The University of Manchester hosts an annual Volunteer of the Year event on 2 May 2019, recognising the achievements of its staff, students and alumni making a positive contribution with various communities around the world. We are delighted to announce that our own Phil Reed was shortlisted and subsequently awarded the “highly commended” certificate for his voluntary work with 3 Valley Vegans! His nomination highlighted the cookery demonstrations that the group have hosted, promoting healthy plant-based lifestyles and providing information to residents of Calderdale and beyond, plus his time with the core group meetings and implementation of digital technology and skills.
Hilary and Phil with the certificate at the awards ceremony lunch.
The Food Chain is a food programme on the BBC World Service that, one could argue, lacks any ethical vision. It is currently seeking nominations for global food champions and we think that opens up opportunities for us vegans to nominate people who are really making an ethical difference to food. You might wish to nominate a vegan celebrity, politician, food company, campaigner or similar.
The judges are predominantly mainstream chefs but vegan nominations will at least make them realise that there are other ways of looking at food than theirs. You may wish to show how your nomination has a global impact.
Vote for your favourite products in the annual VegFest awards. Covering all kinds of vegan consumables from foods to footwear, accommodation to bodycare. The VegFest awards are a great way to let everyone know about the excellent animal-free products out there.
Supporting and inspiring a lifestyle free of animal-derived products
