League Against Cruel Sports
Ginja Ninja | 03.04.2009 12:29 | Animal Liberation | Culture | Health | South Coast
League Against Cruel Sports or LACS as it's more commonly known is finally up and running in London again. After a succsessful event at the Christmas Vegan Fair in Kensington (a bizarre location for such an event admittedly) the leagues work was able to reach a few more people and raise awareness.
As a new member myself who joined at this event it has been really good to see the enthusiasm of the organisers and main representatives. So far we have held two meetings, to establish a basic manifesto and to decide upon the best way forward to raise awareness in London and try to possibly recruit more members.
LACS will be holding a stall at THE INCREDIBLE VEGGIE SHOW in Lawrence Hall and Conference Centre, Royal Horticultural Halls, Greycoat Street, London SW1P 2PE on Saturday 18th April between 10am and 6pm.
This is Europe's largest vegetarian event and features everything you ever wanted to know about being or going veggie or vegan – or simply cutting down on meat. Hosted by leading vegetarian campaigning group Viva! As with previous shows, the 2009 extravaganza will provide inspiration and information for all – and everything at the show will be suitable for all – 100 per cent vegan and 100 per cent cruelty-free.
It promises to be a fun day out for people looking to improve their health, save animals and protect the environment. 100+ stalls, a wide range of free food tastings, cookery demos, lots of talks, nutritional help and advice, recipes, information, campaigns, Admission £4, under 18 free, save 25 per cent by pre-booking your tickets by visiting www.viva.org.uk/london or calling Viva! on 0117-944 1000
It'd be great to see you there!
As a new member myself who joined at this event it has been really good to see the enthusiasm of the organisers and main representatives. So far we have held two meetings, to establish a basic manifesto and to decide upon the best way forward to raise awareness in London and try to possibly recruit more members.
LACS will be holding a stall at THE INCREDIBLE VEGGIE SHOW in Lawrence Hall and Conference Centre, Royal Horticultural Halls, Greycoat Street, London SW1P 2PE on Saturday 18th April between 10am and 6pm.
This is Europe's largest vegetarian event and features everything you ever wanted to know about being or going veggie or vegan – or simply cutting down on meat. Hosted by leading vegetarian campaigning group Viva! As with previous shows, the 2009 extravaganza will provide inspiration and information for all – and everything at the show will be suitable for all – 100 per cent vegan and 100 per cent cruelty-free.
It promises to be a fun day out for people looking to improve their health, save animals and protect the environment. 100+ stalls, a wide range of free food tastings, cookery demos, lots of talks, nutritional help and advice, recipes, information, campaigns, Admission £4, under 18 free, save 25 per cent by pre-booking your tickets by visiting www.viva.org.uk/london or calling Viva! on 0117-944 1000
It'd be great to see you there!
Ginja Ninja
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Not aimed at LACS...
03.04.2009 14:05
The problem I see here is that non veg*ns aren't going to pay entry to find out how to cut down on eating meat. It's going to be a case of "preaching to the converted".
I can understand veg*ns wanting to get together and work out future strategies but to convince the public of the benefits of veganism then there needs to be a free entry event (ideally with free food for them to try, if funds permit - if not then selling food at cost) held in communities - such as the Liverpool Vegan Fayres.
Obviously this isn't aimed at the LACS, good job with what you are doing and I hope you can recruit and grow at this event.
solidarity
Agree
03.04.2009 16:20
anon
sometimes people are more likely to go to something that costs money
03.04.2009 23:49
This is a standard marketing tactic where they will sell basically the same crap at several different prices just because some people feel they are getting more by paying more.
vegan
Free Vegan Food Give-aways
03.04.2009 23:56
Groups could take the opportunity offered by Vegan Roadshows to take the message out onto the streets by doing free food stalls too, as at
There can be no doubt that free food events are another great way to get the uninitiated to take the first steps along the vegan way. Feedback from Viva's events does indicate that non-veggie do attend and many do pledge to advance their dietary choices, but I do fear that some will be deterred by the £4 admission fee for Viva! Shows and the £8 fee for Brighton/Bristol Vegan Fayres.
The East Midlands Vegan Festival, (in its 6th Year on December 12th), organised by local animal rights/vegan campaigners and Veggies Catering Campaign, gets over 2000 people through the doors, many straight off the high street, by offering 'free food samples' and 'free admission'. The formula also works well for the many events organised by Vegan Campaigns in London and similar events in Lincoln, Leicester, Lichfield, Oxford, Wolverhampton, Manchester, Birmingham and elsewhere.
See East Midlands Vegan Festival report at
Reports from many free food initiatives in Nottingham are gathered together into an article at
Veggies Catering Campaign:
Vegan Campaigns, London:
Viva Go Veggie Info:
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