CRUELTY-FREE CHRISTMAS FAIR
in Kings Heath

Sat 18th Dec ~ 10.30am - 4pm
All Saints Church Hall, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7RA.


A total of 23 stallholders, including local ethical companies, campaign groups & animal rescues, will sell a wide range of cruelty-free goodies just in time for Christmas! Items for sale on stalls will include chocolates, cosmetics, Xmas cards, cakes, soaps, local produce, campaign merchandise, health food, sweets, eco-friendly products, recipe books & lots more...!

Also free vegan food samples, raffles, tombolas, cookery demos/talks, holistic therapy, a vegan cafe & everything you need for a compassionate Christmas! All this and FREE entry...you can't go wrong!!

The event finishes off another fantastic year for Midlands Vegan Campaigns. We've staged several fairs throughout the year, our founder stood for parliament and won awards for vegan campaigning, our vegan festival in Wolverhampton attracted a record 1,500 visitors and was the biggest explicity vegan event in the UK this year and FINALLY we organised the UK Vegan Awards which were presented by a vegan TV celebrity at our festival!! WOW what a year it's been...please join us in Kings Heath to celebrate!!!


EVENT PROMOTION

Please help to promote the event - download, copy and distribute the event leaflet  http://www.veganmidlands.org.uk/downloads/xmasfair10leaflet.pdf

You can pledge to attend, discuss & promote the event on Facebook  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105042122897563


VEGAN CAFE

The scrumptious vegan food & refreshments will be provided by Green Garden Cafe, a not-for-profit catering service and social enterprise based in Coventry. www.greengardencafe.co.uk Any cafe profits will be split between Midlands Vegan Campaigns and Birmingham Hunt Sabs.


COOKERY DEMOS and TALKS

Start times will be added to our website shortly.

--> Simple Health and Wellbeing Ideas
- Lots of easy to follow tips and ideas to fit around busy lives. You'll learn about healthy eating, meditation, seed sprouting, yoga, detox, fasting, exercise, juice therapies & more! With Andy Wakeman a non-medical nutritionist and member of Birmingham Veggies & Vegans

--> Cookery Demo
How to add a healthy touch to your Xmas meal, with Birgit Kehrer of ChangeKitchen www.changekitchen.co.uk

--> Going Vegan
Starting with a brief introduction to some of the most pressing vegan issues to remind you why you should go vegan. Then, there'll be a look at some of the easy substitutes for things people usually miss when they go vegan, to help you ease into it. And finally, a question & answer session. With Rob Jackson, education officer for The Vegan Society This talk will support The Vegan Society's Vegan Pledge, a new initiative aimed at encouraging people to try veganism for a week, 14 days or 30 days!

--> Yoga Class
Simple principles and practices of yoga to support individual and social health and harmony, with Ganga Devi from the Birmingham branch of Yoga in Daily Life, see www.uk.yogaindailylife.org


STALLHOLDERS

The Chocolate Wendy House - Small Birmingham based company selling gorgeous cream eggs, truffles, orange segments & lots more, see www.chocolatewendyhouse.co.uk

Brackencraft - Natural handmade soaps, bath bombs, moisturiser, lip balm & lots more, see www.brackencraft.co.uk

Hillfields Animal Sanctuary - Cake stall in aid of the sanctuary, home to nearly 300 animals, based in Blackwell near Bromsgrove, see www.hillfields-animal-sanctuary.com

The One Earth Shop - Situated on Allison Street, Digbeth, this is the longest running purely vegan shop in the country and a range of their goodies will be on sale on this stall, see www.facebook.com/TheOneEarthShop

Birmingham Hunt Sabs - Local group who take direct action in the countryside to save hunted wildlife, see www.huntsabs.org.uk

Yoga in Daily Life - Birmingham based centre which demonstrates simple principles and practices of yoga to support individual and social health and harmony, see www.uk.yogaindailylife.org

Cupcake Jo's - Delicious vegan cupcakes, hand made using fairtrade and organic ingredients wherever possible, see www.facebook.com/pages/Cupcake-Jos/

Holistically You - Offers fully professional holistic massage therapies for stress, back pain etc, based in Redditch, see www.holisticallyyou.co.uk

Animal Protection Agency - Campaigns to stop the trade in wildlife for pets, see www.apa.org.uk

Lakeside Ethical Treats - A small, new Redditch based initiative which sells natural, organic, fairtrade, local and vegan sweets and chocolates, see www.facebook.com/Lakeside-Ethical-Treats/

Our Lizzy Cooking - Liz Hughes runs a range of vegetarian/vegan cookery courses at her home in Malvern, see www.ourlizzy.com

The Farm Animal Sanctuary - This was Britain's first ever farm animal sanctuary, located near Evesham, and is now home to over 500 animals, see www.thefarmanimalsanctuary.co.uk

Turtle Bags - Based in Stouport, they sell a range of animal-friendly and eco-friendly bags, see www.turtlebags.co.uk

PAWING - Small Birmingham based animal rescue which also raises money for other animal charities, see www.pawing.co.uk

Mr Popples Chocolate - Delicious chocolate, handmade from raw cacao, see www.mrpoppleschocolate.co.uk

League Against Cruel Sports - They work to expose and bring to an end the cruelty inflicted on animals in the name of sport, see www.league.org.uk

Happy Staffie Rescue - Xmas & greetings cards sold in aid of this rescue based in Kidderminster, see www.happystaffierescue.org.uk

ChangeKitchen - ChangeKitchen is a not-for-profit community interest company based in Birmingham which provides catering for events across the region and beyond, see www.changekitchen.co.uk

Fat Fluffs Rabbit Rescue - A rabbit rescue and sanctuary based in Solihull, see www.fatfluffs.com

Green Man - Fresh wheatgrass stall

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - International non-profit, marine wildlife conservation society, see www.seashepherd.org/uk

Bishops Wood Swan Rescue - Based in Worcestershire, they rescue and care for many hundreds of sick & injured wild water birds every year.

Artisan Preserves - a fabulous array of specialist vegan goods, including their best-selling Luxury Vegan Mincemeat and a rather delicious Boxing Day Chutney, see www.artisanpreserves.blogspot.com


EVENT UPDATES

Watch out for event updates on our website
 http://www.veganmidlands.org.uk/events/kingsheath10.html
and on Facebook
 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105042122897563