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NVW Activities 2009 - South East
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| Berkshire |
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Newbury
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Hilton Newbury North
M4 Junction 13, Oxford Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 8XY
May 18-24: Food. we will be offering
a special Vegetarian menu in our restaurant and also offering a Vegetarian
snack menu in our Cafe Cino/Bar. Choices will include: Spicy Bean Burger
served with Tomato Salsa, Mayonnaise & Julienne Fries; French Farmers
Salad (Lambs Lettuce, Goat’s Cheese, Beetroot and Garlic Croutons);Avocado,
Galia Melon, Strawberry and Pine Nuts Salad; Asparagus, Parmesan Cheese,
sun blushed Tomato tart;Mexican Enchiladas
Newbury College
Monks Lane, Newbury, West Berkshire RG14 7TD
We are hoping to have cookery lessons, with the students eating their own
cooking. The catering staff to have a vegetarian day only in the refectory.
Hopefully displys in the corridors etc. |
Reading
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University of Reading
Wantage Hall, Upper
Redlands Road, Reading, Berks, RG1 5JJ
We will be offering double the vegetarian options in all the catered halls
University
of Reading, St Patricks Catering, St Patricks Hall, Northcourt
Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 7HB
promoting the Week with recipes and posters etc.
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Wokingham
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Vitality Health Foods
20 Peach Street, Wokingham, Berkshire RG40 1XG
May 18-22: Food. We will be doing free food demos in store for customers
to try. |
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Amersham
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Amersham and Wycombe College
Bite to Eat
Cafe, Stanley Hill Campus, Amersham, Bucks HP7 9HN
We teach life skills, cookery and catering through a cafe in college. We
will promote the week to the college through the cafe and intranet. We
will also cook vegetarian dishes in our cookery classes all that week and
talk about vegetarianism |
Gerrards Cross
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Maltman's Green School
Maltman's Lane, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 8RR
Our Science Department is liaising with the catering department in creating
awareness of dietary needs for vegans and vegatarians. |
Milton Keynes
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Bay Tree Health
58B High Street, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK11 1AQ
May 9: workshop - Detoxtastic - based on the benefits of eating a raw food
diet or at least eating more raw food. This tends obviously towards vegan
and will be a good time to promote National Vegetarian Week.
Milton Keynes
Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights Group (Veg Soc Affiliated Group)
Information. Will be promoting NVW at the following places whilst
doing a street collection - look out for literature:
May 16 – Buckingham
May 23– Stony Stratford (Milton Keynes)
May 20: Social
Event. Meal & Social. Arrive
7.30pm. Veggie World Restaurant, 150-152 Queensway, Bletchley, Visitors & new
members welcome. For
bookings ring Peter 01908 503919 / 07967 589663
Shenley Brook End School
Walbank Grove, Shenley Brook End, Milton Keynes, Bucks MK5 7ZT
We run a Debating Club within the 6th Form and we will be holding a debate
as to whether killing animals for food is morally acceptable. In the
main library, we are having veggie food taster sessions all week, with
veggie-related word searches and Veggie-Friendly pictionary. These events
are only open to the school
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| Hampshire |
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Fleet
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Fleet Library
236 Fleet Road, Fleet, Hants, GU51 4BX
Information. We aim to have a display near the main entrance to the Library
for the week
Pabulum (Contract Caterer)
3rd Floor, Flagship House, Reading Road North, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51
4WP
We'll be serving 99p vegetarian meals within our secondary school
sector. A meal would usually cost from £1.60 to £2.10 so
a GREAT saving! We'll also be participating in the seasonal recipe
competition (see www.youngveggie.org for
details of the competition)
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Portsmouth
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Vegetarian
Information Portsmouth (Veg
Soc local contact)
May 18-24: Information. Mike will be at Liquid and Envy on Monday, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday. He will be at Route 66 on Tuesday and Tiger
Tiger on Thursday. Mike will be at the venues stated from 11pm till 2-3am. He
may have information on him. If vegetarian/vegan or trying, you can probably
talk with Mike and ask questions, if you find a quiet spot! He is always
happy to help veggies/vegans or people interested. Give him a stamped addressed
envelope if you want information posted. Find a quiet spot if you want
to talk on these subjects, or ask questions. If you are on facebook, you
can find Mike's page at: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id%3D558132478&v%3Dinfo&viewas%3D558132478 |
Southsea
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Rosie's Vineyard
87 Elm Grove, Southsea, Hampshire, PO5 1JF. Tel: 02392 755944. www.rosies-vineyard.co.uk
May 19-24: Food. Vegetarian specials.
The Greenhouse Kitchen
59 Marmion Road, Southsea, Hampshire, PO2 5AX
Food. Special
Offer. The Greenhouse Kitchen will be running a special
menu for National Vegetarian Week which coincides with our 1st Birthday.
Discounts
will also
be offered
on a number of our menu items, and, for this week only, members of
the Vegetarian Society will be entitled to a 10% discount on purchases
over £5. |
| Isle of Wight |
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Isle of Wight Vegetarians and Vegans
Organising a display of poster and booklets in Newport Library and,
hopefully, in local health food shops. |
Newport
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Clatterford Tuition Centre
Watergate
Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1XW
We are a Pupil Referral Unit on the Isle of Wight - we are planning to
have two weeks of food technology lessons for the students focusing on
vegetarian food and vegetarian cooking to raise their awareness and understanding.
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Ventnor
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El Toro Contento Tapas Bar
2 Pier Street, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, PO38 1ST
May 20: Food. Vegetarian Buffet, delicious, home made
food from around the world, £14.50 per person.
Plus all week special
vegetarian "pintxos" (mini tapas typical in the Basque country) in
our new bar on the beach "Pintxo Playa". |
| Kent |
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Ashford
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Highworth Grammar School
Quantock Drive, Ashford, Kent TN248UD
We are running an enrichment session
for year 7 and 8 students and they will be preparing vegetarian recipes.
GCSE and A level food students
will receive the information so that they can use it in their coursework.
We will also publisise it via mentor system and a display outside the
food technology room. |
Canterbury
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Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
May 22: Food. Information. 6:30-8:30pm, Vegetarian Delight: A talk on benefits,
nutritional guidelines, meat eating and global warming, some tasters.
The
Friends
Meeting House, 6 The Friars, Canterbury, CT1 2AS, Kent. Open to the public,
free. More details: www.bkwsu.org/uk/canterbury |
Dover
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The Marquis at Alkham
Dover, Kent, CT15 7DF. Tel: 01304873410 www.themarquisatalkham.co.uk
Food. All week during vegetarian week we will have extra vegetarian & vegan
options on our menu using local farms, cheesemakers & foragers produce
to celebrate vegetarian week from £ 17.95 per person. |
Faversham
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Faversham
Community Cafe & Resource
Centre
81 Preston Street, Faversham, Kent ME13 8NU
We'll be increasing the veggie options on our menu. |
Maidstone
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Blackthorn Garden Cafe
St. Andrews Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 9AN
Vegetarian cafe open Mon-Fri
10am-3pm (Lunch 12-1.45pm), Open all year round annd always vegetarian,
but why not try something
new for NVW? Bookings: 01622 725585
Fortify Cafe
32 High Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1JF
Food. new veggie cafe, new menu offering some of the best home-cooked
food in a relaxed and stylish setting. From a tasty lunch to an indulgent
slice of cake - drop in, chill out, stay and relax or take-away
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Sidcup
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Harenc Preparatory School for Boys
Church
House, 167 Rectory Lane, Sidcup, Kent DA14 5BU
Promoting National Vegetarian Week in conjunction with Healthy Schools
Week from 18th May. |
West Malling
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Offham Primary School
Church Road, Offham, West Malling, Kent ME19 5NX
May 19: We are organising a competition in the school for the best vegetarian
dish; all children, staff and parents can participate. There are prizes
for the tastiest, most original, most colourful, best presented dishes,
and more... Information on being veg will be available. And pupils are
also briefed about the Creative Young Veggies competition
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| Oxfordshire |
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Banbury
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The Brookwood Partnership Ltd At North
Oxfordshire Academy
Drayton Road, Banbury, Oxon Ox16 0UD
We at north
oxfordshire academy will be serving a vegetarian hot food only this week
for the
pupils for lunch and we will be having a different
sandwich filling on every day. |
Oxford
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Oxveg
- Oxfordshire Vegetarians and Vegans (Veg Soc local contacts)
Monday 18 - Saturday 23 May: Information. Library display to promote National
Vegetarian Week (18-24 May). Oxford Central Library, Westgate, Oxford.
May 20: Social event. Dining Out Club meeting at the Greek Taverna,
7.30pm. Booking essential - please contact Natasha at doc@oxveg.co.uk,
May 23: Food. Free food
stall on Cornmarket Street, Oxford, 12-4pm. Come and sample
some delicious vegetarian and vegan food, including samples from favourite
brands, and homebaked goodies.
May 24: Social event.
OxVeg picnic, 12-3.30pm, Hinskey
Park, Abingdon Road, Oxford. Bring food to share (RSVP to secretary@oxveg.co.uk
in case of wet weather arrangements).
Food.
Food demonstration at Wantage Health
Food Stores. Contact the store directly, or media@oxveg.co.uk for more
details.
All events open to public, though some are RSVP, Further details (including
maps to events) are available on our website www.oxveg.co.uk
St Peters College
New Inn Hall St, Oxford, OX1 2DL
We will be running a mainly vegetarian menu for Monday to Friday
The Mission
8 St Michaels Street, Oxford, Oxford OX12DU
Food. Special guest menu items |
Witney
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The Marlborough Hotel
28 Market Sq, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6BH
Food. vegetarian special selection with the view to escalating to a seperate
vegetarian menu |
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Barnett Hill
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Sundial
Group
Barnett Hill, Surrey. www.sundialgroup.com
Food. Sundial will be launching
an all vegetarian table d'hote menu to run alongside their customary award winning
evening menus, in their three residential conference centres. Every evening between
(and inclusive of) 18th - 22nd May. The menu is available to our residential
conference guests, but will also be offered to members of the public wishing
to book a private party. The other two centres are: Highgate House, Creaton,
Northampton and
Woodside, Kenilworth. |
Camberley
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Frimley Park Hospital
Portsmouth Road, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16
7UJ
Information. Display
on our nutrition notice board in the hospital restaurant
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Dorking
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The Royal Oak
The Glade, Horsham Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6PF
Food. Special offer. Offering more vegetarian choices on our standard menu.
Order a vegetarian main course get a vegetarian starter free. Available
lunch and dinner all week
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Godalming
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WWF UK
Panda House, Weyside Business Park, Cattershall Lane, Godalming, Surrey,
GU7 3TD
Display of leaflets/posters in the staff room and at tea points
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Guildford
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Guildford
Vegetarian Society (Veg Soc
local contacts)
May 22: Information. leafleting in Guildford Town Centre (time and place
to be arranged, but probably in the Tunsgate Arch/Guildhall area in the
afternoon).
The Keystone
3 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 4BL
Food. Vegetarian Specials Board throughout the week |
South Nutfield
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Priory
Farm Shop
Sandy Lane, South Nutfield, Surrey, RH1 4EJ
May 19 and 20: Food and Information.
we will be running a 2hr vegetarian
cookery demonstration in our converted granary demonstration
kitchen with local
food writer, Gill
Potterton, who runs her own catering business Glorious Food. Tickets are
available to the public, from Priory Farm Shop on 01737 822603 and are
priced at a special rate of £12 per person This includes the demo
and tastings, recipes to take home, as well as coffee & handmade cake
on arrival., Please visit our website for directions & further information
www.prioryfarm.co.uk |
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Bexhill
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Bexhill High School
Down Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 4HT
Competition. For National Vegetarian week we will be arranging for students
to be entered for a prize when they purchase the vegetarian option main
meal
each day.
For
our Primary
students we will also have a competition for them to draw a picture of
their favourite fruit or vegetable. A display of fresh vegetables, pulses,
beans etc will be in the dining room for student to touch and smell. |
Brighton
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Manna
24 Coombe Rd, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 4EA. Tel: 01273 690 540. www.galaxyofvitality.com/
Special Offer. Free Raw Chocolate
for every £15 spent at Manna!" during
National Vegetarian Week. Manna is a pioneering consciousness hub located
in Brighton in the UK. First off, our organic vegetarian cafe / restaurant
/ deli only serves the finest & tastiest raw and living cuisine.
At the time of posting (May 2009) we are the only venue in Europe that
provides
100% raw food to its customers. This basically means we do not cook our
foods
at
Manna; we like to keep everything alive and vibrantly buzzing. We also
have Brighton's best water on tap courtesy of the widely acclaimed Gematria,
activation system.
Terre a Terre
71 East Street, Brighton, BN1 1HQ. Tel: 01273729051, www.terreaterre.co.uk
Food. Plot to Plate - £13.99, Has the penny dropped - (3 course
menu), A menu celebrating the best of spring and all things local, working
with R.A.G.S. allotment and local suppliers. Starter Choices: Pavilion
Pea Shooter and Flax Crackers (vo/gfo), Fresh warm minted pea soup shooter,
topped with Duggie Mudboots, lemon thyme cream and served with Horsham
linseed parchment shards. Brighton Beet Latkes, Potato, apple, onion
and Sussex cheddar latke with frozen fresh horseradish sour cream, golden
and crimson pickled beet slaw doused with caraway and dill oil, finished
with apple snapper. Mains Choices: Five a Day the Terre a Terre
Way Big British Bruschetta (vo/gfo), Sweet soft winey thyme white onion
bruschetta topped with broad bean and tarragon tangle, fresh cream cheese
chive milkshake, wheatberry popcorn, leafy radish, celery and spring
bulb salad loaded with apple balsamic canola oil. Take a Walk on The
Wild Side , Pasta threads coated with new seasons garlic and chard cream
served with, Cobnor wild garlic fritters, parsley and lemon cream and
Pulborough rocket, soused spring onions.
Pudding Choices: R.A.G.S. and Rhubarb, R.A.G.S. rhubarb and rose hip sorbet
and Limney Sussex wine & rhubarb compote, hot custard cream pastry bricks
and mace sugar. Sussex Suggestive Digestive (vo/gfo), Gooseberry ice cream,
elder flower syrup and Plumpton Mill flour digestive bikkie. Due to the seasonal
nature of the menu, ingredients in some dishes may alter slightly. Available
Tuesday - Thursday lunch & dinner, Friday lunch & Sunday dinner. Available
until June 26th . Terms & Conditions apply.
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Hastings
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Trinity Wholefoods
3 Trinity Street, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1HG
Food. Information. We are a strictly vegetarian shop. Throughout Vegetarian
week we will be offering customers free tasters of products sold at the
shop
between
11am
and 3pm each day. This year we will be concentrating mainly on the use
of pulses and beans, offering customers advice on how to cook and season
them with Trinity Wholefoods free recipe leaflets. Well worth a visit ..
so pop in if you're in the area
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Haywards Heath
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NDulge
Complementary Massage Therapy
Special offer. Celebrate NVW and our 1st year at the
Dolphins medical practice, Haywards Heath, with a massage and the chance
to win
a mobile
phone. Contact Neville Dalton for details and terms and conditions on
07711 684172 or email ndulge@o2.co.uk
PLUS £5 off full-body massage or 3 for price
of 2 for ALL new clients.
Now also in Brighton - above Manna Cafe, 24 Coombe Road.
PLUS 10% discount for students and for members
of the Vegetarian Society (on production of valid membership card). |
Lewes
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Chaulas Indian Cafe Restaurant
Eastgate
House, 6 Eastgate Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2LP. Tel: (01273) 476707
May 18-21: Special Offer. 10% off all Vegetarian dishes when you eat
in the restaurant after 5pm, Mon - Thurs.
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