World Vegan Month

This year has been a momentous one in many ways. The world has been forced to pause, to reflect and to challenge our way of thinking. It has been a year where societal failings have been pushed into the spotlight and we have had to face uncomfortable truths. We have also seen glimmers of humanity that inspire hope for the future, as well as what feels like the tentative beginnings of real change.

As we approach the end of such a pivotal year, the timing feels right to explore what this means for the vegan movement. What does being vegan look like in the context of such turbulent times?

Live Vegan for Less

We know this has been a tough year for everyone. With increasing job losses more and more people are finding themselves on a tight budget, and of course that includes vegans too.

With this in mind, this November we are releasing a raft of new content to support vegans on a budget. We had some great feedback on our Live Vegan for Less campaign which we initiated in response to the pandemic. We will be releasing phase two to mark World Vegan Day. In normal times, World Vegan Day is a time of celebration, but this year we feel it’s appropriate to draw attention to the challenges that some of us are facing.

We’ve been working with the brilliant Sustainable Kitchen to develop a series of videos which include low cost recipes, as well as ways of repurposing nutritious vegan staples to highlight how to get the most out of healthy ingredients, in the most affordable way.

Our members have been crucial to the work of the campaign – thanks to your support, we’ve made a handy infographic of some of the most useful budget tips. Now, we hope to build on that by asking you to send in your favourite budget recipes to continue this support for the vegan community.

Be sure to keep an eye out for our blog content as well – we’ll be providing insight on how you might want to support vegans in crisis.

In these difficult times, those who feel able may wish to support vegans in need by donating to The Vegetarian Society’s initiative to send vegan food boxes to food banks. Visit vegsoc.org/campaigns/donate-today-to-send-outcrucial-food-to-food-banks to find out more.