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NVW Activities 2008 - Scotland
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| Aberdeenshire |
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Aberdeen
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Bridge of Don Library
Scotstown Road, Aberdeen
AB22 8HH
Information. Displaying
NVW materials.
Petrotechnics
Pavilion 3, Craigshaw Business Park, East Tullos, Aberdeen, AB12 3QH
Petrotechnics have a Healthly Working Lives Team who are geared
around promoting various key topics around an individual's lifestyle
- ultimately
striving to raise awareness and knowledge within areas such as healthy
eating; vegetarismn being one of them. Petrotechnics aim to publicise
National Vegetarian week by advertising on our notice boards, intranet,
literature (as provided by Veg Soc) and will also produce a sampler week
of vegetarian options for those who are keen to
adopt this way of eating.
The
Hub. Aberdeen university
Elphinstone Road, Aberdeen AB24 3TU
At the hub we already cater well for vegetarians, having options in our
5 food units and coffee shop. We also have a vegan salad bar which
we opened in Vegetarian Week last year and as it proved so popular
we have kept it in place.We will be running promotions for the week commencing
19th May. We cater for approx 1200 at lunchtimes and 400 in the evenings
Upperkrust
Aberdeen ltd. (sandwich/takeaway shop)
46 Upperkirkgate, Aberdeen, AB10 1BA
Food. we will be dressing up as vegetables and will have special
vegetarian meals on for the week.
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Kemnay
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Kemnay Library
Kendal Road, Kemnay, Aberdeenshire
AB51 5RN
Information. Displaying NVW
materials. |
| Angus |
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Montrose
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Motivators (Angus
Mental Health Association)
38-40
Murray Street, Montrose, Angus DD10 8LB
Information. Displaying
NVW materials. |
| Ayrshire |
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Drongan
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Drongan Community Library
Mill O'Shield
Road, Drongan, KA6 7AY
Information. We will have some vegeterian cookbooks and gardening books
on display |
| Edinburgh |
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Edinburgh
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Hendersons,
Vegetarian restaurant, shop, bistro and bakery
94 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1DR. Tel: 0131
225 2131 www.hendersonsofedinburgh.co.uk
Food. Special
offer. Information. 10% off for all vegetarian
society members. All week we will be doing special dishes, and tastings
in
our shop and lots of information.
NHS National Services Scotland
Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 9EB
Staff restaurant promotion with special recipes for staff at work
Piershill Library
30 Piersfield Terrace, Edinburgh, eh8 7bq
Information. a display in the library of books and promotional material
from Veg Soc, from 10am to 8pm Monday to Thursday, 10am to 5 pm on Fridays,
9am to 1pm on Saturdays
Sodexo at Scottish Parliament
Holyrood, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
There will be additional vegetarian courses
avilable in the Members Restaurant and the veggie option will be the
"special" all through the Week.
The Engine Shed Vegetarian Cafe
Garvald Community Enterprises Ltd,19 St
Leonards Lane, Edinburgh, EH8 9SH
Food. Special Offer.Organic Tofu Week! Monday - Saturday 10 till 3.30pm,
different tofu dishes each day, tofu recipes available to takeaway, samples/tasters
in the cafe all week. Offer, 20p off all takeway tofu products, Cream
Tea! Saturday only 2.15 till 3.30pm, selection of sandwiches, scones & biscuits
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| Fife |
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| All Fife High Schools |
Fife Council
Q 11 Flemington Rd, Glenrothes, Fife
Running competitions in all of our High Schools during National Vegetarian
Week |
| Glasgow & Clyde Valley |
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Kilkerran
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Clyde
Coast South (Veg Soc local contact)
May 18: Social Event. 2-6pm,
Rendezvous by the River, barbecue to celebrate National Vegetarian Week
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 Sylvia 01655740451 for directions |
Glasgow
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Cherry
and Heather Fine Food (cafe/takeaway)
7 North
Gower Street, Cessnock, Glasgow G51 1PW
Information. Displaying
NVW materials.
Compass Group UK
Abbey House, 301 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5HN
We will be running specially
promoted vegetarian dishes from Monday to Friday in the staff restaurant.
it is our intention to combine this with the promotion of healthy eating
as we are working towards our healthy living award with the Scottish
Executive
Grassroots
Organic, vegaterian
shop and cafe
20 Woodlands Road, Charing Cross, Glasgow G3
6UR (shop) 93-97 St.
George's Road, Charing Cross, Glasgow (cafe)
. www.grassrootsorganic.com
Food. Special
offer. Tasting
each day in the shop of different products, Equal exchange on the 15th between
11am and 3pm. Wicken Fen sausages between 11am and 3pm on the same
day and on the 16th May. Also for the week
we will offer a 10% discount to any member of the vegetarian society
with production of their membership card. This discount will not be available
on any products that are already on discount or special promotion.
May 22: At
the cafe we will be holding a special evening on Thursday. There will
be a set menu and we will be celebrating the food of South America.Tostada
with black beans and a mango salsa VGF, Whole stuffed chillies with cream
cheese and salsa verde, Bean and seitan mole served with avocado mousse
and spiced sweet potato (V), Three types of chilli with smokey tomato
salsa and sour cream(V)(GF), Both served with flour or corn tortilla.
Frozen banana yoghurt with lime curd and a cinnamon tortilla (GF), Tequila,
lime and chilli jelly with an exotic fruit salad VGF. The menu will
be £19.95 per person, or, £29.95
per person, Including a glass of specifically matched wine with every
course. Please call Cafe Grassroots, 0141-333- 0534, to book your table
Entrading Environmental shop and cafe
88 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 2QZ
We will modify our ususal projection show in the cafe to highlight the
links between a vegetarian diet and reducing impact on the world's environments.
Phyllis Templeton Weightloss Consultant
11 Campell Drive, Barrhead, Glasgow
Information. Displaying
NVW materials.
Tapa Coffee and Bakehouse
19-21 Whitehill St, Dennistoun, Glasgow, G31 2LH. www.tapabakehouse.com
Information. Special
Offer. Our organic and vegetarian cafe will be offering
a 10% discount to Veg Soc members for the week. We will be also displaying
NVW material. Open 8am-6pm each day
University of Glasgow-Hospitality Services
Hospitality
Services, 1A The Square, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12
8QQ
Hospitality Services hope to achieve 'Vegetarian Society accreditation'
by the time NVW takes place. We will be promoting our vegetarian sandwiches,
vegan soups and that our breakfast eggs are now free range |
| Hebrides |
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Isle of Lewis
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Calanais Visitor Centre
Isle Of Lewis HS29DY
Information. Displaying NVW
materials. |
| Highlands |
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Inverness
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Highland Wholefoods Workers Co-operative
Unit 6, 13 Harbour Road, Inverness IV1 1SY
Information. Displaying NVW materials. |
| Kirkcudbrightshire |
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Castle Douglas
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Amanda & Emily
Robert-Sinclair
Greenlaw
Mansion, Castle Douglas, Scotland DG7 2NX
May 24: 12-3pm, A Veggie teddy bears picnic, family & friends - invite
only, £2 (only monies to Veg Soc) |
| Lanarkshire |
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Salsburgh
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Kirk O'Shotts Primary School
School Road, Salsburgh, Scotland, ML7 4NS
Our Primary 6 and 7 pupils are making vegetarian recipe books to
sell and have designed their own posters to encourage the other pupils
in
the school to try vegetarianism for a week. We will be having food tastings
and cooking sessions during the week. We will be looking into the benefits
of vegetarianism for health and the environment. |
Uddington
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The Fresh Fruit Shop
59 Main Street, Uddington,
Glasgow, South Lanarkshire G71 7EP
Information. Displaying NVW
materials. |
| Midlothian |
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Newtongrange
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Newtongrange Library
St Davids, Main Street,
Newtongrange EH224LG
Information. Displaying
NVW materials. |
| Moray |
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Dufftown
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Craigellachie Primary School
St Marys, Church Street, Dufftown, Moray ab55 4br
Event to promote healthy eating/vegetarian alternatives to meat., local
supermarkets will be donating vege products to cook and taste test, question
and answer session about becoming a vegetarian/vegan.
Healing Harmony
St Marys, Church Street, Dufftown, Moray AB55 4BR
Information. Displaying
NVW materials. |
| Orkney |
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Stromness
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The
Cafe Bar,
Victoria Street, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3AA. telephone: 01856
850551
We plan to promote the vegetarian products we already sell in the deli,
plus a special menu for the week in the cafe. maybe with free tastings
over the weekend of that week - details to be finalised. |
| Perthshire
& Kinross |
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Perth
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St Columba's RC High School
Department of
Religious and Moral Education, Malvina Place, Perth, Scotland PH1 5BD
Prompted by a Senior Pupil we are organising a focus week coinciding with
NVW for the whole school including themed lessons , vegetarianism in Home
Economics and vegetarianism/animal welfare in Religious & Moral Education, school's
thought for the week and food facts to go on daily bulletins. |
| Ross-shire |
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Muir of Ord
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Fairburn Activity and Conference Centre
Ltd
Marybank, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire V6 7UT
Information. Displaying NVW
materials. We have residential and day visit schools with us during Vegetarian
Week. We are planning our menus to include vegetarian options and will
be giving the sticker badges to each child who tries a veggie dish for
the first time. |
| Scottish Borders |
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Galashiels
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Galashiels library
Lawyers Brae, Galashiels,
Selkirkshire, Scotland, TD1
6JQ
Information. Book Display in the Galashiels Library display area mainly
promoting our stock of books on the subject and giving interested readers the
chance to pick up a free Veg Soc booklet |
| West Lothian |
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Addiewell
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The Pitstop
Main Street, Addiewell, West
Calder, West Lothian, EH55 8HN
Information. Food. veggie specials and display |
Livingston
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Johnson & Johnson
Medical Ltd
Simpson Parkway, Kirkton Campus, Livingston, Scotland, EH54 7AT
In the workplace our Health & wellness centre (gym) & canteen work
together regularly to promote various health topics/events. Our canteen
always offers good veggie choices, however, we want to promote the veggie
awareness further, so this week will be focused on giving out recipes,
various different choices, tasters, generally making people more aware of
the benefits |
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