vegan colchester

Vegan pop up grocery store in Colchester

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Colchester. You have a super fabulous vegan pop up shop.

Get involved!

Vool is the brainchild of my buddy Annastasia who started the project in November 2017 after realising rates were too high to open a vegan shop in Colchester.

Annastasia wanted to make it easier for vegans and the vegan-curious to access those harder to find goodies and groceries. A year of fairs, festivals , and a weekly pop-up at the Good Souls Bakery followed and now Vool has become a major part of Annastasia’s (and Colchester’s) life!

Check out some of these photos showing the gorgeous groceries being sold by Vool.

Vool is on Colchester Market every Friday, there is an online shop offering worldwide delivery, and the Shop-in-a-Suitcase makes a regular appearance at Colchester Vegan Drinks.

This is some real frontline grassroots vegan stuff going on here. Annastasia is getting vegan groceries into her community by any means necessary and helping people go and stay vegan. She actually carries vegan groceries around in a suitcase!

Follow Vool on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Ethical vegan market in Essex

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The Feel Good Fair has been running monthly since the beginning of 2017 and is the first of its kind in Essex. All products are 100% vegan, traders are local and independent, and all are working towards or currently use environmentally sustainable packaging and production.

This sounds wonderful!

The market has a teaching focus for visitors each month. Past months have focused on zero waste, teaching about composting, demos on making tofu and plant based milks, make-do-and-mend with sewing machines and electrical repairs.

Organisers of The Feel Good Fair told me the focus for the event is on building a sense of community and togetherness. People get along and hang out for hours just chatting at the large communal coffee shop table with books to browse or in the street food section sharing recipes and kind living tips.

The event is free to attend and is run completely by volunteers. It takes place once a month in the town of Coggeshall near Colchester. Click here to see the exact location thanks to Google Maps.

Follow the Facebook page for latest news and dates. The next monthly event is this Sunday June 24, 2018.

UK has a vegan shake diner

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Hold onto your vintage petticoats because this is some hugely fabulous news.

The Essex town of Colchester has just welcomed a 100% vegan, 50s-style diner that has a distinct rockabilly vibe.

It looks marvellous!

You need to follow Shakers Dairy Free on Facebook and Instagram. You can click here to see the exact town centre location thanks to Google Maps.

Not only do I adore the idea of a completely vegan diner selling ice cream, shakes, and sandwiches, but I’m also in love with the fact that Shakers are using 100% compostable packaging.

Yay for vegan Colchester! There is definitely a fabulous compassionate scene building in strength in that part of the world.

Vegan beauty’s where you find it

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You all read the Clacton Gazette, right?

No?

If you don’t, let me direct you to an article published this week about a vegan beauty parlour just launched in Colchester.

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The article, in part, reads:

VEGANS wanting beauty treatments free of animal products can now indulge at a specialist Colchester boutique.

Dionne Bartlett, 32, opened the Garden of Eden Beauty, at the Lucky Rose Tattoo Clinic, to service other vegans stuck for places which use vegan-friendly cosmetics.

Miss Bartlett’s beauty room, on Eld Lane, provides everything from manicures to waxing and facials, using only cruelty-free ingredients.

The qualified beauty therapist has been vegan for 15 years and became a vegetarian aged seven.

Click here to read the full news article (photo above from original article).

Click here to like The Garden of Beauty on Facebook.

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