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Vegetarian Action is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting vegetarianism as an ethical, humane, healthy and ecologically sustainable way of life.

Vegetarian Action is run by volunteers. We receive no funding from government or corporate sources. This allows us to remain independent and to promote vegetarianism as widely as possible, regardless of whether this fits with government or other agendas.

This also means that donations from supporters are crucial in allowing us to do what we do.

If you believe in Vegetarian Action, why not become a supporter? It has benefits for you, and helps keep Vegetarian Action going.

Supporters are people who, through their financial support each year, help Vegetarian Action to promote vegetarianism.

Anyone can support Vegetarian Action - individuals, households, businesses and organisations - whether you are vegetarian, interested in becoming vegetarian or just share the ideal of vegetarianism.

Vegetarian Action has supporters across Australia.

Benefits of supporting Vegetarian Action include:

• news & info for Adelaide and South Australia on vego events, campaigns, products, resources, eateries, practitioners & more
• each edition of Vegetarian Action's publication, Generation V
• each new edition of Vegetarian Action's Vego Eat Out Guide and Vego Resources guide
• email updates to keep you 'in the loop' (NB: supporters without email receive these by post)
• info on how to subscribe to an Australia-wide vego magazine, Vegan Voice
• the chance to be part of the Action - opportunities to join in and support the organised promotion of vegetarianism
• chances to meet other vegos

To become a supporter, you simply make a donation in the amount of your choice (or pledge an amount per month) to support the work of Vegetarian Action.

The following year, and once a year from then on (for as long as you wish to remain a supporter), Vegetarian Action will contact you to invite you to renew your support with another donation.

Supporters are, of course, very welcome to make additional donations at any time to help with our running costs or support particular projects.

To become a supporter, simply print and complete the form Support Vegetarian Action! and send it back with your contact and payment details. You can pay by cheque, money order, credit card or direct deposit. (If paying by direct deposit, please email us your details.)

Vegetarian Action's streamlined administrative structure has been designed for maximum cost efficiency. Postage, photocopying, our PO box and website are all basic costs which allow Vegetarian Action to exist and to keep vegetarian information "out there" and available as widely as possible, and also provide us with a platform from which we can undertake campaigns and projects to promote vegetarianism on a broader scale. Annual donations from supporters help us maintain these basic operations.

Vegetarian Action is driven by a vision of bringing vegetarianism to the wider public. To do this, we undertake campaigns, projects, and the development of awareness-raising and educational materials. Such activities require significant financial investment.

If you share this vision, you can help us achieve it by becoming a supporter, making a one-off donation or by nominating Vegetarian Action in your will (or otherwise) as a beneficiary.

All donations to Vegetarian Action are protected by our constitutional document, a Trust Deed, which is a binding legal document. Vegetarian Action's Trust Deed guarantees that your contribution can be used for one purpose only: to promote vegetarianism.

This document sets out our not-for-profit basis. It specifies that the funds we raise (including donations, plus any income or profit derived from the organisation's activities) may only be used in the pursuit of the Charitable Objects specified in the document - that is, for "the promotion of vegetarianism as an ethical, humane, healthy and ecologically sustainable way of life".

Our Trust Deed ensures that neither the Trustees nor any other party can personally profit from the Trust. And it dictates that, should Vegetarian Action ever cease to exist, any remaining funds "shall be paid to a charitable institution in Australia which has as a purpose or objects similar to the purpose or objects of the [Vegetarian Action Trust Deed]".

At a time when powerful, profit-driven forces leave no stone unturned and use highly misleading information to promote the consumption of animal-derived foods, it is more important than ever to publicise the advantages of a vegetarian diet - for people, for animals and for the planet.

Supporter donations help fund Vegetarian Action's day to day operations, but to undertake major public education requires a significant investment beyond our everyday budget. Your Will or Bequest can assist in funding large-scale projects to promote vegetarianism.

Bequests made to Vegetarian Action through wills or settlements can help to challenge misinformation about, and insensitiveness towards, the real needs and welfare of humans, animals and the environment.

Vegetarian Action invites our supporters to get involved in our efforts to promote vegetarianism.

As a supporter, you can do this by helping at public events like information stalls, by letterboxing and distributing flyers, by assisting us with our website and other projects, and by telling other people about Vegetarian Action and encouraging them to support us too.

Getting involved helps to promote vegetarianism and can also be a great way to meet other vegos.

Our Email Updates (supporters without email receive these by post) keep you "in the loop" with details about forthcoming opportunities.

Page updated: April 2008

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