A Vegan Society occurs as registered charity in the United Kingdom, promoting the vegan diet.

Based within Britain on November 1, 1944, by Donald Watson, it was a number 1 ever vegan society, in the run coining the word vegan for "non-dairy vegetarians". the word has since passed into most common usage & is utilized at present inside a kind of ways. Understand Veganism for more data. A date of the society's initiation, November 1st, is now celebrated annually when Globe Vegan Day.

Activities
Reference - e.g. a [http://www.vegansociety.com website], leaflets, books, videos Trend lines - network of local contacts Licenses its trademarked Helianthus symbol to corporations - for the labelling of vegan products Publishes the Vegan - a quarterly magazine sent loose to members of the society Publishes a Critter-Yours free! Shopper - the listing of vegan things available in the UK (updated each 2 years some)