Veggies Catering Campaign

28/10/2024

Neil Burton denied hunting a wild mammal in Lincoln but was found guilty and fined following trial.

22/10/2024

21/10/2024

The feedback from an awesome anniversary festival week is flooding in.

What was your highlight?

19/10/2024

Veggies crew past and present gathered together on Friday evening in celebration of veggies 40th birthday ( to many people to tag but please tag yourselves)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY VEGGIES 💚🥳
Veggies Catering Campaign The Sumac Centre

18/10/2024

Wishing the happiest of birthdays to vegan pioneers, Veggies! Leading the way in delicious, nutritious, vegan food for 40 years!✊️🎉

We love you Veggies! 🌱🫶

17/10/2024

Film Bonus at Veggies 40th Anniversary Weekend Festival at Sumac Centre at 2pm on Sunday 20th October.

Screening new InterNICHE film on alternatives to animal experimentation in veterinary education, introduced by Nick Jukes of InterNICHE

‘Surgery and the SynDaver Canine’ is part of the InterNICHE documentary film series ‘DVM: Training the Animal Doctor’. This a case study of an advanced synthetic mannekin with multiple functionalities in the field of clinical skills and surgery training.

Join us to explore how humane innovations such as this are replacing animal experiments and enhancing veterinary education.

InterNICHE is the International Network for Humane Education. They aim for high quality, fully humane education and training in medicine, veterinary medicine and biological science. They support progressive science teaching and the replacement of animal experiments by working with teachers to introduce alternatives and with students to support freedom of conscience.

16/10/2024

Hundreds of volunteers have helped at thousands of Veggies Catering Campaign events since 1984, feeding up to a million people!

Anyone who's every invited Veggies to their event, supported Veggies at a demo, or as a customer anywhere, any time, is invited to Join Our Party from 6pm on Friday 18th October at Sumac Centre

Full 40th Anniversary details at https://www.veggies.org.uk/event/veggies-40th-anniversary-weekend/

Anniversary details for Veggies, the Catering Campaign was established as a fully vegan volunteer-led cooperative on 18th October 1984. 40th Anniversary in 2024

14/10/2024

Seeking all past Veggies Catering Campaign, Campaigners and those following the scandal

Its Veggies 40th Anniversary Weekend - see details via https://www.veggies.org.uk/40th/

Events include
"The Spies Who Ruined Our Lives" + McLibel film screening
Saturday 19th October @ 14:00 - 17:00

The long running Undercover Policing Inquiry ( ) has restarted with opening statements on Monday 14th October. This ‘tranche’ will cover the animal rights (AR) movement in 1980’s.

Opening statements at https://www.youtube.com/live/7QZ3LXAki5g?feature=shared&t=1524, reveal exposure of outrageous activities by spycops.

Veggies Catering Campaign had a central role in coordinating 300 autonomous local AR groups in the 1980’s & 1990’s. This work supported the Animal Rights Coalition and Coordinating Animal Welfare. Our Animal Contacts Directory networked over 7000 animal rights & welfare, human rights & environmental contacts. Our Animal Rights Calendar also fulfilled a central role in supporting campaigns.

Mclibel screening & campaign reunion

In 1984, Tom and Clare, Veggies founders, presented the manager of a local McDonalds with a huge veggieburger. It represented an ethical alternative to the products of death and destruction sold there. Following active distribution of the leaflet that became the subject of the McLibel Trial, McDonalds threatened legal action against Veggies. (nb ‘1954’ in this document should say ‘1984’) in 1987. Therefore Nottingham McLibel Support Campaign, made up of Veggies volunteers, actively supported the McLibel Campaign from the start of the epic 15-year legal battle by Helen Steel and Dave Morris. The case involved a libel trial, an appeal, a European court ruling and a change in UK law.

A McLibel reunion will be held at 2pm on Saturday 19th October at Nottingham’s Sumac Centre as part of Anniversary Celebrations.

We are delighted to welcome co-defendant Dave Morris to join us to discuss extracts of the the McLibel Documentary, produced by Franny Armstrong of Spanner Films. We are particularly grateful for Dave to find the time to join us as two days later he will be giving evidence to the Spycops inquiry about the infiltration of the London Greenpeace Group and the McLibel Campaign. Follow live coverage of the inquiry by Tom Fowler.

This, and the following film, bookmark Veggies 40 years history as Vegan Campaign Caterers.

Since 1984 dozens of Veggies Volunteers have supported hundreds of campaigns at thousands of events for peace, human rights, animal rights, veganism, environmental and social justice. We now find that many of these groups are amongst the estimated 1000 groups directly spied upon by a state-sponsored secret undercover political policing.

The Spies Who Ruined Our Lives.

This 2024 documentary will see its exclusive Nottingham premier, following the McLibel screening on Saturday 19th October.

The film gives, in their own words, the story of the fightback for justice by those affected by the scandal. It is being screened at the Sumac Centre, where much of the story unfolded and where the exposure of embedded spycop Mark Stone/Kennedy lead directly to the wide public condemnation of the role of these secret police, as detailed in the 2024 BBC Podcast ‘Undercover: The Spycops‘.

A Q&A with those involved in the film & the wider issues, will follow the film.

“The Spies Who Ruined Our Lives” is a not-for-profit feature length documentary film, produced, directed and edited by Justyn Jones and Madoc Roberts with Jason Kirkpatrick as associate producer . It has been made to raise awareness and give a comprehensive and historical perspective of the Spycops scandal.

Watch the trailer and join us on Saturday 19th October to view the full documentary, followed by Q&As.

If you are unable to join us for this screening, look our for a possible future screening at Mammoth, Nottingham’s Climate Action Cinema. Contact us for details.

14/10/2024

The Spies Who Ruined Our Lives
Saturday October 19th @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The long running Undercover Policing Inquiry ( ) has restarted with opening statements on Monday 14th October. This ‘tranche’ will cover the animal rights (AR) movement in 1980’s.

Opening statements at https://www.youtube.com/live/7QZ3LXAki5g?feature=shared&t=1524, reveal exposure of outrageous activities by spycops.

Veggies Catering Campaign had a central role in coordinating 300 autonomous local AR groups in the 1980’s & 1990’s. This work supported the Animal Rights Coalition and Coordinating Animal Welfare. Our Animal Contacts Directory networked over 7000 animal rights & welfare, human rights & environmental contacts. Our Animal Rights Calendar also fulfilled a central role in supporting campaigns.

Mclibel screening & campaign reunion

In 1984, Tom and Clare, Veggies founders, presented the manager of a local McDonalds with a huge veggieburger. It represented an ethical alternative to the products of death and destruction sold there. Following active distribution of the leaflet that became the subject of the McLibel Trial, McDonalds threatened legal action against Veggies. (nb ‘1954’ in this document should say ‘1984’) in 1987. Therefore Nottingham McLibel Support Campaign, made up of Veggies volunteers, actively supported the McLibel Campaign from the start of the epic 15-year legal battle by Helen Steel and Dave Morris. The case involved a libel trial, an appeal, a European court ruling and a change in UK law.

A McLibel reunion will be held at 2pm on Saturday 19th October at Nottingham’s Sumac Centre as part of Anniversary Celebrations.

We are delighted to welcome co-defendant Dave Morris to join us to discuss extracts of the the McLibel Documentary, produced by Franny Armstrong of Spanner Films. We are particularly grateful for Dave to find the time to join us as two days later he will be giving evidence to the Spycops inquiry about the infiltration of the London Greenpeace Group and the McLibel Campaign. Follow live coverage of the inquiry by Tom Fowler.

This, and the following film, bookmark Veggies 40 years history as Vegan Campaign Caterers.

Since 1984 dozens of Veggies Volunteers have supported hundreds of campaigns at thousands of events for peace, human rights, animal rights, veganism, environmental and social justice. We now find that many of these groups are amongst the estimated 1000 groups directly spied upon by a state-sponsored secret undercover political policing.

The Spies Who Ruined Our Lives.

This 2024 documentary will see its exclusive Nottingham premier, following the McLibel screening on Saturday 19th October.

The film gives, in their own words, the story of the fightback for justice by those affected by the scandal. It is being screened at the Sumac Centre, where much of the story unfolded and where the exposure of embedded spycop Mark Stone/Kennedy lead directly to the wide public condemnation of the role of these secret police, as detailed in the 2024 BBC Podcast ‘Undercover: The Spycops‘.

A Q&A with those involved in the film & the wider issues, will follow the film.

“The Spies Who Ruined Our Lives” is a not-for-profit feature length documentary film, produced, directed and edited by Justyn Jones and Madoc Roberts with Jason Kirkpatrick as associate producer . It has been made to raise awareness and give a comprehensive and historical perspective of the Spycops scandal.

Watch the trailer and join us on Saturday 19th October to view the full documentary, followed by Q&As.

If you are unable to join us for this screening, look our for a possible future screening at Mammoth, Nottingham’s Climate Action Cinema.

Details / links etc at https://www.veggies.org.uk/event/the-spies-who-ruined-our-lives-mclibel-film-screening/

09/10/2024

Want to work in a 100% vegan, not-for-profit, social enterprise with lots of great ethics and good people? 💚🍔 Here at Veggies we are hiring for one, or two, new workers to come and help with the day-to-day running of the co-op and organising of the dozens of events we attend each year.

Days and number of hours are negotiable. Job share is definitely possible if we receive applications from candidates who are interested in different sides of the business.

This is a rolling vacancy until we find the right person/people so email asap for an application pack on [email protected]
We look forward to hearing from you!

Veggies Catering Campaign 🌱
Proudly supporting Campaigns for Animals, People & Planet Since 1984

20/09/2024

Join us to Celebrate Veggies 40th Anniversary (Est 1984)
Friday 18th October - Sunday 20th October

Veggies was established as a fully vegan volunteer-led cooperative on 16th October 1984

>>> Friday 18th October > Saturday 19th October > Sunday 20th October

10/09/2024

What a great day we had at Nottingham Green Festival 2024 meeting old friends and new alike 💚 🌱🌍 Many thanks to all the lovely customers we served on the day and our amazing Veggies volunteer crew! Also, isn't our new frontage just BEAUTIFUL? Arwork dreamed up by Verna Poppy Designs who was just next to us in Food for a Future doing free cookery demos.

Well done event organisers for another wonderful Green Fest and hope you're having a well-deserved rest.

04/09/2024

Phew! We've had a super busy summer tour and next up on our list is the popular Nottingham Green Festival this upcoming Sunday 8th September at the Arboretum. The Green Festival is a FREE event organised by volunteers and local community organisations, and all the caterers on the day are vegan 💚

This fun-filled family-friendly event also has a serious intent - to share skills and knowledge to tackle the ongoing climate crisis, biodiversity loss and other environmental concerns. There will be lots of things for the kids to do, as well as live music, vegan food, craft stalls & small green businesses, and a showcase for local groups to educate the community on the great work they do.

Have some fun with the family and help to give the planet a safer future 🌱🌍

https://www.facebook.com/events/1706016190229432

28/08/2024

Don’t forget it’s our summer open day this Sunday. 11 until 4. Lots of residents to meet, cakes to eat, licensed bar and outside caterers as well as a fabulous raffle, children’s games and other local registered charities. The weather looks great and we hope to see you all at the weekend.

Vegan ice cream will be on sale from the infamous veggie burgers will be on sale courtesy of and more fabulous vegan food from and as always beer from the

09/08/2024

* VOLUNTEER CALL-OUT * Hi lovely supporters👋 We have a couple spare volunteer tickets to join our vegan collective at this year's Northern Green Gathering in Wakefield from 15th-18th August (Veggies are also there a day either side of the festival to set up and tat down.)

Our volunteers get free entry to the festival and crew food throughout - including as many free Veggies Burgers as you can eat! 🍔💚 Can you help us do great vegan outreach?

Pop us a message for more details to discuss details and travel, and please do share with other vegans and animal lovers who might be interested in helping out 💖

09/08/2024

Veggies kitchen is up and ready to provide what we can for people maintaining police station support and others gathering to support Reclaim The Power and each other 🙏

We aim to bring food to Quakers house at about 4pm. Please spread the word to counter Drax misinformation.

Early this morning over 20 people were preemptively arrested in a mass operation. This is a clear attempt to scare us, to prevent peaceful protest.

We are currently working on alternative plans for the weekend and will update you further as soon as we can.

Due to essential items including tents, toilets and track for wheelchairs being seized the 6-day camp can no longer go ahead.

We are as frustrated and disappointed as you are, but our energy and rage will not be wasted 🔥

We are working as hard as possible to find a way for us to gather over the weekend to take meaningful action together.

💚 More information to follow.

23/07/2024

Please set an alarm to join our Webinar this Wednesday at 7pm.

I hope to have arrived at Earth First Gathering by this time, but with little time to prepare

YOU can help by joining the conversation with your questions on vegan pros & cons

CEC Network Wednesday Webinar 24th July 7-8pm

Pat Smith from veggies.org.uk on 40 years of vegan campaign catering.

Benefits to the environment and your health of a vegan diet.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89849682415?pwd=THdyeW44U0RJOG1sYUM4VE1GQ3BSZz09

ID 898 4968 2415 PASS 808472

🌱 Climate Emergency Centre Network Wednesday Webinar and Discussion
🌱24th July 7-8pm

Pat Smith from https://www.veggies.org.uk talk on 40 years of vegan campaign catering. Benefits to the environment and your health of a vegan diet.
Veggies have been embedded in the environmental / social justice movement since 1984.

Veggies is a volunteer-led, community-based, social enterprise
Veggies has been promoting vegan catering since 1984. This supports campaigns for human and animal rights, environmental protection and social justice. Partly due to our work, veganism is now widely understood as an ethical & sustainable way of living.

Veggies Catering Campaign provides catering at almost any event. This includes campaign rallies & community festivals to family celebrations & green gatherings. Burgers Not Bombs

We also run an online shop and host a Community Food Hub, for cut-price ethical supplies, at our Sumac Centre base in Nottingham.

🌐 JOIN THE CALL JOIN THE MOVEMENT

https://climateemergencycentre.co.uk
https://www.veggies.org.uk

Network share

Veggies is a volunteer-led social enterprise promoting vegan catering. Supporting campaigns for human & animal rights, environmental protection & social justice

21/07/2024

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/no-prison-for-protest?source=direct_link&

Shocking prison time for activists. Add your name to the list of thousands, who are disgusted by this punishment of non-violent protest.

27/06/2024

Day two (or 6 of 10)

Follow us at https://x.com/veggiesnottm/

20/06/2024

Woo hoo! 🥳 We have our shiny Vegan Founded certification. Veggies has been proudly 100% vegan since our beginnings back in 1984 and supporting many campaigns for animals, people, planet and peace since then 💚 🐮☮️🌱 Check out lots of other ethical traders on the Vegan Founded directory at: www.veganfounded.com

07/06/2024

Next up on the Veggies 2024 tour, we're super excited to be back at Belper Goes Green 🥳💚 We'll be bringing on both the Saturday & Sunday and are delighted to see that other awesome vegan businesses will be there including Abeyo Ethiopian Cuisine, Cococheesecakes, Khatti meethi, Taylors Artisan Free-From Bakers & Pie Makers, V-Ice Screams, Grazeebo, The May Bakery and The Vegan Spice Co 😋 We LOVE how much vegan stuff will be available at this year's eco event, as eating a plant-based diet is much better for the environment than one with animal products 🥦💪

"From 7 – 9 June, this dynamic festival promises three days packed with community spirit, live music, insightful talks, delicious food, and eco-conscious activities. Run by passionate volunteers, the event represents the ethos of Transition Belper, showcasing small changes that make a big impact on our environment and well-being. Join us at Belper Meadows Cricket Club for an unforgettable blend of entertainment and inspiration."