Our policy work
Working alongside political decision makers is a crucial part of achieving The Vegan Society’s mission. Our Policy Team works to make healthy plant-based foods more accessible, affordable, and achievable for all, while championing and protecting the legal rights of vegans.
Our policy work is guided by our 2024 Vegan Manifesto, and current priorities include:
- Encouraging more vegan provision in public-sector institutions
- Promoting plant-based diets as a solution to health and environmental challenges
- Measures to protect the legal rights of vegans
The Ten Point Plan for Plant-Rich Diets
In July 2025, the UK government published the framework for its food strategy, the Good Food Cycle, and is currently developing its action plan. You can learn more about the government’s food strategy here.
Alongside more than 60 leading organisations and experts, The Vegan Society is calling on the government to include policies in the action plan that genuinely support plant-based foods and diets. Our joint position paper, the Ten Point Plan, outlines practical and achievable measures the UK government must take to boost the production and consumption of plant foods.
Find out more about the plan and add your support here.
Working with parliamentarians
To ensure that our calls are heard directly by key decision makers, we work closely with MPs and parliamentarians to put plant-based diets firmly on the government’s agenda.
Our work includes:
- Attending party conferences
- Sharing updated evidence-based policy briefings and research
- Hosting regular meetings for MPs with an interest in plant-based issues
We also facilitate engagement between supporters and decision makers. In 2025, to mark our 80th Anniversary, we held a reception in Parliament, welcoming 180 guests, including 9 MPs, in recognition of how far the vegan movement has come. Building on this momentum, in 2026, we organised a lobby day for plant-rich diets, bringing together supporters from across the UK to meet with their MPs and make a powerful collective call change.
Consultation responses
Another important way we put veganism and plant-rich diets on the political agenda is by responding to official consultations. We respond on issues ranging from defending the legal rights of vegans to policies and practices that need to change for a vegan-friendly world.
To view our responses and learn more, visit our webpage here.
Policy briefings
Find our policy briefings here:
- Plant-rich diets and food security briefing
- Plant-rich diets and food security briefing summary
- Dietary Change and Emissions
- Catering for Everyone in Scotland
- Catering for Everyone in Wales
- Climate Emergency
- Councils Climate Emergency
- Grow Green UK
- Land Management in Wales
- Planting Value in the Food System
- Plate Up for the Planet
If you work for an elected representative, feel free to write to us for evidence on vegan-related issues at policy[at]vegansociety[dot]com
If you are a local campaigner, feel free to share relevant briefings with your local politicians, and send any feedback to campaigns[at]vegansociety[dot]com
Working with like-minded organisations
Sustain coalition
We ended 2025 on a high by becoming a member of Sustain, a powerful coalition of organisations working to achieve healthier, fairer more sustainable food and farming systems in the UK.
Plant-based Food Alliance UK
In 2021, The Vegan Society helped to found a new coalition of organisations from across the UK’s plant-based value chain - The Plant-based Food Alliance UK. Together, we work to support a thriving plant-based food sector in the UK that helps to improve public health and realise the Government’s environmental goals.