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.

News

Summer Sunday Picnic

Forbury garden lion

Join us near the lion statue for a Sunday lunchtime picnic in this pretty park right in the centre of Reading.

Summer walk and BBQ

Woods in the Chiltern Hills - photo by S&S in May 2006

We're having a Summer barbeque feast at the Red Lion after a gentle walk in the gorgeous Chiltern Hills and woods around the pub to work up your appetite. The excuse is that it's Sophie's 40th birthday weekend, but who needs an excuse for a Summer BBQ?

Demo against battery farming - Tesco

This is planned to be a peaceful, fun demonstration and a celebration of awareness and respect for life.

Operation Noah Day environmental fair

This was an excellent positive event for T3V to be represented at, by the lovely Sonia. This is her report of the day:

  • 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
  • Frozen party food galore!

    Having a party? There are some excellent solutions locally that we've discovered - frozen vegan nibbles that you cook up quickly on the day. Read on ....

  • Cafe Iguana is no more Was Cafe Igunan

    Cafe Iguana will not reopen. The fate of bar Iguana (which was never particularly veggie) is unknown.

    The premises are being fitted out as a shop. The cafe was not great as it was overpriced and badly run, but it was friendly and it was veggie! So we are sad to see it go. It did a good trade despite such bad reviews and high prices, which goes to show that there's a strong market for a veggie cafe in Reading.

  • BUAV: Animal testing survey puts Henley candidates under the spotlight

    Henley by-election candidates from all five main political parties are considering their views on animal testing after being contacted by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV).