Welcome to Vegetarian for Life

Vegetarian for Life (VfL) is a charity which launched in May 2008.

VfL’s Vision is To improve the quality of life of the UK’s older vegetarians and vegans

To achieve this Vision, VfL’s Goals are to:

• raise catering and food standards
• encourage healthy living
• foster understanding of their lifestyle choices and needs   

for  older vegetarians and vegans

Our activities include:

•   information service - website and print
•   nutrition and catering advice
•   the VfL- UK List of vegetarian friendly care homes
•   caterer training
•   grant administration (for independent living)
•   advocacy and influencing

For more information please see the  About Us and UK List pages

I am delighted to be Patron of Vegetarian for Life - an exciting new charity which supports older vegetarians and vegans, and those who care for them. Vegetarianism is close to my heart, and I think it’s important that people who have made this compassionate and ‘green’ lifestyle choice are themselves cared for ethically in their later years. VfL sets out to help care providers do this in these resource-stretched times.



Rose Elliot, the UK’s leading vegetarian cook and writer, has led the way in revolutionising vegetarian cooking and has played a key role in transforming the image, taste and popularity of vegetarian food.