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Jane Tredgett

Jane Tredgett

Former RSPCA and RSPCA Assured Board member

A passionate animal lover since childhood, Jane spent the last 30 years as an active volunteer/ Trustee for local and national animal welfare organisations including 10 years on the RSPCA Board and 9 years on the RSPCA Assured Board. Jane also set up Charity Days to source free training for charities, saving them an estimated £2m.

Jane became vegan in Veganuary 2018, after 30 yrs as a vegetarian but wishes she had moved earlier. In 2018 Jane set up Humane Being – which she runs as a volunteer – to encourage people to live in a way that is kind to animals & protects people and the planet then support them on the journey.

A key focus for Jane is to help people understand how climate chaos, ecological crises & the extinction of species are all interlinked with animal suffering and helping drive system change. Jane also led the Scrap Factory Farming legal challenge against the UK Government.

Saturday
2.30pm

The For Charlie campaign and the power of collaboration

Join us for an impromptu chat about the For Charlie campaign that launched on Thursday and has been creating a buzz in the media. The campaign centres on an Open Letter to the RSPCA asking them to drop their farm and slaughterhouse Assured scheme and promote a kinder, more sustainable, plant-based future. The letter has been signed by 60 pro-animal organisations alongside many other individuals. An accompanying short film by BAFTA-winning director Alex Lockwood centres the story of Charlie, a piglet rescued by undercover investigators now living in sanctuary.

The film also features the powerful testimony of Jane Tredgett, a former RSPCA board Vice Chair, and Alice Brough, a former pig industry vet. The campaign was catalysed by the incredible investigation by Animal Rising into 45 RSPCA Assured farms finding systemic and heartbreaking suffering.

We’ll be talking about the purpose of the campaign, the reason for the two demands, the thinking behind its messaging and how it’s acting as a vehicle for collaboration in the movement which can help build our power as a movement going forward

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