* vegan kids
If you are vegan or interested in veganism, if you care about
animals and the environment, and if you are under 18 or under 16,
then there are several organisations with youth
sections which you can join and also some useful web-sites
where you can find information.
The Vegan Society
If you are under 16, membership of the Vegan Society costs £7 a year. There are some youth pages in the quarterly magazine 'The Vegan', and a small section on their web-site called 'kids' zone' at www.vegansociety.com/html/people/lifestyle/families/kids_zone/
You can look at the youth pages from some back issues of the magazine at www.vegansociety.com/html/people/lifestyle/families/kids_zone/education.php
For information, email youth@vegansociety.com
In 2007, The Vegan Society produced a booklet 'Teen vegan', and an interactive CD-ROM for young people which is available free to schools or costs £5, from the Vegan Society.
Some free information materials are available via the Vegan Society web-site, which also has an online shop.
The Vegan Society has a network of Local Contacts, and some of these are also youth contacts:
Elizabeth - blackpoolvegans@btinternet.com
Sam - sam.mccreesh@mac.com
Sarah - sarah_marguerite@hotmail.com
Karen - ww05@aber.ac.uk
Animal Aid
You can sign up to their monthly e-news mailing list or download their youth group newsletter online. If you join Animal Aid, you will receive a free T-shirt, membership card, window sticker, poster and badge, and they will keep you updated on campaigns and action alerts by sending you 'Outrage', the Animal Aid quarterly magazine. They have an online shop, videos, 'free stuff', 'fun stuff', more serious information and how to get active. There is an online shop.
See the web-site at youth4animals.com
Viva! (Vegetarians International Voice for Animals)
If you are under 18, you can join Viva! for £5 a year, and you'll receive a magazine, posters, stickers and lots of advice; their youth section is called VivaACTIVE, and they have set up a Viva! Vine scheme. There is a youth section on their web-site which is at www.viva.org.uk/ - this youth section has a 'teen links' sub-section at www.viva.org.uk/youth/links.html and also a pen pals page.
Go to www.vivakids.org.uk to sign up to be alerted when the web-site is ready or go to www.vivaactivists.org.uk
You can also visit Viva! on My Space at www.myspace.com/viva_uk or on facebook at http://apps.facebook.com/
The Vegetarian Society
(Strict vegetarians are vegan, and many members of the Society are vegan.)
If you are under 16, you can be a member for £8 a year. You can contact the Veg.Soc.'s Youth Education Officer at education@vegsoc.org
For information, recipes, fun stuff, etc go to www.youngveggie.org/
Information
You can download/print out a brief guide to basic vegan nutrition for teenagers at www.vegansociety.com/html/people/lifestyle/families/kids_zone/teen_vegan/
how/healthy_eating/basicnutrition.php
Viva! have a section of vegan recipes written by teenagers for teenagers, at www.viva.org.uk/recipes/youth.html
The Vegan Society has produced a booklet called 'Plant-based nutrition' for all vegans.
Grants are available for vegans aged up to 25 from the Vegetarian Charity; for further information, email maggiechat@hotmail.com
You can see vegan mini programmes online at VeggieVision; available channels include cookery, celeb.s, and information. You can also join the Visionary Club, for news, special offers, competitions, event details and alerts on new programmes - sign up for the free ezine and even send in your own mini programme, enter competitions, download free reports, and send special ecards.
Go to www.veggievision.co.uk/
British Rasta and performance poet Benjamin Zephaniah is a vegan - visit his web-site at www.benjaminzephaniah.com/content/index.php - it includes pages called 'kidz', 'teenz' and 'outernet kidz'.
April 2008
The Vegan Society
If you are under 16, membership of the Vegan Society costs £7 a year. There are some youth pages in the quarterly magazine 'The Vegan', and a small section on their web-site called 'kids' zone' at www.vegansociety.com/html/people/lifestyle/families/kids_zone/
You can look at the youth pages from some back issues of the magazine at www.vegansociety.com/html/people/lifestyle/families/kids_zone/education.php
For information, email youth@vegansociety.com
In 2007, The Vegan Society produced a booklet 'Teen vegan', and an interactive CD-ROM for young people which is available free to schools or costs £5, from the Vegan Society.
Some free information materials are available via the Vegan Society web-site, which also has an online shop.
The Vegan Society has a network of Local Contacts, and some of these are also youth contacts:
Elizabeth - blackpoolvegans@btinternet.com
Sam - sam.mccreesh@mac.com
Sarah - sarah_marguerite@hotmail.com
Karen - ww05@aber.ac.uk
Animal Aid
You can sign up to their monthly e-news mailing list or download their youth group newsletter online. If you join Animal Aid, you will receive a free T-shirt, membership card, window sticker, poster and badge, and they will keep you updated on campaigns and action alerts by sending you 'Outrage', the Animal Aid quarterly magazine. They have an online shop, videos, 'free stuff', 'fun stuff', more serious information and how to get active. There is an online shop.
See the web-site at youth4animals.com
Viva! (Vegetarians International Voice for Animals)
If you are under 18, you can join Viva! for £5 a year, and you'll receive a magazine, posters, stickers and lots of advice; their youth section is called VivaACTIVE, and they have set up a Viva! Vine scheme. There is a youth section on their web-site which is at www.viva.org.uk/ - this youth section has a 'teen links' sub-section at www.viva.org.uk/youth/links.html and also a pen pals page.
Go to www.vivakids.org.uk to sign up to be alerted when the web-site is ready or go to www.vivaactivists.org.uk
You can also visit Viva! on My Space at www.myspace.com/viva_uk or on facebook at http://apps.facebook.com/
The Vegetarian Society
(Strict vegetarians are vegan, and many members of the Society are vegan.)
If you are under 16, you can be a member for £8 a year. You can contact the Veg.Soc.'s Youth Education Officer at education@vegsoc.org
For information, recipes, fun stuff, etc go to www.youngveggie.org/
Information
You can download/print out a brief guide to basic vegan nutrition for teenagers at www.vegansociety.com/html/people/lifestyle/families/kids_zone/teen_vegan/
how/healthy_eating/basicnutrition.php
Viva! have a section of vegan recipes written by teenagers for teenagers, at www.viva.org.uk/recipes/youth.html
The Vegan Society has produced a booklet called 'Plant-based nutrition' for all vegans.
Grants are available for vegans aged up to 25 from the Vegetarian Charity; for further information, email maggiechat@hotmail.com
You can see vegan mini programmes online at VeggieVision; available channels include cookery, celeb.s, and information. You can also join the Visionary Club, for news, special offers, competitions, event details and alerts on new programmes - sign up for the free ezine and even send in your own mini programme, enter competitions, download free reports, and send special ecards.
Go to www.veggievision.co.uk/
British Rasta and performance poet Benjamin Zephaniah is a vegan - visit his web-site at www.benjaminzephaniah.com/content/index.php - it includes pages called 'kidz', 'teenz' and 'outernet kidz'.
April 2008