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A NWSSDTP and Greenpeace funded PhD student at Lancaster University. My area of research is in the field of Psychology and concerns the use of smartphone-based experience sampling to assess meat reduction interventions. Specifically, I am looking at whether there is an additive effect of social support and tailored messaging on pledging success.

In 2018, I graduated with distinction in Psychological Research Method. My research was supervised by Dr. Jared Piazza and together we employed eye-tracking methodology to study eye-directed visual engagement with images of farmed, companion and endangered animals. We know from previous research that eye-directed gaze is typical of high-trait empathy, whereas, irregular visual engagement, where gaze falls away from the eyes or rests on a single eye, is typical of low-trait empathy (Cowan, Vanman & Neilson, 2016). We wanted to understand whether different animals would elicit different empathic gaze patterns and learn more about how diet might interact with this. We found that empathic gaze was significantly greater for companion animals than both wild and farmed animals. Farmed animals elicited a low-empathic monocular gaze pattern. Women and meat avoiders exhibited more empathic gaze than men and meat eaters, across all categories.

A collaborative project between The Vegan Society, The Ecologist magazine and Kingston University.

Researcher Network member, Rebecca Stanton, updates us on her research, considering how industries that harm animals, such as the farming industry, are frequently depicted in a way that is unreflective of reality.

The Festival is organised by Farplace Animal Rescue. We are a UK animal rescue who help specialist cases like FIV+ cats and have helped many such cases in need from across the UK. All the profits from the festival will directly help animals.

Stalls, talks, demos and so much more. Packed with hot and cold food, cosmetics, campaigns and more all at a lovely city centre location.

£3 standard entry, £15 VIP entry

The Festival is organised by Farplace Animal Rescue. We are a UK animal rescue who help specialist cases like FIV+ cats and have helped many such cases in need from across the UK. All the profits from the festival will directly help animals.

Stalls, talks, demos and so much more. Packed with hot and cold food, cosmetics, campaigns and more all at a lovely city centre location

£3 standard entry, £15 VIP entry

For more information see our Facebook page

We're returning to Durham and holding our second vegan fair in aid of Farplace Animal Rescue. Packed with hot and cold food, cosmetics, campaigns and more all at a great venue.

Free entry!

For more information see our Facebook page

The Greater London Vegan Festival returns! This time it will be held in Slough in the Farplace Animal Rescue Charity Superstore (a former ARGOS) and throughout the shopping centre. Stalls will include hot food, cakes, cosmetics, campaigns and more! 

Entry is free but you can choose to make a donation to Farplace Animal Rescue who will receive 100% of the profits of this event 

Free standard entry, £15 VIP entry

For more information see our Facebook page

Farplace Vegan Festival is coming to London-Derry! All the money raised is going directly to Farplace Animal Rescue. Stalls, talks, demos and so much more. Packed with hot and cold food, cosmetics for you to try and campaigns to get involved with. 

£3 standard entry

£15 VIP entry: This includes early entry and a goodie bag made up of donations from businesses and campaigns

The first Farplace Vegan Festival to take place in Morecambe! All the money raised is going directly to Farplace Animal Rescue. This event brings together all sorts of wonderful stalls to celebrate veganism.

£3 standard entry

£15 VIP entry: This includes early entry and a goodie bag made up of donations from businesses and campaigns

For tickets visit our website

Be The Future organises a Vegan Market at Stoke Newington with 30 stalls of delicious vegan foods, hot drinks, music, crafts, clothing, skincare, kids books, herbs, candles, snacks, chocolates, scents, kids cloths, illustrations, plastic free, sustainable and upcycling products.

It is completely free and open for everyone to attend, so please do invite your friends, family, and colleagues to support local business.

For more information see our website 

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