Welcome, it's great to see you here!

Vegan NSW is a charity organisation that promotes veganism and supports vegans.

We run The Vegan Directory and regular weekend events that help to showcase the incredible world of veganism, bring the vegan communities of NSW together in a safe, fun and delicious way, and centre the importance of being eco conscious and sustainable.

• Are all of your products vegan or plant based?

• Are you vegan with a cool service to offer?

• Do you want to be part of something that is changing the face of veganism in NSW?

If yes, we want to hear from you!

We bring community together

• The Vegan Directory is our newest offering to help keep the community connected with vegan businesses and organisations between events and during lockdowns

• Sydney Vegan Market is our biggest monthly event, and runs on the third Sunday of every month at The Entertainment Quarter

• SVM Nights is Sydney Vegan Market for the afternoon and after dark

• Newcastle Vegan Market was our first regional event but is currently on hold

• Alive Festival is a celebration of everything plant based on the Central Coast and runs twice a year in Gosford

We are vegan

All our events are 100% vegan!

We prioritise stalls that are 100% vegan all the time - wherever they trade, and in all their comms.

We are eco responsible

All single use service ware must be compostable and certified to the current version of AS 4736 - The Australian commercial compost standards in Australia. All other plastic is not permitted.

We are safe for all

Vegan NSW is committed to veganism, evidence-based information, social justice, and supporting the communities that engage with our events, the directory and social media. We want everyone to feel safe and included in our spaces!

We do everything we can (& ask you to do the same!) to support the physical safety of all of our stall holders, volunteers, staff and event attendees, and we make sure our events are welcoming for everyone by ensuring all of our venues are accessible, and by providing free activations including live music, talks and yoga classes.

We use inclusive language and avoid language, ideas and products that may cause offence or harm to others such as:

• People of colour/black people/Aboriginal/First Nations or non-white people (racist or colonialist language)

• People from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans & non-binary, intersex, queer or asexual communities (homophobic and transphobic language)

• People with disability or chronic illness (ableism)

• People in specific age groups (ageism)

• People of different body sizes, appearance, or dress (fat, thin, fashion or other appearance shaming)

Please be open to feedback about this.

We are respectful

Vegan NSW supports open discussion of ideas and encourages people to make their own well-informed decisions. However, our mission is to be in a position to advocate for veganism, so we are careful about which debates we engage in or prioritise. 

We ask you to behave in ways that support our vision by:

• Ensuring that you engage in discussions that have the potential to turn to conflict with respectful dialogue

• Not playing any graphic or violent video or audio content in plain view and ensuring there is a trigger warning located within your stall

We are product responsible

We are careful that the information and products sold at our events are safe, effective and responsible.

We are curated

We would love to invite all applicants to our events, however with a focus on ensuring that there is a wide range of products available you may not be successful the first time you apply. If you aren't successful the first time, please update your Profile with the next event date you would like to attend and we will be in touch.

We are outdoors

All of our weekend events are held in the great outdoors. Our attendees love sitting on the grass (weather permitting!) and lazing the day away surrounded by vegan heaven! Unless it is unsafe we will go ahead regardless of the weather.

So please ensure you are prepared! We have seen a marquee tumble across the site and we don't ever want to see that again, eeek! All stall holders need to bring all of their own equipment to safely and legally trade in an outdoor setting including marquee and 10kg weights for each leg, equipment, tables, displays and power leads.

We are social

We know that social media is a key driver for businesses and events, and we have worked hard to build a big and engaged social media following. Our combined audience across our channels is now over 60K! Oooft! To help promote your inclusion at our events we do one post for every approved stall holder, and one general post for The Vegan Directory each month. We also offer various social media opportunities for posts across our social media platforms.

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR APPLICATION!

Final bits:

• Event applications close two weeks before the event - late applications may be accepted if space allows however we can’t guarantee!

• If you have applied in the past and haven't been successful because your business or organisation was not vegan, and it is now completely vegan, please enter your details in the "I already have a username" section below and resubmit your application. Your details will auto-populate too!

By clicking the below you agree that, if accepted, you will respect and follow the above policies and will let us know if your business changes and is no longer eligible.