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VfL’s History. Born out of VHA (Vegetarian Housing Association)which operated sheltered housing with lunch for older vegetarians & vegans Model no longer viable Residents re-housed and homes closed Funds available to help older vegetarians and vegans - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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VfL’s History
• Born out of VHA (Vegetarian Housing Association)which operated sheltered housing with lunch for older vegetarians & vegans
• Model no longer viable• Residents re-housed and homes closed• Funds available to help older vegetarians and vegans
• VHA recognised need for advocacy services for older vegetarians & decided to set up new charity.
• VfL registered as Company & Charity - Summer 2007
• May 08 - launched VfL in National Vegetarian Week• Patron - Rose Elliot MBE• Also launched website www.vegetarianforlife.co.uk which includes:
– publications– recipe service– VfL UK List– news
Progress (Cont)
• Published Catering for older vegetarians and vegans – a 32 page guide
• Aimed at care homes, retirement schemes etc
• Includes recipes, menu planners and practical advice and distributed to14,000 care homes across UK
Progress (Cont)
• Abbeyfield Lymington list member
• Established VfL-UK List - of care homes and other caterers...
• ... who follow the VfL Code of Good Practice
• Membership reached 100 after launch• Now 670 plus members – across
England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland
Progress (Cont)
• Dec 08 - produced Christmas recipe leaflet• May 09 – commissioned telephone survey of 1,000 care
homes, 1 in 4 has a vegetarian resident
• Aug 09 – launched The Vegan Fund & The Vegetarian Fund which award grants to assist independent living
• Sept 09 - published and widely distributedVegetarian Living, a healthy-living handbook for vegetarians & vegans, or those who care for them
• Easter 2010 produced new Easter recipe leaflet for all UK List members
More work• December 2010 new Burns and
Valentines Recipe Leaflet • May 2011 launch of new Nutrition leaflet• April 2012 publication of Better for All
leaflet• Autumn 2009 developed one day
subsidised caterer training courses for care homes. A number of which have been held throughout the UK
Training DVD
• We have produced this short training DVD in conjunction with the Vegetarian Society UK – free copies are available to all our UK List members so if you are not a member why not join today?
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