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Heather attended the Vegan Festival as a special guest in Eastbourne, giving a speech about her varied businesses and experiences on the 25th January 2019. This free event had varied exhibitors, vegan food samples and beauty products.
This event was held at the Kings Building, East Susssex college and you can find out more about the event here: www.sussexvegan.com
This year, Plant Based Live will be taking place on 8th & 9th September at ExCeL in London. Prepare for two days full of inspirational talks, cookery demos, and wonderful food.
Heather will be showcasing her plant based products from her award winning vegan food company, VBites and will be doing a cookery demonstration on Sunday 9th September at 1500 in the Vegan Life Kitchen.
We have exclusive 2-for-1 tickets available for the show. Treat a friend and book your 2-for-1 tickets through our special link below - be sure to select the 'VBites' ticket. Alternatively, when booking through PlantBased Live's website, simply use the promo code 'VBites'.
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HEATHER GIVES AN EXHILARATING KEYNOTE SPEECH TO OVER 2000 PEOPLE
Vegan Camp Out returned this August 2018 for another successful festival.
Vegan Camp Out, who are partnered with Viva is the UK’s largest vegan camp out, this year sporting an impressive line-up of speakers, activist workshops, yoga and fitness classes, plus a huge array of plant based food options throughout the 2 day festival.
Heather was invited by Jordan Martin the organiser, to open the festival with a keynote speech on Friday 18th September.
At 8.45pm Heather took to the stage with a crowd of over 2000 jostling for a space in the main hanger at the Nottingham Show ground.
Heather’s inspiring hour long speech covered many topics that are prevalent amongst today’s ever growing vegan society, such as the current dairy industry problem and its 3 billion cost to subsidise them from we the taxpayer to transitioning to living a plant based lifestyle, as well as activism and nutrition.
But the main message was working with the opposition and problem-solving by making the farmers self-sufficient and not a burden to the taxpayer by changing the dairy industry to grow pea protein and crops instead. Heather's company VBites can buy and utilise in the millions of tons.
Heather focusing heavily on offering solutions said:
“Instead of working against the meat and dairy industry look at offering ideas to work with them to offer solutions to stop their harm”
After the speech many attendees came up to Heather to express their motivation as to how they had been inspired to actually go out and make a difference.
Here is a brief resume of some of their social media reports:
“We need more people in the world like her. Woohoo”
“Great talk Heather! Bold and full of humour. Hopefully see you next year"
“Thank you for all that you do. It was so great to meet you and thank you in person"
“You inspire me to change”
Jordan, the organiser said:
“Thank you to everyone for being part of an event that's going to be remembered for a long time to come!"
To read more about Vegan Camp Out, click here and if you wish to buy any of the 104 award winning products from the VBites range, click here and order online today.
Heather shares simple recipes replicating your favourite dishes, but meat and dairy free, proving that going vegan isn't as hard as it looks...
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HEATHER MILLS TAKES CENTRE STAGE AT 4GAMECHANGERS 20 APRIL 2018
4 Game changers is the international digital festival for influencers, rebels, visionaries and game changers.
Heather Mills has been invited to join their eclectic mix of prestigious speakers for this years conference to be held 18 - 20 April in Vienna.
Heather will be addressing an audience of 3000 attendees. She will be talking about how her incredible journey through life lead her to discover the entrepreneurial skills that lay within her.
Heather not only owns the multi-award winning, vegan ethical plant based food company VBites, but she also is a renowned public and motivational speaker, a philanthropist, campaigner and activist, a para-athlete in skiing winning numerous medals and a 4 times World Record Holder in Winter sports, including being the fastest disabled woman in the world, speed skiing at 166.84km/ph.
The 4 Game Changers Festival is a stage for webstars, a hub for future-oriented digital projects, the breeding ground for start-ups and the get-together for Gamechangers of all ages, industries and communities.
It is an innovative mixture of trade conference, symposium, with an entertainment court and live music, too.
Heather will be speaking alongside the Chancellor of Austria - Sebastian Kurz, Businessman, Pilot and Lead Singer of Iron Maiden Bruce Dickinson, Founder Women without Borders - Edit Schlaffer, CEO and Director, The Blue Minds Company - Eveline Steinberger-Kern, Founder Celebrity Sports - Detlef Soost and many, many more, that you can check out here
This festival is the place to be for the World’s most innovative and influential speakers, they will inform, inspire, surprise and delight the audience on the 4GAMECHANGERS stage.
Previous speakers include: Randi Zuckerberg, Forest Whitaker, Sebastian Kurz, Hikmet, Ersek, Alejandro Plater, Peter Bosek and tonnes more.
Review last year’s amazing festival highlights right here
For further information on the event and how to book your ticket, click here:
https://4gamechangers.io/tickets/
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@4gamechangersTwitter - @4GamechangerInstagram - @4gamehangers
Well, what can we say about Vevolution? Lots of great things - what a well-rounded and informative festival - it is one of many innovative and inspirational plant-based events that the UK has to offer, and they will be making great strides in the future - we're sure of it.
The day was jam-packed full of panel discussions, inspirational talks, delicious food and workshops from some of the most creative and brightest vegan thinkers.
Heather Mills took to the Vevolution main stage alongside the likes of Sarah Bentley (Founder of Made in Hackney) Hilary Jones (Ethical Director at LUSH) Derek Sarno (Wicked Healthy) and Vevolution’s own Damien Clarkson amongst an array of other exceptional plant-based innovators.
Heather was there to promote her plant-based company V-bites alongside some other giants taking over the plant-based world. In her speech she discusses the importance of making the switch to plant-based and vegan foods, that are not only healthy but delicious and nutritious, too.
There was a ProVeg stage which hosted athletes who live on a plant-based diet just like Heather, and there were conversations with local entrepreneurs, animal activists and advocates.
There were many different panels ranging from environmentalists leading the “Let’s talk about the cow in the room” discussion to the fitness panel, “Powered by Plants” with athletes discussing and answering questions regarding their nutrition surrounding a plant-based sustainable and achievable diet.
The Parenting Panel was extremely informative in “Raising the next generation” where parents such as Laura Pierson (Vegan Mama) gave tips and advice on a range of topics with first-hand experience of raising the next generation of vegans and activists.
Matthew Glover (Founder of Veganuary) also shared his thoughts on effective communication and strategic campaigning for the plant-based movement and discussed his new book “How To Go Vegan” which you can check out and pre-order here.
It’s December, and yes you should totally go and sign up for Veganuary, and it’s free.
The founders of BOSH TV, Ian and Henry were also there. These TV Vegan cooks have a burning desire to show the world just how easy it can be to eat plants. Their inventive food creations reached more than half a billion people in their first year. They cooked up a storm at the show generating an ensemble of aromas tempting all to try their delicious recipes.
Heather delivered an inspirational and eye-opening speech to a full house on the main stage. Heather spoke passionately about the plant-based industry, the marine eco system and the importance of buying British for an hour.
Following on from Heather’s talk there was some great feedback popping up on social media:
“The way the media can portray someone can influence your perception. @heathermillsoffical is a force to be reckoned with! What a story, what an inspiration and what an amazing woman! Loved her talk and her openness and humour. Speaking from the heart. Gutted I didn’t chat to her after” - @Louisejaynesimpson
“Heather was mind-blowing – loved her talk” - @veryanwj
“I had no idea how much amazing stuff Heather Mills has done until I saw her talk at @vevolution. She has achieved so much for human and animal welfare. She also helped launch Winchester’s Centre for Animal Welfare last year, where I’m studying” - @moonlolly
Heather said:
“It was such a pleasure to be able to inspire people from all over the country, and it was so wonderful to talk to many of them following the discussion along-side so many advocates for this movement.”
Vbites is a company delivering excellent plant-based meat alternatives, and has been making great strides for over a decade. Heather discusses how the plant-based change in the 90's had been much more difficult because there weren't any alternatives, but she managed to change that, and this is when V-bites was born.
Heather then went on to say:
“Vevolution is one of my favourite organisations in the UK right now, and for them to bring so many young and talented folk into one room was a real success. Their workshops didn’t disappoint either, and they were hosted by young and budding geniuses in this movement such as Bright Zine – who created “faces in veganism” a collaborative piece bringing everyone at the festival together in a fun and dynamic way.”
Heather was interviewed for the official program / zine created in collaboration with both Bright X Vevolution. The zine is jam-packed full of exciting articles, tips and stories by people from all walks of life.
In the article, Heather discusses her journey and hopes for the future of the vegan movement with the founder of Vevolution, Damien.
She discusses the shift in the media from the 1990’s until now, and goes on to talk about the:
“Evidence of improvement on health from scientists like Professor Colin Campbell who wrote the China Study and making VBites incredible meat, dairy and fish replacements to make the transition easier.”
This is a step in the right direction to changing mind-sets and implementing change.
Heather also talks about her dynamic sporting achievements and her drive towards becoming the record holder for the world’s fastest disabled speed skier.
“I like to challenge people’s perception of disability and show that being a vegan athlete is the healthiest, proving that at nearly 50 years old you can become a world record holder and ski at a speed of 166.84kph. Plus, I am an adrenaline junkie and love extreme sports.”
Check out a selection of photos from the event via their gallery here
Keep your eyes peeled on Vevolution’s social media for the latest updates about events!
