who know their fields inside out. We host the country’s frontline campaigners. We bring you the people who will ask the big questions, and then help you answer them. Why is Shambala vegetarian? What is sex? What is race?”

By night we celebrate with bangin’ bands and DJs from punk to soca to techno, and from all over the world. We have a store full of books and zines and a tuck shop with hot drinks and delicious vegan 🍰 cake 🎂.

All our proceeds go to support grassroots campaigns.

In 2022 Rebel Soul were supporting Migrants Organise, No More Exclusions and Police Spies Out of Lives.

2023 it was fundraising for @lgsmigrants in solidarity with all migrants & refugees; Dope Magazine: an anarchist alternative to Big Issue and Abortion Support Network: helps people who need to access safe abortions.

In 2024 £600 each went to @RedFlare, , @antiraidssheff, & Energy Embargo for Palestine, and then a little bit towards Ultimate Thunder to help them with their next album.

You’ll hear more about them during the festival and on Twitter at VeggiesNottm

#RebelSoul raised almost £2000 at Shambala Festival this year ✨

£600 each went to @RedFlare, @antiraidssheff & Energy Embargo for Palestine, and then a little bit towards Ultimate Thunder to help them with their next albumhttps://t.co/hAVXTwWAKV https://t.co/tDJJbRRnAF pic.twitter.com/zlzwgoTZ2Y

— Veggies 🌱 Vegan Campaign Catering 💙 🌱 (@veggiesnottm) November 10, 2024

Meat and fish-free Shambala has ‘Gone Off Dairy Milk Too

For 2022 Shambala say:

In 2016, we made the decision to remove meat and fish from our on-site food offering, for both the public and our festival staff.

For us, the decision was an environmental one. If we’re serious about being the most sustainable festival on the planet, we can’t ignore the undisputable evidence that a diet predominantly based on meat and fish is having a devastating effect on this little blue and green marble we call home.

AFTER YEAR ONE OF BEING A VEGGIE PARADISE, 77% OF RESPONDENTS TO OUR 2016 POST-EVENT SURVEY VOTED TO KEEP SHAMBALA MEAT AND FISH FREE. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THAT FIGURE ROSE TO 94% – A RESULT BEYOND OUR WILDEST IMAGININGS!

Even more incredible was that 33% of you reporting reducing your meat and fish intake since the festival (that’s not counting the 30% of you that were already veggie or vegan).

Follow the debate.-

Earth First! Winter Moot 2025

Join the ecological resistance at a weekend of campaign updates, networking, planning, solidarity and socialising.

You are invited to attend the Earth First! Winter Moot. It’s a gathering for people involved or wanting to know more about ecological campaigning and direct action in the UK.

14th – 16th February, 2025. A weekend of food, music, skillshares and radical ecological rabble rousing.

When venue is announced it would particularly be good to hear from local supporters that could offer a room, sofa or floor to help accommodate those attending.

Earth First! is a banner for independent groups who share a common need to protect our ecological systems. We believe in non-hierarchical direct action, to stop and reverse the forces responsible for the destruction of the earth and its inhabitants.

Those taking their first steps into ecological campaigning are warmly welcomed. There will be debates, discussions on campaign planning, updates, support and solidarity, tactics, strategies, community building, sustainable activism and networking including groups campaigning against fracking, incineration, new roads, GM (genetic engineering), animal exploitation and much more.

More details will be at https://www.earthfirst.uk/

To help with the Campaign Catering, contact us.

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Details here of past Winter Moots.

Nottingham Vegan Market at Sneinton Avenues

Sherwood Vegan Market are starting a second market in a new venue! And the location is … SNEINTON!

More specifically, the Avenues next to Sneinton market place.

The organisers are really pleased to be able to revive a vegan market at this popular location. There will be a superb selection of stalls and some delicious food. We are delighted to be supporting this new venture by bringing #FoodbyVeggies to the April event, and maybe others!

Sneinton Location

Sneinton Market Avenues, Nottingham. NG1 1DW.

See the location on Google Maps.

https://what3words.com/found.neck.lucky

In addition to the market, there are lots of quirky independent businesses in the units along the Avenues so don’t forget to visit those too.

By public transport

Sneinton Market is a short walk from Nottingham Railway Station, which is also served by NET Trams. It is also close to Nottingham city centre where all local bus services terminate.

By car

There is inexpensive metered on-street parking in the area around the market place and a car park at Aberdeen Street. The site is a short walk from city centre car parks such as NCP Stoney Street.

Access

The site is accessible to wheelchair users. The closest parking is on Brook Street.

Dogs

The market is all outdoors and dogs on leads are very welcome. Please ensure that your dog is comfortable and non-aggressive in the market environment, which can be crowded with people and other dogs.

Nottingham Vegan Market at Sneinton Avenues

Sherwood Vegan Market are starting a second market in a new venue! And the location is … SNEINTON!

More specifically, the Avenues next to Sneinton market place.

The organisers are really pleased to be able to revive a vegan market at this popular location. There will be a superb selection of stalls and some delicious food.

Whilst #FoodByVeggies sadly has to miss this one there will be loads of other exciting vegan food options there, and we hope to make lots more of these events in the future!

Sneinton Location

Sneinton Market Avenues, Nottingham. NG1 1DW.

See the location on Google Maps.

https://what3words.com/found.neck.lucky

In addition to the market, there are lots of quirky independent businesses in the units along the Avenues so don’t forget to visit those too.

By public transport

Sneinton Market is a short walk from Nottingham Railway Station, which is also served by NET Trams. It is also close to Nottingham city centre where all local bus services terminate.

By car

There is inexpensive metered on-street parking in the area around the market place and a car park at Aberdeen Street. The site is a short walk from city centre car parks such as NCP Stoney Street.

Access

The site is accessible to wheelchair users. The closest parking is on Brook Street.

Dogs

Northern Green Gathering 2024

A family friendly Gathering with a focus on sustainable living, health and healing. Off-grid sound and lighting all powered by renewable energy, plus a huge range of workshops and activities for both kids and adults.

As well as being a celebration of love, life and music, NGG is an educational and campaigning gathering, bringing people together to transform all our lives for the better.

Join us for the first Gathering at our new site near Wakefield. A short walk, cycle or bus journey from Normanton train station, and easily accessible from the M62. The exact location will be released before the event.

Tickets available here: http://nggonline.org.uk/wordpress/tickets/

Veggies Catering Campaign provides pure vegan catering for many campaign events, as well as festival, fairs & markets, and family celebrations.

The menu includes our own burgers, handmade at our Sumac Centre base from organic ingredients. We also have samosas, our own sausage rolls and vegan cakes. Cakes are made by us with organic ingredients, including flour from Nottingham’s Greens Mill.

Many consider Veggies to be one of the most ethical caterers on the circuit. we have over 37 years of experience in award-winning vegan / fair trade / organic catering.

If ONE customer goes Vegan For Life they will save 1.5 tonnes CO2 every year, as well as saving 4022 animals lives, and enabling all the world’s peoples to receive a Fair Share of the world’s resources. [carbon calculation references]

Earth First! Summer Gathering 2024

Respect existence or expect resistance!

30th ever EarthFirst! Summer Gathering in the UK!

The summer gathering will take place 24-29th of July on a beautiful apple orchard near Shrewsbury.

Five days of skill-sharing for grassroots ecological direct action – make links, share ideas, and get involved in the struggles against open cast coal, fracking, new roads, HS2, climate criminals and more.

The Earth First! Summer Gathering 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.

The workshops, networking and planning of actions at this low impact eco-living camp is organised non-hierarchically. It’s run without leaders by everyone who comes along, so come prepared to chip in!

There will be a kids’ space and programme, more info to follow! If you intend on bringing a dog friend, please let us know beforehand – there is limited space for dogs!

If you have specific accessibility needs please get in touch with us (earthfirstuk [at] riseup.net).

The schedule will be on display and you will be given a printed copy upon arrival. Spoiler alert – it will be amazing.

Veggies Catering Campaign are likely to be helping with the campaign catering.

There will be three meals a day, a cafe space with tea, coffee and cake– but it might be good to bring more bits and bobs if you know you might feel snacky in between meals. We ask everyone to leave a donation if you can (cash only!), but no-one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Collect fliers & posters for the @earthfirst_uk Summer Gathering from Vegges at Glastonbury Green Futures, at the Green Gathering & many other events with Food by Veggies!

Earth First! Winter Moot 2024 at Sumac Centre

Join the ecological resistance at a weekend of campaign updates, networking, planning, solidarity and socialising.

You are invited to attend the Earth First! Winter Moot. It’s a gathering for people involved or wanting to know more about ecological campaigning and direct action in the UK.

9 -11 February, 2024. A weekend of food, music, skillshares and radical ecological rabble rousing ✊

We would particularly be pleased to hear from local supporters that could offer a room, sofa or floor to help accommodate those attending.

Vegan Campaign Catering coordination by Veggies Catering Campaign, assisted by Cambridge Community Kitchen

More details will be at https://www.earthfirst.uk/

To help with the Campaign Catering by Veggies contact us.

https://twitter.com/earthfirst_uk/status/1733924450398023914

Nottingham Green Festival Sunday 8th September 2024

‘Warning: time is running out limit climate chaos – share skills to save the planet’

Nottingham Green Festival is organised by grass routes community based volunteers, with no statutory funding. The ethical standards and environmental / human / animal rights ethos of the event are long established, having evolved from the pre-history of the Nottingham Peace Festival from which it has grown.

Nottingham’s own Green Festival provides the place for the whole family to learn, explore and try the latest in everything environmentally friendly and ethical, whilst also having lots of fun in the beautiful setting of the Arboretum Park.

Veggies has catered and campaigned at the Green Festival, and the Peace Festival before it, for our entire 40 year history. We were pleased now to be joined by many other vegan caterers and other artisan food producers, supporting the events’ vegan ethos and building on a forty+ year meat-free policy.

Celebrate our 40th Anniversary Green Festival on Sunday 8th September 2024.

You are encouraged to support the regular fundraising events and join in with the planning group meetings.

Find full details at www.nottmgreenfest.org.uk/, find us on facebook and follow us on twitter.

Nottingham Green Festival Sunday 10th September 2023

‘Warning: time is running out limit climate chaos – share skills to save the planet’

Veggies has catered and campaigned at the Green Festival, and the Peace Festival before it, for our entire 39 year history. We were pleased now to be joined by many other vegan caterers and other artisan food producers, supporting the events’ vegan ethos and building on a thirty+ year meat-free policy.

Celebrate the 30th Nottingham Green Festival on Sunday 10th September 2023.

You are therefore encouraged to support the regular fundraising events and join in with the planning group meetings.

Find full details at www.nottmgreenfest.org.uk/, find us on facebook and follow us on twitter.