Happy Holidays Everyone,
This year the Norwich Vegans will again be hosting a Bring and Share (Potluck) Holiday Meal at the Quaker Meeting House, Norwich on Saturday the 16th December.
The idea is that everyone brings a dish(or two, or three �) think in terms of starters, mains, sides, desserts, and we all share a nice meal. We will have kitchen access, so there is the possibility of reheating food if needed �
Everyone is welcome, including children, but we do have a seating limit of about 50, so please only mark going if you’re sure you can make it. Entry is £2 each please, to cover the venue hire.
There’s some amazing recipes about for the holidays, and of course store bought food is also always welcome. It’s appreciated if you can write ingredients or allergens for your dish for those with gluten or nut free diets. Drinks are also appreciated, but please bear in mind Quaker rules state no alcohol on the premises. As a good friend has said, who needs alcohol when with our lovely vegan friends anyway 🙂
We’re very excited about this, and hope all of you will be too <3
A holiday tradition for the Norwich Vegans is a Christmas meal at a Norwich restaurant. This year we are lucky enough to now have the Tipsy Vegan! And the Lovely Michelle and Cheryl have agreed to host the Norwich Vegans Meal this year! They’ve even given us the lovely price of £20 per person for 3 courses.
Pre booking is esential, and we would like a deposit of £10 per person to secure your place please – payments to Norwich Vegans, account number – 51082968, sort code – 309897. Deposits can also be made in person but we cannot hold your provisional booking for more than 72 hours. Full payment will be required on arrival at the restaurant.
Pre-ordering will also be required, and the menu will be posted in the discussion along with ordering information. Please send your pre-order to Norwich Vegans or give to one of the committee directly, or you can email us norwichvegans@gmail.com. We will need this no later than 7 days prior to the event
Due to limited seating we will have two different dates, please ensure you book the correct date. This event page is for Monday December 11th, 2017. Seating is limited to 25 people per night.
The Norwich Vegans meeting for December will be held on Wednesday the 6th of December (6-8pm) at The Norwich Quakers Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, Norwich NR2 1EW.
Please join us if you are looking for a warm and welcoming atmosphere with like minded people and possibly the start of a very busy social life!
We welcome all vegans as well as all those interested in veganism.
The meetings are free for everyone, although donations are always welcome and appreciated, as we are a not for profit and entirely volunteer run.
Many of us will bring some tasty vegan treats to share, including some adapted for special diets, such as gluten free, soy free, or nut free. It’s very nice if everyone is able to bring some food or drink item(s) to share please, to ensure enough to go around. We would really appreciate it if you could label food items with the ingredients or allergens, thank you.
We hope to see you all there!
***THIS MEETING:***
– We will be having another ‘monthly’ raffle this month for just 50p a ticket you get the chance to win a fantastic vegan prize bundle or voucher worth at least £10.
Tickets will be available to purchase at each monthly meet and will be drawn at the end of the meeting.
We will also highlight any events coming up, so please, bring your diaries!
*Please note that we are trying to phase out the announcement portion of the meeting, as some have mentioned being unhappy with the interruption. Upcoming events and points of interest will be written down and on display, thank you.
We’ll be at Haymarket Norwich (opposite Primark) with a Pop-Up Outreach table doing promotion for the Norwich Vegans Christmas Market, combined with Cruelty Free Christmas Outreach.
We’ll be there roughly 3:30-6:30pm (we’ve changed the time for convenience) before the Christmas lights switch on, with an assortment of goodies, and a range of leaflets, including a couple hundred Christmas Market leaflets, designed by the talented Carina Campbell-Gedge. If you haven’t convinced your family or friends to come with you to the Christmas Market yet, bring them on by!
The Norwich Vegans are excited to announce. . .
After the huge successes of our first two Christmas Markets, and a very successful first Summer Fayre, the Norwich Vegans 3rd Annual Christmas Market will be held at OpenNorwich! On Saturday 25th November 2017 10am-4pm!
With Free Entry, 50+ stalls, your favourite local vegan businesses, delicious vegan food, free samples, face painting, the Norwich Vegans stall and more, we hope you will feel festive indeed, with an amazing opportunity to stock up on compassionate, cruelty free holiday gifts, cards, crafts, and delicious treats!
Make sure to put the date in your diary so you don’t miss out, and we look forward to seeing you all!
As the stall holders are confirmed they will be listed on this page and our website, with a link to their website/ facebook page so you can find out more about them.
Please note: Although some of the stall holders sell / make vegetarian options, only vegan products and services will be provided at the market.
We would like to say a Huge Thank You to our sponsors
ONE PLANET PIZZA – http://www.oneplanetpizza.com & TOFUREI –
http://www.tofurei.co.uk
and Carina Campbell-Gedge for all of her amazing design work!
For all inquires, please email Norwichvegans@gmail.com or contact us via facebook. Thank you very much.
A fantastic festive festival with stalls, talks, info, advice, music and entertainment!
The Norwich Vegans are very proud to welcome James Aspey and Joey Carbstrong to Norwich.
James and Joe will be in the U.K. for the UK Vegan Camp-Out 2017 July 7th- 9th. If you can’t make the camp-out though, don’t worry! James and Joe have very kindly agreed to come and see us in Norwich. They’re be doing a talk each and a Q&A session. We’ll have a range of fantastic vegan food for purchase available from 5:30pm, when the doors open, with an upstairs café and the garden for eating, but please note that there’s no food allowed in the main room where the talks will take place. Talks will start at 7pm, running until 8:30, with the event finishing at 9pm. Food will be available for takeaway after the talks. We’re requesting a £1 donation per person please, to cover the meeting house hire. We do have a 200 person seating limit for health and safety, so please only book your tickets if you’re sure you can make it.
If you’ve not heard of James or Joe, look them up, quick! This is an event you won’t want to miss!
From James’ website http://www.jamesaspey.com.au
“Replaced drugs, cancer & bulimia with surfing, veganism & meditation. Now it’s my goal in life to educate, encourage and inspire others.
I took a 1yr Vow of Silence, cycled 5000km, got tattooed for 25hrs and have given over 150 speeches to do my part in making this world a better place for us ALL to live!”
From Joey’s camp-out page http://vegancampout.co.uk/artist/joey-carbstrong/
“Hi my name is Joey Carbstrong from Adelaide, Australia. I am a fierce advocate for animal rights and a sober lifestyle promoter. I spent 12 years of my life abusing drugs and alcohol and was heavily involved with gangs and violent crime. After spending some time in prison I had an epiphany which changed my life forever. I’ve overcame a Number of mental health issues and have been drug-free for over three years and I will never look back. I now spend my time promoting a sober vegan lifestyle and passionately defending animal rights with my street activism and social media presence. I also counsel and support people going through addiction and depression or just wanting to go vegan. Im grateful for my second chance at life and I’m just at the beginning of my journey to helping make this world a better place. Peace.”
The Norwich Vegans host a Bring and Share (Potluck) Meal, every other month, at the Quaker Meeting House, our third of 2017 is on Saturday the 13th of May 2017. Everyone is welcome, though please do ensure the dish/es you bring are all vegan.
Please bring about one dish per person, as many portions as you are comfortable with. We will have kitchen access, so there is the possibility of reheating food if needed.
Everyone is welcome, including children, but we do have a seating limit of about 50, so please only mark going if you’re sure you can make it.
Entry is £2 each please, to cover the venue hire.
There’s some amazing recipes about, you can make an old favourite and of course shop bought food is also welcome. Feel free to ask us for any advice, help or suggestions, we love to help.
It’s also very much appreciated if you can write the allergens for your dish for those with these considerations. Some of our members are intolerant or allergic to gluten, wheat, soy and nuts, though of course full allergen info would be useful. We will have paper for this also.
We would love for people to post what they are bringing, though of course, this isn’t necessary.
Drinks are also appreciated, but please bear in mind Quaker rules state no alcohol on the premises.
We’re very excited about this and hope you all are too!
Buy unique festive gifts from local businesses and animal charities at new FREE Christmas event in Thetford town centre. With over 20 stalls, this fair will showcase local ethical traders, community groups, animal sanctuaries and national charities.
The theme of this event is to encourage ways in which people can adopt a more compassionate lifestyle, being mindful of animals, people and the planet. 100% vegan and cruelty free products and samples.
Free food samples, amazing tombola and raffle prizes, and the chance to find out more about how we can help our furry four-legged friends!
Kindly sponsored by Animal Aid, Gaia’s Kitchen,The Green Lady Eco Store and Viva!
To find out more:
Facebook: Breckland Compassionate Living Fair
Twitter: @BrecklandCLFair
This second Norwich Vegan Christmas Market, is at a bigger venue, The Great Hospital, to allow for more stall holders and a larger cafe area.
There will be some ‘magical’ extras on the day, plenty of local vegan businesses and the Norwich Vegan Pop-Up stall. We hope it will put you in a festive mood and give you the opportunity to stock up on your cruelty free compassionate Christmas presents, cards and treats!
Put the date in your diary so you don’t miss out.
Full details on the Facebook event page and the Norwich Vegans website.
