Bristol & West Vegetarians & Vegans

🍺Bristol Vegan Drinks - October, come along and meet some new people. This months venue is Brace & Browns on Whiteladies Road https://www.braceandbrowns.co.uk

🍛FOOD They are going to do a vegan specific menu for us.

📍Arrive anytime from 6pm

☀️🌧☔️ This event will be indoors.

📍We'll post where we are sat on the day, but it should be obvious.

⭐️Please note this event will be run in conjunction with Bristol Vegans Facebook group, where usually 10-30 people attend from. Overall attendance is usually around 25-70 people.

💰we'd appreciate a cash donation of £1 on the day to go towards meet up fees. Please hand to your host Jules. Thank so much. This will allow us to continue with these meet ups... as soon as the costs are met, we won't ask for further donations! If you are a regular at our events we are happy for you to pay £5 to cover you for a year. Please speak to Jules or Claire.
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About Bristol Vegan Drinks

Bristol Vegan Drinks is a monthly event that takes place once a month on the 12th. If you are planning ahead, 2025 events will be held on the 11th of the month.

The event is very informal and is essentially just a time and place for like-minded people to meet each month. Anyone interested in veganism, or vegetarianism is welcome. Most people turn up solo, so it's great to get to know new people.

The rules are simple:

📍The event will always be at a location that serves vegan drinks and usually some vegan food (if not fully vegan). If you choose to eat, please only consume vegan food at the event out of respect for others.

The event will always be in a location that is easily reachable from the city centre.

Everyone is welcome, but non-vegans should expect veganism to be a topic of conversation, and this should be respected by all.

🍻🍔Alcohol and food consumption is entirely optional but expect both to be consumed by others. Remember this is a drinks and social event first and foremost, the food is a bonus so please don't be too critical of this aspect.

🌡Am sure it goes without saying, please do not come if you feel unwell out of courtesy for others.

We encourage feedback on any aspect from anyone who has anything to say or ask, please contact your host Jules in this instance. We run this event to provide a platform for vegans new and old to socialise in Bristol. We welcome anyone that wants to get involved or has a suggestion. Send one of the admins a private message if you have a special request and we will do our best to accommodate this. For example if you want to talk beforehand due to social anxiety or you want to attend but the venue lacks disabled access - we want to hear from you. We want the events to be as inclusive as possible. Likewise if you have feedback from any event, or any concerns, please raise them with Jules.

⏰During the first hour of the event, your hosts will make extra sure they introduce you to other group members (if you wish), so if you're a bit shy or unsure, we'd encourage you to attend early on, to help us facilitate this. However, this is a friendly group and hopefully everyone will make you feel welcome at whatever point you turn up! The events are usually a good mix of regulars and new people. We hope to see you there!

Most people attend this solo, so it's a great opportunity to meet new people.

We’re back! ...Hoping to bring all you lovely singletons together for a Bristol Vegans Mix & Mingle event. We’ve decided to host another for you fabulous lot.

This event is FREE thanks to Brewdog Harbourside (NOT Baldwin street) for generously offering the use of their space, we do encourage you to purchase a drink or two at the bar to support them, and enable us to continue offering events like this. If you'd like to make a donation toward a drink for your hosts on the day and printing costs, we won't say no! We'd suggest £1-£2 each would be appreciated.

This evening will be unique in that it incorporates elements of a both a social evening, and a speed dating event. We'll try and make this as easy and least cringeworthy as possible! There will be elements where you are encouraged to move on and chat to someone new when the bell rings, and then some informal time where you can chat to anyone. For each person you meet you can choose romantic interest OR to just be friends! So no more lost friendship opportunities!

Open to all available vegans aged 18 and above. This time we'll be focusing on monogamous heterosexual relationship types. You must be and single to attend. ( and vegan obvs)

We realise this does exclude some people but having tried this event a few times now, we just don't get enough foot fall for other relationship types to create any matches. However, If you are interested in an event for all genders/ relationships types, send me a message and if I can get enough people, I'll hold a separate event that caters for all.
HOW IT WORKS
When you arrive at Brewdog head to register at the table, where your hosts (3-4 admins) will be sat. You'll receive a name tag with a number, and a scorecard. We'll need your email address (and optionally phone number) so we can pass these contact details on to whomever you match with, and we'll also email you your matches after the event (please print as clearly as possible and bring a pen if you can!)
Write your first name on your name tag, and before you start chatting to anyone write their name and number down.

You can then more subtly write your interest level after meeting them without having to check their details.
We obviously can't control who will choose to attend this event, so while everyone is of course welcome, we can't guarantee success!
We'll do introductions and registrations between 7 & 7.30, where you can grab a drink and register, and we'll start more formal 'mingling' at 7.30. Please allow plenty of time to register.... we usually have a queue.
During the evening, you are free to mingle and talk to whomever you like, we'll ring the bell approx every 5 mins or so, so you can move on, this means you'll have time to meet everyone/ most people. After this we'll allow time for some more casual conversations where you can talk to who you like.

Write down their name tag number on your scorecard right away, so you don't forget it later!
Obviously people are free to chat to anyone including those of the same gender, but should prioritise potential matches.

After you're done chatting, you can secretly tick the boxes on your scorecard for that person. You can choose 'friends', 'something more', or both. Your contact details will ONLY be shared with that person if they tick the same boxes on their score card (matched), and you will recieve their contact details as well. When you get your matches, it will clearly state whether you matched as friends, or something more.
Remember to give us your score card before leaving the event, otherwise we won't be able to match you with anyone! Even if you have no interest in anyone returning your card helps us know this!

When will I get my matches/ results? Please allow one week after the event for us to email you your matches. If you do not receive the email, please check your junk/spam folder, and if it's not there then please send us a message on Facebook and we'll send it again.

Please note only Ben will handle any personal data / matches to keep your data private... and he is happily married, so there is no conflict of interest for anyone attending!

Please also note this being run through Bristol Vegans Facebook group, so major updates will be there but, I'll try and cross post here too!

Hi everyone!

Vegetarian and Vegan Board game evenings will now be the first Monday of the month (unless it's a bank holiday) at the Greenbank pub in Easton.

Most people tend to arrive around 6pm, order food/drinks, chat etc. games start approx 6:15 however if you can't arrive before the games begin, we are happy for you to arrive whenever you can as long as you are happy to sit and watch if you can't be added into the game(s) in progress.

Please bring your own games if you have some, it's great to have new/different ones available.

If you choose to eat, please only consume vegetarian or vegan food at the event out of respect for others. Alcohol and food consumption is entirely optional but expect both to be consumed by others.

We are now asking for donations towards annual meet up fees. Please donate £1 if you feel you are able to.

Please let us know if you have any other questions.

N.B. This is now on MONDAYS