Welcome to the Vegan and Vegetarian Guide to the Thames Valley - the most comprehensive and up-to-date on the web.

Starter 1 Thames Valley Vegans and Vegetarians are a social and active vegetarian group based around Reading. We love food and socialising and are one of the largest and most popular vegetarian groups in the UK. So join in just by booking to come along to one of our events.

We also promote vegetarianism through encouraging local businesses, communicating with local press, school talks, raising funds for the various vegetarian organisations and spreading the word.

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T3V Christmas Dinner and Party

Red Lion pub, Peppard Common

Anyone is welcome to book with us for this lovely Christmas feast. It's at the best pub in the area for veggies and vegans, plus there'll fun and games too.

Your chance to inspire sixth formers

Sophie doing a school talk and food demo in Swindon (closer up)

You now have a chance to inspire teenagers directly. Thames Valley Veggies have been invited to talk to 150 sixth formers at Maiden Erlegh School, Reading. They are a great group of responsive intelligent teenagers.

We need 15 of you to volunteer to help us coordinate group discussion sessions. No experience or special skill is required, just your standard veggie/vegan knowledge. Just for one hour, on a Monday morning in February.

Help CIWF stall at the Association for Science Education Conference

ducks foie gras

Compassion In World Farming is very sensibly having a stall at the Association for Science Education Conference in Reading this January. They could really do with more volunteers to help man the stalls to tell teachers of Food Technology and other sciences about their programme of school speakers and the literature and research they produce. CIWF have excellent materials on the effect of livestock on global warming for instance.

Join Thames Valley Veggies on Facebook!

Spice Oven Buffet

Thames Valley Veggies now has a Facebook group. Join to link up with other local veggies and vegans, share ideas and aspirations, and encourage more local events.

  • What local veggie & vegan events would you fancy? food at the Bull Inn Stamford Dingley 2003

    It's a while since T3V has had its own event. What would you like to do? Are you a fan of amazing curry buffets? Do you fancy go karting? How about dancing? Or pie and mash at a country pub? A cook-in round at your house? A meetup at Starbucks? A free food fair? Tell us what would get you excited and get you involved.

  • Food fair showcases Vegan diet in Oxford

    A Vegan Food Fair in Oxford aims to show that a diet free of meat, fish and animal produce is the height of good taste.

  • Tragedy strikes at Reading Cycle Club Antony Maynard

    Two riders of the Reading CC were involved in a road traffic accident near Henley (Oxfordshire, UK) last Thursday evening. Anthony Maynard died at the scene, while Dave Ivory is in hospital. The club is in mourning about the loss of Maynard and is hoping for a speedy recovery of Ivory.

  • Consumers misled over animal testing says UK charity

    Consumers would boycott beauty products if they were aware that their ingredients had been tested on animals, according to a UK-based animal welfare group Uncaged.

  • Introducing the cheese mite