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Vegan Quarantine: Day 36

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Welcome to Vegan Quarantine: Day 36. This daily video series is my way of trying to keep spirits high with the vegan community while also supporting independent business, charities, and musicians.



Links for everything mentioned are below.

If you have some spare cash and would like to support this daily video series, you can donate here:
https://paypal.me/pools/c/8oikSipsfP

The International Vegan Film Festival is screening its touring short films online FOR FREE for a limited time. See their website:
http://www.theivff.com/

Plates is a gourmet vegan catering company delivery fancy vegan food hampers around London. Shop on their website: https://plates-london.com/shop/ and follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plates_london/

Magpye is a vegan pie business delivering in the Newcastle area. Great specials on their website: https://magpye.co.uk/ and you can follow on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/magpyencl/

The Suited Baker is a vegan and gluten free bakery business in Sheffield, delivering to the local area. Order on their website: https://www.thesuitedbaker.co.uk/ and follow on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/thesuitedbak…/

Try this basic vegan ciabatta loaf recipe:
http://epicureanvegan.com/…/ciabatta-b…/

Music recommendation of the day. Remembering Prince 4 years after his passing. Listen to Little Red Corvette:
https://www.youtube.com/watch…

Take a moment to read my personal blog post about Prince from four years ago. I was (and still am) heartbroken:
https://fatgayvegan.com/…/fgv-takes-a-d…/

If you have some spare cash and would like to support this daily video series because you find it entertaining and/or valuable, you can donate here:
https://paypal.me/pools/c/8oikSipsfP

Vegan Quarantine: Day 35

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Welcome to Vegan Quarantine: Day 35. This daily video series is my way of keeping spirits high within the vegan community while also supporting independent business, charities, and musicians.



Links for everything mentioned are below.

If you can afford to support these videos with a small donation, I greatly appreciate it:
https://paypal.me/pools/c/8oikSipsfP

Louise Wallis – Yoga & Pilates has yoga, pilates, and relaxation videos for free or pay what you can on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/louisewallis/

Discover when you can see the Starlink satellite constellation passing over your location:
https://findstarlink.com/

What The Pitta are giving away a food bundle for home delivery if you are in Brighton or London. Enter here:
https://whatthepitta.com/the-unreachab…/

Tom’s Diner in Banbury, UK need our help to survive. Donate for rewards here:
https://www.justgiving.com/cr…/tomsdiner

Try this recipe for homemade raspberry lemonade thanks to Vegan Nook:
https://vegannook.com/…/raspberry-lemon…

Music recommendation of the day. Lips are Unhappy by Lucky Soul:
https://www.youtube.com/watch…

If you can spare a few coins to help keep this daily series up and running, please donate here:
https://paypal.me/pools/c/8oikSipsfP

Vegan Quarantine: Day 13

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Hi all.

Welcome to Vegan Quarantine: Day 13. This daily video series is my small contribution to keeping spirits high in the vegan community while also supporting independent businesses, charities, and musicians.

All links for everything discussed are below:

Thyme Glasgow is a vegan Lebanese food business in Scotland. They are delivering to West End and Southside of Glasgow. Details and order via their Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/thyme_glasgow/

Loving Hut in Brisbane, Australia is delivering to certain nearby suburbs. All vegan menu. Details for ordering via their Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/loving.hut.brisbane/

Grindcore House vegan coffee shop and café in South Philadelphia. Order for collection online:
https://www.grindcoretogo.com/

Follow Grindcore House on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/grindcorehouse/

Green Kitchen is taking orders and delivering vegan cake in Coventry. Details on their Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/GreenKitchencov/

Music suggestion for the day: Learn Today, Earn Tomorrow by Iron On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR2V6ozmlao

Listen to full album on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4P69FEpCzYqRJGNFGfYb71

Vegan Easter eggs for online order

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You all know about Moo Free Chocolates.

This dairy free chocolate company makes the best vegan chocolate on the planet and you can order it online for UK delivery.

The company has shared news that it might become difficult to locate their products in coming weeks due to the major supermarkets cutting down on non-essential stock refills.

Of course the joke I need to make here is that vegan chocolate is essential!

The entire range of vegan chocolates, including their incredible vegan Easter eggs, are online for you to buy directly.

I need to make special mention of the White Strawberry Hamster. How good does this sound?!

All of their regular chocolate bars are available plus a gorgeous Easter pack featuring eggs and bars.

Did I mention there is free shipping for all orders over £10? How easy is it to spend £10 on chocolates?!

Click here to start shopping now and follow Moo Free on Instagram.

Vegan Quarantine: Day 6

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Vegan Quarantine: Day 6

Hi all. I am back again with another video to try and keep spirits high in the vegan community and help support independent vegan business and charities.



All of the links for everything mentioned in the video can be found below.

Moo Free Chocolates is a gorgeous vegan chocolate company. Order from them directly online, including all their Easter egg treats!:

https://www.dairyfreechocolates.com/…/a…

Fooska is Bangladeshi vegan street food available for home lunch delivery:
https://www.eatfooska.com/

Arancini Brothers are still open in Dalston and Maltby Street for takeaway and delivery. Order via Just Eat, Deliveroo, and Uber Eats:
http://www.arancinibrothers.com/

Yoga and pilates online with Louise Wallis – Yoga & Pilates. Starting on Monday March 23 from 9:15am. Pay what you can.

Yoga classes live on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/louisewallis/

Make your donation/payment here:
http://www.mindbodyzone.co.uk/pilates-c…

Watch this fab song by super fab band Love Like Hate, a band made up of vegans in my home city of Brisbane, Australia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch…

Vegan Quarantine: Day 5

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Hi all!

I’m back with Vegan Quarantine: Day 5.

This video series is my way of trying to keep spirits up in the vegan community, give you a friendly face to look forward to each evening, and support independent vegan business.



Links for things I discuss are all below. Please click and share.

The Made In Hackney Community Cookery School crowdfunder is still motoring along. Donate here:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/made-in-h…

A gorgeous new vegan food business in Somerset called Plantsidecafe was only open a week and has closed due to the global crisis. Follow them on social media for when they reopen:

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/plantsidecafe/

Goyo’s Burgers is a vegan fast food joint that JUST opened in Mexico City. Please follow them on Instagram to help cheer them up at this difficult time:
https://www.instagram.com/goyosburgers/

I’m listening to a lot of Trixie Mattel music! All links for music, rescheduled tour dates, and a make up line being switched to all vegan:
https://www.trixiemattel.com/

Shout out to The Third Estate. Vegan shoe store and boutique in London. You can and should shop online with them:
https://thethirdestate.co.uk/

Follow them on Insta:
https://www.instagram.com/thethirdesta…/

Vegan Quarantine: Day 4

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Hello friends.

I am back for Vegan Quarantine: Day 4.

These videos are happening daily to help keep our spirits up within the vegan community and draw attention to independent businesses that are struggling, charities that need our help, and musicians that need support.



Links for everything I mention are below.

Check out this GOOD NEWS story about food outreach being undertaken by a vegan business in Tennessee:
https://tinyurl.com/vpat2dg

Help Earthcake vegan bakery in Bristol pay their bills! Crowdfunder here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bristol…

Legendary London band Colour Me Wednesday (packed full of vegan members) get to keep all the money if you buy their music via Bandcamp TODAY. Please do:
https://colourmewednesday.bandcamp.com/

London vegan eatery Essential Vegan Cafe has closed during the crisis. Please follow them online to show support:
TW: https://twitter.com/EssentialVegan
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/essentialveg…/

Sweet Yourself Vegan is selling vegan pick & mix for delivery! Order online for UK delivery:
https://www.sweetyourself.co.uk/

Follow me (FGV) on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/fatgayvegan/

Made In Hackney Community Cookery School fundraiser now has a stretch target of £50,000:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/made-in-h…

Order vegan pick n mix for delivery

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Hey, UK friends.

Can’t get to the shops for some pesky reason (sarcasm) but are craving pick n mix sweets?

The wonderful people of Sweet Yourself Vegan are here to help you out.

Order your favourite vegan sweets for home or office delivery!

Some of the categories they are selling include:

  • Jelly sweets
  • Liquorice
  • Sour
  • Sugared
  • Fudge
  • Gluten free

You can buy bags of 100% vegan sweets individually by type or opt in for a jumbo pick n mix delivery.

If you use the code LAUNCH20 you will get 20% off your first order during their launch week.

Sweet Yourself Vegan currently only deliver within the UK.

Click here to shop online now and follow Sweet Yourself Vegan on Instagram.

Initiative to help vegan business in UK

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Support Vegan Business hub created to provide information and advice during Coronavirus pandemic

As the UK government encourages people to self-isolate and avoid restaurants and bars, the hospitality industry is suffering. This is a particularly difficult time for small, independent young businesses, especially vegan businesses which already face the pressure of having a niche offering and a lack of contingency funds to support them in difficult times.

The BRIGHT Club has created a dedicated Support Vegan Business Hub on www.thebrightclub.co which features regular updates and information for businesses and staff during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The #supportveganbusiness campaign started in 2017 by BRIGHT Zine to support the vegan industry is now specifically focused on how the industry can face the adversity caused by Coronavirus. The hub was launched on Instagram earlier this morning (Wed 18 March).

Other actions taken to Support Vegan Businesses include:

A group of over 50 London-based vegan business owners and influencers has been created to share information and support across the sector that is facing adversity.

Creation of a UK-wide vegan-business database by author Emilia Leese which outlines what their offering is and how consumers can support vegan-businesses. This is also accessible via the Support Vegan Business Hub.

A petition has been started by Clare Every (@thelittlelondonvegan) for Deliveroo to cut commission during this time.

A lot of vegan businesses are on the brink of collapse therefore it is vital that consumers support them in whichever way possible. Most food businesses are currently operating delivery and collection services as well as providing vouchers and pay it forward schemes to support the more vulnerable in our communities.

Others ways to support vegan businesses include:

Order delivery or collection from them.

Share your favourite food businesses online and encourage people to continue to support them now and in the future. Use the Support Vegan Business graphic from Bright Zine to draw attention to this campaign.

Donate to local food banks and organisations that support communities including:

  • Made in Hackney who are moving to a meal delivery service.
  • Lifeafterhummus who will donating their surplus to those in need if they cannot provide free community cooking classes.
  • People’s Kitchen who have paused surplus meals but are supporting their local food bank and looking for volunteers to help out in other initiatives or to share recipes and food stories.

Follow the Bright Zine/Support Vegan Business Hub on Instagram.

Vegan Quarantine videos

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A lot of us are locked indoors due to the global pandemic, so I thought I would post daily (hopefully) videos on Facebook.

I want us to have some social interaction while we try to do some good in the world.

I’m also sharing the videos here on the blog if you prefer to watch here, so check back daily.

Here are some of the links mentioned in today’s episode:

Ms. Cupcake is closing down. Read my emotional blog post here:
https://tinyurl.com/vfy9wvn

You can order from Ms. Cupcake for home or work delivery for a few more days. Read about it here:
https://tinyurl.com/w29l5j6

London vegan food business bar dei baci have been forced to supply via Deliveroo only. Follow them on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/bardeibaci/

Knave’s Kitchen in Leeds is STILL open and do pick up and delivery options. They will also organise contact free delivery:
https://www.oportobar.co.uk/knaves-kitchen/

Made In Hackney Community Cookery School in London has cancelled all of its classes. They are running a fundraiser to transform into an emergency food delivery service for at risk people:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/made-in-hackney-4

I am listening to this cool band called Beach Bunny. Read about them and listen to their album Honeymoon:
https://www.beachbunnymusic.com/

Read my piece on how the global pandemic is hurting freelancers and low waged people like me:
https://tinyurl.com/rgod9en