Categories

• Cookery Schools
• Food deliveries and wholesalers (UK & Ireland)
• Food manufacturers and importers (UK)
• Nutritional Advice
• Outside Caterers - listings
• Recipes - our favourite recipe sites elsewhere
• Special diet catering guides elsewhere
• Special diet listings elswhere
• Toiletries, cleaning products and cosmetics (UK)
• Vegan and Organic Wines, Beers and Spirits
• The ActiVeg Network

Links

Cookery Schools

• Cordon Vert Cookery School (UK) - Short courses and qualifications in vegetarian and vegan cooking run by the Vegetarian Society. Particularly appropriate for professional caterers, hosts and chefs.
• Demuths Vegetarian Cookery School of Bath (UK) - Vegetarian and vegan cookery school with a wide range of short course from expert to beginners. A great way to enhance your capabilities and expand your repetoire. Also includes wheat-free courses.
• Green Cuisine (UK) - At Penrhos Court, an old Herefordshire manor farm on the Welsh borders, Daphne Lambert runs organic vegetarian food and cookery courses.
• Holistic Cookery School (UK) - Based in its own purpose built kitchen and lecture room in a converted barn, on a farm in idyllic Devonshire countryside in the south west of England. Hosting a range of Wholefood, vegetarian, macrobiotic and vegan cooking classes.
• Saf Raw Food Culinary Events, Seminars and Workshops - Food preparation inspiration and enlightenment by the astounding Saf raw food restaurant in East Londond.
• The Vegi Table - Years of catering experience in conjunction with training and tutoring at the renowned Cordon Vert School in Cheshire has culminated in the creation of our own unique vegetarian cookery days, located at Claremont Kitchen
• Vegetarian Lakeland Living (UK) - An award-winning B&B, vegetarian and vegan cookery school in Cumbria

Food deliveries and wholesalers (UK & Ireland)

• Goodness Foods (UK) - makes it possible for businesses all over the UK to buy natural, organic & fairtrade foods, toiletries and household products for re-sale or business use. Great chilled meat-free, dairy-free and egg-free ranges.
• Infinity Foods (UK) - National wholefood and organic wholesaler. Deliveries throughout the UK, which are free of delivery charges if you buy enough.
• Juniper Fine Foods (UK & Eire) - a Scottish wholesale distributor of organic, vegetarian and fine foods to independant retailers and businesses in much of the UK & Ireland, being based in Dumfries.
• Kasey's Allergy-Free Cake Mixes - Just add water to these amazing gluten-free, dairy-free and egg-free cake mixes and you have a light and fluffy cake for everyone! You can shop on line..
• Lembas Foods (UK) - Excellent vegetarian wholefood distributor who deliver in the Midlands and north of England. Their ranges include chilled goods including the full Redwood's Cheezly dairy-free cheese range.
• Munster Wholefoods (Eire & Northern Ireland) - bringing to Ireland the very best selection of natural and organic wholefoods. They include the excellent Fry's meat alternatives in their product ranges.
• Queenswood Natural Foods - a delivered wholesaler to the natural and organic food trade, operating throughout Southern England. Land's End to Gravesend, or Carmarthen to Colchester.
• Raw Fairies - Raw food delivery service in Central London serving private clients, companies, hotel guests, yoga centres, spas and health clinics.
• Redwood Foods - The manufacturers of some of the very best meat and dairy substitutes on the market can deliver direct at retail prices. Note that many are freezable, including melting Cheezly.
• Suma Wholefoods (UK) - National wholefood distrbutor, including many chilled goods such as Redwood's Cheezly. Buy at wholesale prices and avoid a delivery charge if you buy over a certain amount, which is easy with long shelf lives and huge choice.

Food manufacturers and importers (UK)

• Beanie's Health Foods (UK) - Suppliers of the fabulous Fry's (vegan, Kosher Parev, Shuddha and Halal) and Alicer's meat alternatives ranges, plus B'Nice rice ice cream (dairy free). See their wholesalers list.
• Clive's Pies - Devon-based baker of tasty and interesting vegetarian, vegan and gluten free pies. Available throughout the UK.
• Kasey's Allergy-Free Cake Mixes - Just add water to these amazing gluten-free, dairy-free and egg-free cake mixes and you have a light and fluffy cake for everyone! Take a look at the suppliers list or buy direct.
• Love Foods and Bean Thinking - manufacturers of tasty vegetarian and egg-free ready meals, some of which are vegan and/or gluten free. The soya chunks are particularly moist and a great vegan alternative to quorn meals.
• Pure Dairy-Free Margarines - The most widely-available truely dairy-free marg in the UK. Whilst many other brands still contain some dairy derivitives or animal-derived vitamin D3, Pure is truely free from animal products and vegan. Has an organic version.
• Redwood Foods - The manufacturers of some of the very best meat and dairy substitutes. Note that many are freezable, including melting Cheezly.
• Soyatoo - makers of dairy-free spray cream and whipping cream.
• Vegetalia - Tasty wholesome vegetarian and vegan products, including our favourite temeh (tempe) which they sell in a jar so it doesn't need chilling. Their tempeh, tofu and some other items are gluten-free, and many are vegan.

Nutritional Advice

• Foods for Life - Expert qualified nutritional consultations and advice, including coverage of special diets and food intolerance. They also run corporate schemes nutrition in Human Capital Management departments' wellness program for fitness, health and wellbeing.
• VVF defeating disease guides - Useful researched information on combatting common diseases through diet.

Outside Caterers - listings

• Special Guests' caterers listings - We are quickly grouwing a list of outside caterers on this website so that you can bring in help for events such as weddings, family gatherings, fairs and festivals.
• Vegetarian (UK) caterer listings - small listing of vegetarian and vegan outside caterers and cookery schools for events
• Vegetarian Society Approved Caterers - Caterers given the seedling trademark symbol by the Vegetarian Society for being able to cater appropriately for vegetarians. These are not always vegan-friendly, but the chances are good.
• Veggies' outside caterers listing - long list of UK based vegetarian and vegan caterers

Recipes - our favourite recipe sites elsewhere

• Chew the cud - Very large veggie and vegan recipe database.
• Everyday Dish - mouth-watering on-line recipes with videos. These can be so inspiring and full of extra tips and ideas. From tapioca pudding to easy and delicious marinated breast of tofu. All the recipes are vegan and many are gluten-free too.
• To Happy Vegans - a friendly and very helpful website with plenty of information and recipes. Enjoy!
• Veggie Snow - excellent variety of recipes designed for those cooking for vegan and dairy-free guests, and ideal for anyone. Great info on skiing and snow-boarding holidays for special dietary needs too.
• Veggie Vision - Internet television station with excellent on line cookery demos and animal-free recipes

Special diet catering guides elsewhere

• Foods Matter - Magazine and website dedicated to food intolerance and allergy in the UK. We are not sure of its credentials however, so read with caution.
• Scottish Highlands Vegetarian and Vegan Catering Guide - A fantastic resource aimed at caterers in Scotland, with much being applicable anywhere. Direct links are given to Scottish suppliers of the animal-free alternatives described.

Special diet listings elswhere

• Tea Cake Vegan - a blog all about vegan cakes by a true connaisseur
• UK places to stay - listing for special diets accommodation
• Vegetarian Guides - Superb regularly updated veggie & vegan guide books, including Vegetarian Britain and Vegetarian London, plus guides to Europe and the USA. These publications take great care to be inclusive of vegans and those avoiding dairy and eggs for whatever reason.

Toiletries, cleaning products and cosmetics (UK)

• Astonish Cleaning Products - Fantastic household cleaning products that are seriously effective. All are vegan and not tested on animals (though they are very low-key about this), and many are designed to be eco-friendly too. You can buy online or in many high street shops.
• B - Be Never too Busy to Be Beautiful - Fatastic 100% vegan and fair trade cosmetics. Wonderful presents and in gorgeous posh containers. These products make even those not into makeup interested!
• Daniel Field - salon-quality hair products that are free from animal products and testing. The hair serum is particularly wonderful in Sophie's estimation.
• Green Valley Trading Company - A vegan natural skin and body care and perfume company. Related to Vegan Health And Beauty (see below).
• Inspiration Online - organic, vegan and low chemical content cosmetics and body care, including leg waxing. They also run a therapy centre in Bradford-on-Avon near Bath.
• Lush (International) - Wonderful bath and body care products with soaps that are ideal for slicing up for B&B and hotel use. Available on the high street and on line. Products and ingredients are not animal tested, all are vegetarian and the majority are vegan. Unique.
• Majik Blankit - small East Sussex based manufacturer of cruelty free and vegan skin care products.
• Vegan Health And Beauty - on line retailer of animal-free cosmetics, bath and body care products

Vegan and Organic Wines, Beers and Spirits

• Animal Aid shop (UK) - Mail order vegan wine, cider, lager and champagne on line in the UK, with profits going to a good cause. Also chocolates and other merchandise.
• Ethical Fine Wines (UK) - Mail order wine company with an excellent advanced search facility for wines for your requirements, including organic, fair trade, carbon-neutral and vegan.
• Festival Wines (UK) - An independent wine merchant, dedicated to delivering award-winning wines from small producers. Deliver next day to anywhere in the UK. Most of the wines are vegan
• French Wines On-Line (USA) - Organic wine mail order company in the USA with a vegan listing
• Smithfield Wines (UK) - A mail-order wine company with dedicated vegan, vegetarian, kosher and fair-trade listings of wine, mead and champagne
• The Organic Wine Company (USA) - An organic wine mail order company in the USA with a vegan listing
• Threshers (UK) - High street off licence with a vegan wine listing available
• Veggie Wines (UK and beyond) - A very full listing of vegetarian wines, spirits, beers, ales, lager and cider available in the UK, plus information on what makes a wine vegan or vegetarian
• Vinceremos (UK) - Organic UK-based wine company with 82% of the wines being vegan
• Vine Organic (UK) - Scottish organic wine merchant with vegan, vegetarian and sulphur-free categorisation, though you have to look at the detailed description of each wine to see, so this would not be my first choice
• Vintage Roots (UK) - Organic mainl order champagne, wine, beer, cider and spirits company based in the UK with vegetarian, vegan and biodynamic product listings available on line
• Viva! Wine Club (UK) - Mail order vegan wines in mixed cases, with profits to the animal cause

The ActiVeg Network

See the groups on a map.

• ActiVeg - animal-free inspiration, news & events - for vegan and vegetarian information, support and networking
• Animal Action Campaigns - Ethical and legal campaigning against animal abuse and promoting a veg/vegan lifestyle.
• Animal Rights In Spiritualism - Working on the spiritual and material levels for animal rights
• Berwick Veggies - For Veg*ns living in and around Berwick upon Tweed!
• Blackpool Vegans - The Best veggie guide to Eating out, shopping and accommodation
• Bournemouth Vegetarian and Vegans - Vegetarian Dorset. Group and Information centre.
• Bromley Vegans - A site for vegans in and around Bromley to come together
• BunnyGo - Let Lentil the Bunny guide you to greener places to eat
• Cheltenham Vegetarians and Vegans - A veggie guide to Cheltenham
• Chester Vegetarians and Vegans - A guide to Chester for Vegetarians and Vegans
• Coventry Veggies and Vegans - Veggie and Vegan Awareness in Coventry
• Croydon Vegetarians (& Vegans) Events - Vegetarian info, events & restaurants in Croydon & London
• Dulwich Vegan and Vegetarian Society (DVVS) - I am looking for helpers to start Meat Free Days in Peckham, Brixton and Clapham @DulwichVeganSoc
• East Lothian Veggies - For veggies in and around East Lothian
• Ethical Pirates - Vegan Pirates of the Carob Bean - Veganising non vegan things for a healthy sustainable future
• Galway Vegetarian Group - A website for the galway vegetarian and vegan group, in Galway, Ireland.
• Grimsby Vegetarians and Vegans - For Vegetarians and Vegans in Northern Lincolnshire
• Hastings Environs & Rye Bay Vegans/Veggies - HERB VEG - Vegans & Animal Loving Kindred Spirits
• Humanist Vegetarian Group - Promoting secular vegetarianism
• Kidderminster Vegan Social Group - Welcome to the Kidderminster Vegan Social Group website.
• Lancashire Vegetarians & Vegans - Your guide to being Veggie in and around Lancashire
• Lawyers Vegan Vegetarian Society - Promoting peaceful and responsible living within London law firms
• Leamington Veggies & Vegans - Promoting healthy, cruelty-free living in Leamington
• Leicestershire Vegetarian/Vegan Group - A veggie guide to Leicestershire
• Lesbian Vegan Group of London - London guide for vegans and vegetarians, plus a social group for veggie lesbians and bisexuals
• Manchester Vegan Society - A guide to vegan life around Manchester
• Manchester Vegetarian and Vegan Group - Manchester Vegetarian and Vegan Group
• Medway Veggies & Vegans - Veggie & Vegan Group meet every second Saturday of each month.
• Milton Keynes Vegetarians & Vegans - Campaigning for a Plant-Based Diet and the Protection of Animals.
• Moseley Vegans - For vegans and the vegan-curious in South Birmingham
• North Wales Vegans - For vegans and vegan curious in North Wales with monthly meet ups, cake eating, free vegan food stalls and walks
• Northants Veggies - Promoting Vegetarian and Vegan life in Northamptonshire
• Nottingham Hunt Monitors - Nottingham Hunt Monitors and Hunt Saboteurs
• NottsVeg - Nottingham-based vegan/vegetarian social group
• One World Day - November 1st - A day to celebrate and promote a new world record of healthier more sustainable living
• Oxford Vegans - A guide for activist vegans in Oxford
• OxVeg - Oxfordshire Vegetarians and Vegans - Oxfordshire's local veggie group
• Redditch Vegetarians & Vegans - Promoting compassionate, healthy, eco-friendly living in Redditch
• Scilly Veggie - vegetarian & vegan travel guide to the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall
• Shropshire Veggies and Vegans - Veggie and Vegan info in and around Shropshire
• Somerset Vegetarians & Vegans - A vegetarian and vegan's guide to Somerset
• South East London Veggie Group - A Vegan and Vegetarian Guide to South East London
• Special Guests - vegetarian, vegan and special diets catering guide & recipes
• Super Vegans - Dedicated to Super Fit, Super Smart, Super Creative Vegans
• T3V - Thames Valley Vegans and Vegetarians - How to make the most of being veggie in and around Berkshire
• The V Word - for vegetarian and vegan kids and their friends
• V.A.A.L (vegan animal abolitionists of Ludlow) - A vegan abolitionists group for Ludlow and for the Midlands (non vegans are very welcome to join))
• Vegan and Vegetarian Essex - Great places for Vegans and Vegetarians in Essex
• Vegan Bristol - Where to eat, drink, shop, stay and Bristol VegFest info.
• Vegan info - Croydon area - Best place for vegans in the Croydon area
• Vegan Lincs -
• Vegan Nutrition - news, research, vegan friendly nutritionists and books
• Vegan Peak District Guide - A guide to finding vegan food in the Peak District
• Vegan Runners UK - The home of UK vegan athletes and fun runners
• Vegan Wiltshire - A vegan guide to Wiltshire
• Vegetarian and Vegan Hampshire - A Vegetarian and Vegan Guide to Hampshire
• Veggie Brighton - Veg out in gorgeous Brighton eating the best vegan and vegetarian food on offer
• Veggie Snow - for caterers, hosts, vegetarians and vegans who love great snow, great food and great places
• Veggie Suffolk - your vegetarian and vegan guide to Suffolk and the surrounding area
• West Wales Vegetarians - "Soft-hearted animal-lovin' townies"
• Woking Animal Aid - A vegetarian information guide for Woking
• Woking Veggie and Vegan Group - Veggie and Vegan Life around Woking
• Wolverhampton Vegans & Veggies - Promoting an animal friendly lifestyle in Wolverhampton
• York Vegans and Vegetarians - A guide for Vegans and Vegetarians in York
• Yorkshire Animal & Environmental Protection - veggie, vegan, cruelty-free Yorkshire