Once again we are absolutely bowled over by our amazing sponsors both old and new who keep stepping forward with untold support for the Fayre. It’s their generosity and support that makes the show financially viable, especially in keeping stall prices and admission charges within reach of everyone whilst still maintaining an excellent standard all round, both in amenities (toilets, rubbish, clearing up etc) as well as the icing on the cake in terms of entertainment and promotion. So a deep and heartfelt gratitude from the organisers to all of these people, both past and present, and we would love to encourage our visitors to say thanks to all of these firms for their support, especially by buying their products and supporting their ventures!

FEEL FREE TO SHOW YOUR OWN APPRECIATION TO ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE!!!!

For 2008 we have introduced 5 levels of sponsorship, allowing firms of all sizes to get involved at the level they are comfortable with.

• Show Supporter
• Regular Sponsor
• Large Sponsor
• Supersize Sponsor
• Show Sponsor

If you would like to sponsor the BVF 08, please download our sponsorship packages here, or phone the Yaoh office on 0117 9239053 for a chat

Supersize Sponsors

Beanie's Health Foods

The awesome Beanie's outfit return to Bristol for the fifth year running and once again have come up with an extremely generous and supportive Supersize sponsorship deal to help the BVF go ahead for 2008. For those of you yet to meet this fabulous family bunch from the South Coast you are in for a treat cos they are a truly delightful team full of passion and enthusiasm for not only their wondrous ranges of food and Ice Cream, but for all the vegan shows and for the vegan movement in general.

Beanie's started life as a wholefood shop near Portsmouth but a few years ago branched out into the trade and became the UK distributors for the Fry's range of burgers, schnitzels, sausages that originate in South Africa. It hasn't taken them long to get the Fry's range of vegan 'meat substitutes' into health stores across the UK, including Holland and Barrett, and you can find Fry's in most of the freezer sections of your local health store. As their website says,

'At Beanie's Health Foods we aim to provide you with good, wholesome vegan food, i.e. frozen products that have not been tampered with, added to or enhanced! We aim to ensure that the stock we distribute has been produced responsibly, without harming the environment or exploiting the work force.

Our philosophy incorporates a broad range of contemporary concerns from well being on a personal level to promoting a vegan lifestyle and preserving the health of our environment. We believe that GM foods should not be a part of the food chain and we oppose their cultivation. We distribute our frozen vegan ranges to the catering, retail and wholesale trades.'

Fry's have recently added to the range, and now offer vegan Sausage Rolls and also Cottage Pies, making them a brilliant choice for people looking for quick, easy and cheap but still highly nutritious vegan options. But it's not just the Fry's range that Beanie's do - they also distribute the stunning range of B'Nice ice cream, made from rice and once again completely vegan.

In fact, so good is the B'Nice Ice Cream range that its already picked up two major awards - the 'Best Food Product 2007' from the Vegan Society, and also the 2007 PETA Proggy award for Best Non Dairy food Product, as well as scoring highly in the Yaoh 007 Vegan Environmental Awards.

The Beanie's Bunch will be in full effect at the BVF 08, with an indoor pitch sampling all their delicious Fry's range, and an outdoor gazebo down by the main Stage where you can get an Ice Cream - just watch out for the queue, that's all!!!

Thanks to all of you, not only to Pat and Lisa, but also the whole family for your wholehearted support once again!!!

(insert images of awards from website if poss, also product shots, piccies etc)

http://www.beanieshealthfoods.co.uk/

Supersize Sponsors

Bute Island (Sheese)

When the lovely Elaine phoned us last year in 2007 to offer some support for the BVF, so began a modern day love story. The whole Bute Island clan descended on us in style and impressed us all with their beautiful selves as well as their gorgeous products. The team from Bute Island are unique in today's clutter of companies clamouring for your attention - this a truly a whole clan, and they live and breathe 120% their commitment to the vegan community across the UK as well as providing top notch alternatives to dairy products in the form of their self produced Sheese range of vegan cheese. The range comes in two styles and 9 flavours - the Hard Style Sheese in Cheshire, Strong Cheddar, Smoked Cheddar, Cheddar Style with Chives, Blue Style, Gouda, Mozzarella, Edam and Medium Cheddar, and the new Creamy Sheese is also available in Original, Mexican, Cheddar, Chives and the wondrous Garlic and Herbs.

You can find Sheese products in a number of health food shops in the local area as well as across the UK - Bristol's Earthbound and Wild Oats both stock the Sheese range, and of course you will be able to sample the delights of the entire range at the BVF 08 when the whole clan take a giant 6m stall at in the Main Marquee to ensure everyone gets a chance to taste some of the best vegan cheeses on the market - as well as meet the whole team, guaranteed to light up your day with their radiance and smiles!!! Wonderful!

And the Bute Island crew are not just supporting the BVF - they have been at a number of the vegan shows across the UK recently, including the London Vegan Festival and the North West Vegan Festival. They bring a whole new dimension to the vegan shows and their support is very much appreciated by everyone who comes across them. They really deserve support in return for their superb efforts to bring genuinely tasty and healthy alternatives to dairy cheese and are to be found in many a discerning vegan's fridge these days as they continue to produce the most excellent Sheese available

http://www.buteisland.com/

Large Sponsors

Plamil

Plamil are gorgeous. We just love you. Ever since vegan pioneer and all time legend and vegan superhero Arthur Ling started the UK’s first vegan soyamilk range back in the 60’s (Plamil – Plant Milk) Plamil have consistently prepared the most gorgeous vegan choices in the form of Soya milk, desserts, mayonnaise and of course the outrageous and completely moreish ranges of chocolate which continue to break new ground with the introduction of 21st century marvels like dehulled hemp seed and Xylitol (a natural sweetener and an excellent alternative to sugar) giving a whole new meaning to the world of chocolate.

This year at the BVF Plamil are literally smothering the site with bars of their fantastic Plamil Orange chocolate bars – including one in each of the 500 goody bags that we are giving away to the first 250 visitors to the show each day. You can also pick up an orange chocolate bar at our tombola next to the acoustic stage, where tickets are £1 each or £6 for a fiver, and every ticket wins! And you can also get an awesome Buy One Get One Free on these bars too, from a number of stalls including Foods For Life in the Hemp Village in the Main Marquee - £1.50 gets you two of these bars!!!
We’d like to take this opportunity to say a very big thankyou to all the Plamil team and especially Adrian, you have been consistently amazing for years now and especially in your support for the BVF and other vegan events, and once again have provided an extremely generous and imaginative sponsorship package for us. It’s the support of firms like this – and many others too – that makes it possible to undertake these shows without having to charge the earth either for stallholders or our visitors.

Please visit the Plamil website to get the full details of their outstanding vegan product range, and you can find them in Wild Oats, Earthbound and other leading health food shops in Bristol and across the UK ( and across the world now, too!)

www.plamilfoods.co.uk

Regular Sponsors

The Vegan Society

The Vegan Society have been in existence over 60 years now, providing a steady stream of information and support for everything to do with the vegan lifestyle. Recently moved to Birmingham and with 11 full time staff now working out of the office, the Society continues to grow in both achievement and recognition as the growth of the vegan lifestyle continues to expand impressively. The Society publishes a fantastic magazine every three months, and attends as many shows as possible, as well as supporting a number of grass roots vegan activities across the UK and beyond. Their celebrated sunflower trademark is considered by most to be the defining vegan symbol in the world today, and they continue to flourish in all directions. Thanks once again to the Society, its Staff, Council and all its members especially for their support once again for the BVF as well as all things vegan in general.

http://www.vegansociety.com/html/

Regular Sponsors

Shakeaway

Shakeaway sell shakes across the south of the UK and have a dozen outlets now, with more in the pipeline. They have an awesome selection of vegan shakes which number more than 40 in total - and here's the list in full!

·  apple  ·  apple & blackcurrant  ·  apricot  ·
·  banana  ·  blackcurrant  ·
·  cherry  ·  choca mocha  ·  chocolate  ·  chocolate & cherry  ·
·  coconut  ·  coffee  ·  cucumber  ·
·  fry's orange cream  ·  fry's peppermint cream  ·
·  ginger  ·  ginger nuts  ·  gooseberry  ·  grapefruit  ·
·  humbugs  ·  jelly tots  ·  lemon & lime  ·  lime  ·
·  mandarin  ·  maple syrup  ·  melon  ·  orange marmalade  ·
·  passion fruit  ·  peach  ·  peanut butter  ·  pear  ·  pineapple  ·
·  raspberries  ·  rhubarb  ·
·  sesame snaps  ·  sherbet  ·  starburst  ·  strawberries  ·
·  tic tacs mint  ·  vanilla  ·  weetabix  ·

Stunning, I'm sure you'll agree! And all made with soya milk and icecream!

Outlets include:

Big thanks to Shakeaway for their fantastic support for the BVF 08, you can find them opposite the Acoustic Stage in the same place as last year - and in fact , Shakeaway are now the official sponsors of the Acoustic Stage!!!!!

http://www.shakeaway.com/

Regular Sponsors

Yagga

Yagga are brand new on the market and represent some of the finest vegan 'meat substitutes' available today. Looking - and tasting - just like 'real' meat but without any of the misery, negative environmental and health impact that is associated with animal meat. Yagga currently comes in 3 options, the Steak, the Strips and the Roast - and they are all really excellent. Organic ingredients, all vegan and with a really good texture and flavour too. Yagga are a really welcome addition to the vegan community in the UK and we welcome Gabriele and his firm aboard with true affection and respect. Soon to be available in health stores across the UK, Yagga are not only really nice people but they are very clued up about the environmental and health impact of their products, and even list   a comparison of their products versus meat - see here!!!

Way to go buddy!!

Thanks to all at Yagga for their superb support for the BVF, and a warm welcome to you all

http://www.yagga.co.uk/index.html

Regular Sponsors

Infinity

Infinity are a huge Brighton based operation that distributes tonnage of Wholefoods and literally thousands of organic vegan veggie products across the South of the UK and beyond. They are the by word for friendliness and excellent service in the trade, and the warehouse is full of some extremely excellent individuals who together make up the team that is Infinity. Started way back in the 70’s and now thriving with a brand new shop extension to their retail outlet, Infinity Foods in The Laines area of Brighton. Recently awarded two outstanding prizes, they won the Observer award for best retail outlet, and the even more prestigious accolades that came with winning the Best Independent Health Store award in the first ever Vegan Environmental Awards 007, as voted for by the people online. Infinity also harbour an excellent range of vegan products amongst their basics (seeds, nuts, pulses, grains etc) and their vegan Mayonnaise particularly has drawn many accolades. Always cutting edge and with an excellent range of hemp products too, which we do like in this camp. They manage to combine doing brilliant business with shifting loads of goods, without hardly batting an eyelid, hardly ever making a mistake and having loads of fun doing it all too, always a lively and positive response from them. Is it because they live in the UK’s biggest party town I wonder. www.infinityfoods.co.uk/

Regular Sponsors

Suma

Suma have been coming to the BVF for several years now all the way from Yorkshire and we are always thrilled to see them back – once again with a very generous package on board. Suma distribute over 25 million of Wholefoods every year across the UK and have their own range of groceries and health foods too which you will see in a number of independent Wholefood shops across the south west, including Earthbound in Cotham Hill, which carries masses of their range. Suma, like infinity and Essential, are a workers co –operative and are a shining example in the UK of what exactly an Ethical business is. Whats really cool is that they have grown out of nothing to achieve a huge turnover without ever losing the original purpose which was to provide healthy organic vegan veggie options at a sensible price whilst maintaining growth sustainability and impeccable service. Fair shout Suma! http://www.suma.co.uk/

Show Supporters

Amphora Aromatics

Amphora Aromatics are a wonderful outfit tucked away on Cotham Hill in Bristol, and they are now supplying essential oils and natural Bodycare products all over the UK and as far afield as China. Right nice fella Pete is the boss and their star studded team is led by the legend that is Woody who along with the team has helped transformed this Bristol firm into one of the UK’s leading distributors in their field. We are very grateful for their support and especially to Woody who is also the Acoustic Stage constructor/PA/manager at this year’s BVF with his PA firm BES Systems supplying the complete rig. Cheers bud. http://amphora-aromatics.com/

Essential Trading

Essential Trading are well known and loved by many in Bristol as their huge warehouse in Fishponds goes from strength to strength as one of the main distributors of vegan fair-trade and organic products. Essential have never missed one of the BVF’s and their support has always been heartfelt and genuine. We really are grateful to all of you for once again giving us the nod and coming on board with another generous package and again the Bristol Workers Co-op has lived up to its impeccable reputation for support for local projects such as the BVF. Their retail outlet Harvest and their lovely team will also be at the show on the Essential stall which aptly, is Number 1 on the list. http://www.essential-trading.co.uk/

Marigold

We love Marigold dearly around these parts and not just for their splendid support for the BVF for the second year running (thanks Patrick, well appreciated) but also for their stunning main vegan product, the marigold Braised Tofu, which makes the most perfect Sunday/xmas dinner with its sublime texture and taste. Add a bit of Marigold Bouillon for the gravy, a few spuds and veg and you have one of the best dinners in the entire universe. We always welcome Patrick and his team down this too because he has an impeccable choice of colourful shirts and we expect a really dazzling one this year!

The Spark

The Spark is the most amazing magazine imaginable, with 30 odd thousand copies winging their way across the West Country free every 3 months, ensuring over 100,000 people are kept informed about a huge range of green, ethical, alternative and mainstream events, courses, therapies, centres, practitioners, businesses, shops, you name it, its in The Spark. Running for nigh on a couple of decades now, this is the most excellent publication you can find anywhere in the South West and comes highly recommended to all our stallholders, sponsors and supporters as an excellent advertising medium for all kids of people and their projects. www.thespark.co.uk/

Attwoolls

These guys do our marquees - and do them splendidly too. Big shout out to all the crew, you diamonds. Very highly recommended as the best in the business, this friendly reliable and excellent Gloucester firm are available for marquee hire and manufacture as well as skiing, camping and outdoor equipment: www.attwoolls.co.uk

Community Foods

One of the biggest distributors of Wholefoods in the UK, and regular visitors to the BVF 08. Peter is the man who does the shows and he is a really nice fella who brings not only brilliant products but also charisma, a smile, great assistants and always a positive energy which is always so welcome. A classic example as to why the BVF is such a good show - it's the calibre of the people involved that counts, as well as the quality of the products and information. http://www.communityfoods.co.uk/

VeggieSnow

Growing year on year, and very welcome at this year's BVF. Organisers Stephen and Sophie put together a wonderful skiing holiday every year with now 3 chalets completely booked, with all the food vegan! Awesome! Brilliant concept and superbly produced, a joy for anyone who wishes to combine top notch skiing with excellent company and stunning vegan food! http://www.veggiesnow.org/index.html

DetoxYourWorld

Back for the second year running and most welcome too. This brilliant outfit is situated in Norfolk and dispatches the best Raw and Living foods, equipment, books, chocolate, superfoods, workshops, events, classes, love and good vibes across the UK and beyond. Truly wondrous selection of products and information, a complete must for anyone looking to increase their nutritional intake and awareness. Very popular team, much loved by all. Sponsors of the Living Raw area    http://www.detoxyourworld.com/

VeggieVision

On board in the very welcome form of Karin Ridgers, the hugely popular superstar of the veggie/vegan circles, including excellent PR contacts and services as well as the groundbreaking TV internet station VeggieVision, which has thousands of viewers across the globe. Karin is also behind a number of other projects including all areas of media and publications. Her PR company MAD promotions is also handling some of the PR for the BVF 08!   http://www.veggievision.co.uk/

Foods For Life

Tony and Yvonne Bishop Weston run this high profile nutrition, consultancy and PR company with a zest and energy that comes form being vegan, very knowledgeable and passionate as well as being hugely capable and successful. As well as handling a lot of the PR for the BVF, Tony will also be hosting the Cookery Demos tent at the BVF and Yvonne will be available for pre - booked consultations at the show too. Thanks for your support!! http://www.foodsforlife.org.uk/

Viva!

Viva! are a huge vegetarian pressure group based here in Bristol and are known across the globe for their high profile and successful campaigns to reduce animal cruelty as well as increase the amount of veggies and vegans amongst us. Their Incredible Veggie Roadshows continue to visit different corners of the UK with highly informative and education shows, and their huge grassroots support plus their many celebrity supporters make sure that Viva! are always in the news fighting the vegan corner. We are very happy to have Viva! on board and you can see not only their stalls at the BVF 08 (along with sister charity the Vegan and Vegetarian Foundation) but also a number of their team doing various Talks and Demos http://www.viva.org.uk/

Total Raw Food

Brilliant outfit run by Jess and Tom, with some stunning raw chocolate amongst their products, as well as Jess's awesome book Total raw Food - The Complete Guide for Beginners. Jess has recently been featured on Channel 5 and you can see her here http://www.totalrawfood.com/media/ . Total Raw Food is a goldmine full of information, services and products as well as practical, positive and passionate guides to all things vegan raw and healthy! Jess will be doing a number of talks and demos at the BVF 08 and indeed Total Raw Food are in fact sponsoring the Living Raw Talks Room. Wonderful - deeply grateful for your support, folks.

http://www.totalrawfood.com/

Sponsors for 2007 included……..