Hi there!
Just over 2 weeks from now Viva! will be bringing our Incredible Veggie Roadshow to St David’s Hall, on Saturday 14 May, 10am-5pm.
The first four of our roadshows, launched in Bristol and then held in Brighton, Solihull and Manchester, have been a great success attracting over 5,000, nearly 1,000, over 1,400 and 1,300 visitors respectively and we are hoping that Cardiff will be equally well attended.
For the roadshow to run smoothly and successfully we need a team of Viva! staff and volunteers and it’d be great if you could join us on the day. We have already seen what a difference we can make through these events, with many people already pledging to go veggie or vegan as a result. And we’re certain Cardiff will be no different – other than it could be the biggest and best roadshow yet!!
So if you can spare a morning or afternoon to lend a hand, I’d love to hear from you!! We still volunteers for our:
· Promo/welcome desk – 1.30-5pm
· Hot food tastings – 1.30-5pm
· Cold food tastings – 1.30-5pm
· Info stalls – 10am-1.30pm
Full details about this tasks are detailed below.
Simply call me on 0117 944 1000 or email
angie@viva.org.uk in the next couple of days to register your support.
Please help us if you can to spread the veggie world and save animals! Thank you.
Best wishes,
Angie
Angie Greenaway
Roadshow Co-ordinator
Viva!
8 York Court, Wilder Street, Bristol BS2 8QH
T 0117 944 1000 F 0117 926 4646 W
www.viva.org.uk
Incredible Veggie Roadshow
BREAKDOWN OF AREAS AND TASKS
Promotion outside & Welcome desk
At any one time, there will be 2 people outside the venue (although not standing together) leafleting passers-by and encouraging them to come in so you need to be cheerful and pro-active as a smile and persistence does pays off!
Situated just inside the venue, from this point visitors will be welcomed into the roadshow and invited to complete a prize draw questionnaire, the winner of which will receive a free meal at a local veggie establishment.
Completed questionnaires are invaluable to Viva! as, from them, we are able to build up a picture of how visitors heard about the roadshow, whether they eat meat, are veggie etc, if the roadshow has made them consider buying more veggie products or changing their diet and it also enables us to contact visitors to let them know about our campaigns or similar local and national events.
From this table we also offering visitors free copies of our It’s Time To Go Veggie magazine, which should answer any questions they may have about going, being and staying veggie.
At any one time, one volunteer from this table will also need to count visitors to the roadshow, using an easy-to-use clicker counter.
There will also be a bucket for donations which visitors should be invited to contribute to as they leave!
Viva! merchandise
Manned by Viva! staff, this stall will have on display a wide range of Viva! merchandise including recipe books, vegan chocolates, T-shirts and more.
VVF campaigns and merchandise
Short for the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation, the VVF is the sister health charity to Viva! and actively promotes the health benefits of a veggie diet. Manned by Viva!/VVF staff, this stall will feature information for visitors to take freely, as well as copies of the VVF’s magazine veggiehealth, and merchandise (including health and recipe books, bags and
T-shirts) for sale.
Viva! campaigns
Manned by the Viva! campaigns team, this stall will feature leaflets and other literature on each of Viva!’s key campaigns.
Hot food tastings
This is the area from which a selection of Indian, Chinese, Asian and English hot dishes will be served. All the food just needs reheating and serving to the hungry masses! Replicas of all of the dishes are given in a recipe flyer which can be given freely to visitors. It also contains details of all of the businesses supporting the roadshow through product donations (see below).
Guidance on reheating and serving food will be given on the day.
Cold food tastings
A wide range of veggie-friendly businesses are supporting our roadshows by donating products for each event. These include Cheatin’ meats and sausages from Redwood’s, dairy-free cheeses from Isle of Bute and Tofutti, pates from Granovita, egg-free mayo and chocolate from Plamil and crisps from Kettle Chips. Details of all food donors are listed in the recipe/supplier flyer which visitors can freely take. The flyer also gives recipes similar to the dishes served on the hot food tastings stall (see above).
Volunteers on this stall should be pro-active about asking what people think about the products, if they like them, advising where they can buy them from and of course keeping the food samples topped up – something of a juggling act!
NB: When handling food, disposable gloves should be worn – these will be provided by Viva!
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