Teaching Compassion - Cruelty Free Fair & Talks
Where:
Friends Meeting House, Hill Street, Coventry. CV1 4AN
Date:
Sat 29th Sep 2007 @ 10:45
until
16:45
( past event )
This event is being organised as part of Viva!'s Vegetarian Month and to mark the beginning of a week of important commemorative dates for animals. World Vegetarian Day - Sunday 1st October. Farm Animal Day - Monday 2nd October. World Animal Day - 4th October (Ghandi's birthdate). This will be a fantastic day with many attractions, including cruelty-free merchandise stalls from a variety of animal protection organisations, speakers, films, vegan cafe, free veggie food samples and recipes & lots more.
This will be an exciting and unique event in Coventry, raising awareness of how everyone can live compassionate, healthy, ethical lifestyles and help to create a more caring society. Please put this date in your diary now!
STALLS
A chance to stock up on animal-friendly books, chocolates, cosmetics, toiletries and clothes and meet lots of other caring people. For the really well organised, it's an opportunity to get your compassionate Christmas cards and presents well in advance.
Stalls already booked include the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research, Animal Aid,VIVA, the Captive Animal Protection Society and Farm Animal Rescue Sanctuaries. For a full list of stallholders, details of their organisations and what they`ll be selling on the day, click the link to the right.
TALKS
A full day of talks on the theme of Teaching Compassion, including vegetarianism, factory farming, vivisection and animals in sport and entertainment. We are very pleased to have two experienced school speakers from Animal Aid - Diane Smith, who is the Midlands Regional Education Officer and Kate Fowler, who will be speaking on the links between cruelty to animals and violence towards people. There will also be a talk on the work of the Dr Hadwen Trust to replace animals in the medical research and a speaker from the Captive Animal Protection Trust.
The talks will include videos and question and answer sessions. They will be suitable for all adults and teenagers interested in animal protection issues but will be particularly useful for teachers and schoolchildren covering these subjects in their studies (Food Technology, Citizenship, English, Religious Studies, Philosophy and Science). More & more schools are now requesting school talks from groups such as Animal Aid and this will be a great opportunity to gather plenty of information for school projects etc as there will be masses of free literature and lots of experts to talk to. The talks will also be very useful for Youth Workers or anyone wanting to know more about humane education. You are welcome to come for just one talk or stop for the whole day. For a full timetable/programme of talks and info on each of the speakers, click the links to the right.
ADMISSION FREE - all welcome
Hope to see you there.
Download Posters, Programme of Talks etc
If you would like to display a Teaching Compassion poster on your school/college noticeboard or in your local library, shop window etc, you can download and print off posters via our Download Page, where you can also download full details of the talks, speakers and stallholders.
If you would like to have a stall or if you can help in any way on the day, please contact Julie on 02476 634115.
"Compassion for humans & animals is indivisible, all life is one"
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Directions
Friends Meeting House,
Hill Street,
Coventry,
CV1 4AN
Hill Street,
Coventry,
CV1 4AN
TRAVELLING BY CAR: From the outskirts of Coventry,
follow signs to City Centre and get onto Inner Ring Road. Exit for
City Centre at Junction 9. The car park at the venue is
private. The nearest public car park is the Belgrade Plaza
multi-storey, accessed off a slip road at this junction. It is only a
minute away from the venue (come out Riley St/Hill Street side).
There are other carparks at the Barracks and West Orchards about 5 minutes
walk away. If you are dropping off at the venue, head towards
city centre and turn right at the end (second) traffic lights,
along Corporation Street and turn right up Hill Street (St John's
Church on corner). The Meeting House is on the left.
TRAVELLING BY BUS: From Pool Meadow Bus Station - walk along Hales Street and Corporation Street, turn right into Hill St by St John's Church; the Friends Meeting House is on the left hand side. It is less than 10 minutes walk but there are buses from Pool Meadow that stop in Corporation St very close by.
TRAVELLING BY TRAIN: From
the station go via the subway to Greyfriars Green, turn left at
Greyfriars Road. At the end of this road, turn right into Queen
Victoria Rd. Walk to the end of this road untill you are opposite
St John's Church. Cross the zebra crossing and walk past the side
of the church into Hill St. The Friends Meeting House is on the
left hand side. It takes about 10/12 minutes to walk.
Click here for map.
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Last updated by kevincv on 2007-06-09 13:56:07 )