A landmark meeting of two significant organisations.

Photography skills required at The Vegan Society.

Brecknock Road Vegan Festival recorded on video.

Our 2013 AGM will be one to remember.

In a progressive move towards vegan-friendly catering for all in UK hospitals, Senior Advocacy Officer Amanda Baker gave a voice to vegans at the Hospital Food Forum held in London in September 2013. During the meeting for groups collaborating in the Sustain Campaign for Better Hospital Food, Amanda asked the forum to consider the diverse benefits of vegan-friendly catering in hospitals. Soon afterwards, the National Chair of the Hospital Caterers Association, Andy Jones, sought our help in adding exciting, nutritious vegan-friendly recipes to their national database.

The Vegan Society's new-look magazine is praised.

Vegan Society Media and PR Manager Samantha Calvert, was quoted in The Guardian in a piece about Glasgow being named the most vegan-friendly city in the UK by PETA. She was pleased to be able to tell The Guardian that Glasgow University was the first university in the country to be registered to use The Vegan Society’s sunflower trademark.

Inspired by The Vegan Society’s sponsored debate at the Cheltenham Science Festival this year and published to tie in with the Radio 4 programme in July, this article asked whether it is time to stop eating meat regularly and save it for special occasions. Vegan Society CEO Jasmijn de Boo was interviewed by Anna-Louise Taylor of BBC Food.

Read the full article here:

bbc.co.uk/food/0/22803933

The Vegan Society supports IVU VegFest organisers.

At the famous World of Music, Arts and Dance (‘WOMAD’) festival in July, our partner, Ecotricity, hosted a debate between Jasmijn de Boo, CEO of The Vegan Society, and Aine Morris of the Sustainable Food Trust. The question was: ‘Vegan and/or organic – the positive impact of meat and dairy, or not?’ Jasmijn argued ‘not’ on behalf of The Vegan Society.