TheIncredibleVeggieRoadshow

Saturday 21 April 2007, 10.30am to 4.30pm
Renaissance Reading Hotel, Oxford Road, Reading (Renaissance and Thames Valley Suites)

Click here for a map
Directions: Close to the Broad Street Mall, the Renaissance Reading Hotel is next to Argos on Oxford Road.

Admission £1, under 10s free

Come along to Viva!'s Incredible Veggie Roadshow and enjoy, with family and friends, a fantastic day out. You can:

  • Taste a whole range of veggie foods from international dishes you can whiz up at home to ready-to-go convenience foods
  • Receive one-to-one nutritional advice
  • Pick up free recipes and helpful factsheets
  • Sit in on cookery demos and informative talks
  • Browse and buy lots of veggie goodies – from chocolate to cruelty-free cosmetics, bags to books, convenience foods to clothing, wallets to wallcharts and cuddly toys to T-shirts and more!
  • Find out how you can get active
  • Take a break with a cuppa and veggie snack!

So if you've ever given the idea of going veggie a go but need a helping hand, come along, and pick up your free copy of our It’s Time to go Veggie magazine, packed with tips, recipes, celebrity views, nutritional info and detailing the many reasons why "it's time to go veggie"!!!

Prize Draw to win Booja-Booja truffles!

Complete our prize draw questionnaire at our Incredible Veggie Roadshow in Reading and you will have the opportunity to win a luxury gift box of Booja-Booja truffles worth £40. Organic, dairy-free, vegetarian and vegan these truffles – which come presented in a beautiful hand-painted and velvet-lined box, which has been designed by artists to support them and their families in strife-torn Kashmir – are one of the best chocolate sensations you are likely to experience! If you can’t wait until the roadshow, fear not as these tasty morsels are available from the wonderful Garlands Organic – who have kindly donated the gift box for our draw. Pop down for these and other goodies at 6 Reading Road, Pangbourne, Tel 0118 984 4770 www.garlandsorganic.co.uk.

NB: Garlands Organic have also kindly offered all roadshow visitors a free large bottle of Luscombe Sicilian Lemonade if they spend over £15 in-store. Pick up your voucher at the roadshow and have a drink on them!

Spread the word!

  1. Let your friends and family know about the day with the click of a button – send them our online invite.
  2. Order free invites to give to friends, family, colleagues or to distribute door-to-door.
  3. Order free A4 posters to display in a window of your home or car, at work, in your local library, gym, church or community centre, in your favourite shops, health food store, cafe or anywhere else you can think of!
  4. If you have a business or group website, post a banner advert – click here for details

    Call 0117 944 1000 (9am-6pm) or email angie@viva.org.uk to order.

 

Fancy volunteering on the day?

We need a team of volunteers to help Viva! staff at the roadshow so if you can spare a morning, afternoon or even the whole day, we'd love to hear from you!!

Tasks include welcoming (and counting!) visitors, assisting with food tastings, leafleting, washing-up and getting visitors to complete our questionnaire so if want to get involved please contact Angie on 0117 944 1000 or email angie@viva.org.uk. It's a great, upbeat way to spend the day!

Sponsored by:

              

Beanie's Health Foods (Wholesale) Ltd
www.beanieshealthfoods.co.uk
Importers of Fry's Special Vegetarian Foods.

Bourgeois Boheme
www.bboheme.com
Fashion with compassion.

Café Iguana
www.cafeiguana.co.uk
Vegetarian café located in the centre of Reading.

Farmaround Organic
www.farmaround.co.uk
Vegetarian organic home delivery company specialising in organic fruit and vegetables.

Plamil Foods Ltd
www.plamilfoods.co.uk
Delicious dairy-free chocolates, egg free mayonnaise and soya alternative to milk. 

The Redwood Wholefood Company Ltd
www.redwoodfoods.co.uk
UK manufacturers of vegan alternatives to meat, fish and cheese.

Vegetalia Ltd
www.vegetalia.co.uk
Importers of organic vegetarian food products from Spain.

Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation
www.vegetarian.org.uk
Leading science-based health and nutrition charity.

Stalls

Aangan www.aangan.co.uk
Beanie's Health Foods (Wholesale) Ltd (sponsor) www.beanieshealthfoods.co.uk
Bourgeois Boheme (sponsor) www.bboheme.com
Café Iguana (sponsor) www.cafeiguana.co.uk
Farmaround Organic (sponsor) www.farmaround.co.uk
Finansec www.finansec.co.uk
Healthpol www.delacet.co.uk
Our Eco World www.ourecoworld.co.uk
Plamil Foods Ltd (sponsor) www.plamilfoods.co.uk
Thames Valley Vegans and Vegetarians www.t3v.makessense.co.uk
The Redwood Wholefood Company Ltd (sponsor) www.redwoodfoods.co.uk
Vegetalia Ltd (sponsor) www.vegetalia.co.uk
Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation nutritional advice, campaigns and merchandise (sponsor) www.vegetarian.org.uk
Veggiepets.com www.veggiepets.com
Viva! campaigns and merchandise  
Viva! food tastings, with vegan products donated by a wide range of companies  
Viva! hot food tastings, with vegan dishes from around the world  
Viva! prize draw questionnaire  
Zedz Foods www.zedzfoods.co.uk
 
 
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Viva! Vegetarians International Voice for Animals
8 York Court, Wilder Street, Bristol BS2 8QH, UK
T: 0117 944 1000 F: 0117 924 4646 E: info@viva.org.uk