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A local group to support and encourage a compassionate, cruelty-free, vegan lifestyle. We hold cooking sessions, tasting sessions, information sessions on everything from cruelty-free moisturisers to leather-free walking boots; vegan textiles to the best dairy-free cheese for cheese sauce!

27 March: Walk in Todmorden, Stoodley Pike, Cragg Vale

Georgina will lead a walk on Sunday 27th March over the tops to Cragg Vale.

We will meet at Todmorden library at 11.00am and go up Longfield Rd towards the Shepherds Rest, then take the path up the moor towards Stoodley Pike. Then through the woods and over the tops and down to Cragg Vale. This is about 7 to 8 miles.

The Dusty Miller has taken up its carpets due to flooding, so the flag floor is perfect for walkers boots!

We will come back to Tod on the bus.

If you have any questions, please email Georgina on georgina@beanhole.co.uk. As usual with 3 Valley Vegans events, we ask if you are bringing food to make sure it is vegan please, out of respect for the other people at the event and in line with the aims of the group. Thank you!

5 March: Lolo’s lunch and walk, Ramsbottom

JLolo's logooin us for our 3 Valley Vegans Lunch at delightful Lolo’s in Ramsbottom centre on Saturday 5th March at 1.30pm.

We have 12 places reserved and you can check out their yummy diner style lunch menu.

If your also interested in a breathtaking view of Lancashire before hand, we have a walk in mind with short or long options.

Please message Alison Jones to discuss the options and up to date timings for the day. Please use this Facebook comment box to possibly share journeys

Back the new bill to ban wild animals in circuses!

Ask your MP today to support efforts to prohibit the use of wild animals in circuses in England.

From StopCircusSuffering.com:

A new bill to ban wild animals in circuses in England is being presented on Wednesday 10 February 2016 and we need your urgent help if it is to have a chance of succeeding.

Please contact your MP and urge them to support Conservative MP Will Quince’s Ten Minute Rule Motion: Wild Animals in Circuses (Prohibition) Bill.

With no timetable set by the government to bring in the ban that was promised four years ago, we must seize this opportunity to stop the suffering once and for all.

We are determined to get the legislation promised the animals, and politicians, the public and animal experts are on our side.  A similar bill championed by Animal Defenders International had overwhelming support but was blocked by just a few MPs.  We can’t let this happen again.

Circuses are gearing up to go on the road again and the animals will be forced to perform for another year. We must stop this merry go round of suffering – and the threat of yet more wild animal acts. A new big cat circus is already poised to return to England, having been prevented from doing so last year due to the inadequate living conditions the lions and tigers were forced to endure.

TAKE ACTION NOW!

Yahoo – stop your deadly ivory trade!

From Avaaz: Yahoo – stop your deadly ivory trade!

The ivory trade is pushing elephants to the edge of extinction,and Yahoo is making a killing from trinket sales in Japan! But right now we have a chance to end this corporate complicity.

Several big brands like Google and Amazon are refusing to sellivory. Yahoo is one of the few major online markets left. But we could influence that decision. Right now Yahoo is losing some of its best employees, and the CEO is offering millions to convince people to stay. If we threaten to lift the lid on Yahoo’s bloody secret, she could lose staff even faster, and may reconsider the costs of this cruel trade.

100 elephants are being massacred a day, and their emotional intelligence means they understand the horror of what is happening to them. Let’s raise a million voices to protect these majestic creatures — Avaaz will run an advertising blitz and target Yahoo employees worldwide to demand change from the inside. Sign now and recruit others to join on Facebook, Twitter, and everywhere else!