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Events, products, special offers etc mentioned may well no longer
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Local
NVW Activities 2007- Scotland
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Edinburgh : Fife : Glasgow & Clyde : Orkney |
| ANGUS |
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| Monifieth |
Ashludie Hospital
Monifieth, DD5 4HQ
The catering department are running NVW activities. |
| ARGYLL & BUTE |
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| Isle of Bute |
Rothesay Primary School
Townhead, Rothesay, Isle of Bute
We're having food tastings and an art & poetry competition (staff and pupils
only). Our dinner lady is providing prizes for the best poem, piece of
writing or artwork. Prizes include dvd player, radios etc. the children
will complete a record of 5-a-day each day of the Week too. |
| BORDERS |
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| Ancrum |
Ancrum Organic Store
Shiloh Cottage, Ancrum, Roxburghshire TD8 6UY. Tel: 01835 830509.
We will be celebrating our first birthday as we opened our organic, vegetarian
store at the start of National Vegetarian Week last year! We are inviting
our customers to challenge us - choose a vegetable and we'll find you a
delicious recipe. Also hoping to promote NVW along with our local radio
station.
May 16: Organic, vegetarian and vegan wine tasting evening - limited tickets
only so please call for more information. |
| Galashiels |
Galashiels Library
Lawyers Brae, Galashiels TD1 3JQ.
Information. Holding a healthy eating display. |
| Peebles |
Macdonald
Cardrona House
Cardrona, Peebles, EH45 6LZ
Food. Selected Macdonald's
Hotels are celebrating National Vegetarian Week with special Signature
dishes designed by some of the group's finest chefs, using only the
freshest, seasonal, locally sourced ingredients. Examples include
- baked crisp tart of seasonal vegetables with tian of spicy cous
cous, griddled asparagus, plum tomato and basil dressing; Warm goats
cheese & filo, with walnuts, grapes and creme fraiche; courgette
wrapped smoked haloumi with pepper coulis and basil oil served on
rocket salad with a roasred pepper coulis. Average price for five
spectacular courses is £35. |
| DUNDEE |
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Taste Fresh Dundee Ltd
11 Union Street, Dundee DD1 4BN. Tel:01382 224 300
Special Offer. 10% discount
to VEGSOC members during the week on production of their membership card. Also
investigating the possibility of stocking Forest Foods veggie range during
the Week.
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| EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE |
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| Kirkintilloch |
Caunie
Soap
Organic Garden (side gate), Canal Lane, Kirkintilloch, Scotland G66
1QZ. Tel: 0141 776 1218
Special Offer.
Soaperie
shop (open tuesday 10am till noon) buy one get one
free for a friend across range, all vegan, Wash up through organic soaps
to
organic shower gel. Special nettle soaps buy one get two free (great
for eczema and psorisis sufferers), available at all the scottish growers
markets that Caurnie go to - Edinburgh Glasgow Perth Ayr etc
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| EAST LOTHIAN |
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| School catering |
East Lothian Council
Block B Brewery Park, Haddington, EH41 3HA.
We look after 19 schools in East Lothian (but not all are taking part).
The school meals service will be promoting the vegetarian choice at lunchtime
and encouraging the children to try it. |
| North Berwick |
Macdonald
Marine House
Cromwell Road, North Berwick, East Lothian,
EH38 3LH
Food. Selected Macdonald's
Hotels are celebrating National Vegetarian Week with special Signature
dishes designed by some of the group's finest chefs, using only the
freshest, seasonal, locally sourced ingredients. Examples include
- baked crisp tart of seasonal vegetables with tian of spicy cous
cous, griddled asparagus, plum tomato and basil dressing; Warm goats
cheese & filo, with walnuts, grapes and creme fraiche; courgette
wrapped smoked haloumi with pepper coulis and basil oil served on
rocket salad with a roasred pepper coulis. Average price for five
spectacular courses is £35. |
| EDINBURGH |
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Forestry Commission
231 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh EH12 7AT
Thinking of creating a menu of vegetarian dishes in our staff restaurant
and setting up a display of posters and leaflets.
Henderson's
Vegetarian Cafe & Bistro
94 Hanover Street, Edinburgh EH2 1DR. Tel: 0131 225 2131.
Food. We'll be promoting
NVW throughout our business- the chefs will be creating special dishes
all through the Week and there will be tastings
in our shop. (Veg Soc members - remember you can get 10% discount at
Hendersons)
MacSween Haggis
Look for a window display in involving MacSween's vegetarian
haggis for National Vegetarian Week in Peckham's, Buntsfield
Place, Edinburgh.
MacSween's will also be informing their customers about National Vegetarian
Week.
Sodexho
at Lothian & Borders Police HQ
5 Fettes Avenue, Edinburgh EH4 1RB. Tel: 0131 343 6647.
We'll be putting on specials in our salad bar and running a chef's
special vegetarian dish daily.
Zest (Bengali/Indian restaurant)
North St Andrews Street, Edinburgh.
Food. We will be encouraging carnivorous diners to choose from the
alternative vegetarian menu - choices include Chana puree (chickpeas
with puff bread), Sabzi Chamon Bahar
(spiced mixed veg with bananas or vegetarian pakora made with potatoes,
mangoes and chillies). The house menu includes vegetarian and non vegetarian
dishes to suit Eastern and Western palates and experienced staff are
on hand to office advice and recommondations.
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| FIFE |
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| School Catering |
Hungry 4 Success (Fife Council)
Unit Q11 Flemington Road, Glenrothes, Fife KY7 5QW.
Every school in Fife is taking part in National Vegetarian Week (160 primary
schools, 25 high schools). We're having completely vegetarian menus, giving
the children questionnaires to find out what their favourites are and we'll
try and incorporate those into our next set of menus. Lots of schools are
having fun days, green days to encourage healthy eating etc. |
| Dunfermline |
Queen Anne High School
Broomheads, Dunfermline
Hoping that NVW promotions will help both students and kitchen staff to
understand more about the value of eating vegetables. |
| Falkland |
Tay
Veggies (Veg Soc Local Contacts)
May 24: Food. Social
event. Tay Veggies, local contact
group of The Vegetarian Society will be celebrating National Vegetarian
Week
21-27
May 2007
with a Vegetarian Cookery Evening at Pillars of Hercules, Falkland
on Thursday 24 May from 7.30 - 9.30. The Tay Veggies will be offering
samples and recipes for a variety of easily prepared dishes and explaining
how to cook them. Tickets which includes live music and soft drinks
cost £5 on the door; £4 before, are available from the
Pillars of Hercules shop or email bruce@pillars.co.uk
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| GLASGOW & CLYDE VALLEY |
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| East Kilbride |
Macdonald Crutherland House
Strathaven Road, East Kilbride G75 0QZ.
Food. Selected Macdonald's Hotels are celebrating National Vegetarian Week
with special Signature dishes designed by some of the group's finest chefs,
using only the freshest, seasonal, locally sourced ingredients. Examples
include - baked crisp tart of seasonal vegetables with tian of spicy cous
cous, griddled asparagus, plum tomato nd basil dressing; Warm goats cheese
& filo, with walnuts, grapes and creme fraiche; courgette wrapped smoked
haloumi with pepper coulis and basil oil served on rocket salad with a
roasred pepper coulis. Average price for five spectacular courses is £35. |
| Glasgow |
Cherry & Heather
Fine Foods (Delicatessen)
7 North Gower Street, Cessnock, Glasgow G51 1PW. Tel: 0141 4270272
Food. Planning to have a bigger and more interesting veggie choice on the
menu and to encourage our customers to have a healthy lifestyle.
Entrading
Eco Shop & Cafe
88 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 2QZ. Tel: 0141 332 2424.
Planning to highlight NVW and make the connection between a vegetarian
diet and lower enviromental impact. We sell everything for the household
that's bbest for the environment- fridges to footwear, paint to pants,
insulation to eyeliner.
Grassroots
Organic (organic wholefood shop)
20 Woodlands Road, Glasgow G3 6UR. Tel: 0141 353 3278
Special Offers. We'll be having a number of special offers on during
the week such as buy 6 mixed wines and get 10% off; buy 2 organic pasta
sauces and get one free.
Mono
and The 78
King's Court, King Street, Glasgow G1 5RB. Tel: 0141 553 2400
Mono and The 78 vegan and vegetarian restaurants will be celebrating
National Vegetarian Week by providing dairy free hazelnut, vegan, Mars-style
Bars and launching a new vegan Mars-Bar-style ice cream dessert on
their menus - delicious dairy free choc ice with toffee sauce ad flambeed
in whiskey.
The
Village Storytelling Centre
183 Meiklerig Crescent, Glasgow G53 5NA. Tel: 0141 882 3025.
Running a campaign to highlight the health benefits of a vegetarian
diet (we have just completed our bronze award for Scotland's health
at Work).
Trinity
High School
Glenside Drive, Rutherglen, Glasgow G73 3LW.
We aim to have a week of awareness. Every class that passes through the
Home Economic Dept. will have at least one period of information regarding
vegetarianism. We aim to discuss the moral and ethical issues; what
is a vegetarian?; dietary requirements of a vegetarian; foods that are
suitable for vegetarians and advice for anyoen thinking of becoming a
vegetarian.
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| Hamilton |
St Elizabeth Primary School
William Drive, Hamilton, ML3 7RQ.
Fruit & Veg Extravaganza. Each class has been allocated a fruit or a vegetable
to research, cook with, sing songs about, dress up as and display in order
to highlight the importance
of
this
food group. The P7 children being part of a very Eco-Friendly School, have
recycled used school water bottles into carrot tops to be worn on their
heads whist permforming their class song about Sid Carrot.We
have been inventing Classy Carrot Recipes to be complied into Classy
Carrot Cookery Book
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| Kilkerran |
Clyde
Coast Vegetarian Info Centre (Veg
Soc Local Contact)
May 20: Social Event. Rendevous by the River Barbecue to celebrate National
Vegetarian Week, 2 - 6 pm. At Old Sawmill Cottage, Kilkerran, Ayrshire
KA19 7PZ. Inclement weather? Not likely at our sun trap but marquee on
hand for shade/shelter! Bring your own veggie/vegan food and drink Phone
01655740451 for directions. |
| Uddingston |
Muiredge Primary School
Watson Street, Uddingston G71 7JL.
Challenging pupils and staff to go veggie for a day or week; possibly running
a competition or a special assembly; advertising the Week on our health
notice board. |
| ORKNEY |
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| Kirkwall |
Kirkwall Grammar School
We will be getting our s3 intermediate 1 hospitality students to devise
a fully vegetarian menu to be offered in th canteen that week. |
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