About The Vegetarian Charity

The Vegetarian Charity is an amalgamation of the Vegetarian Children’s Charity and the Vegetarian Home for Children and was formed in 1986.

The Vegetarian Children’s Charity was created after the Vegetarian Children’s Home in Rainhill in Liverpool closed with the sale of the property being used to create the fund. Three children from this home needed to be found another residential place and this ultimately led to the formation of the Vegetarian Home for Children. When this home closed the remaining children went to National Children’s Homes and the funds from the sale of the Vegetarian Home were amalgamated with the Vegetarian Children’s Charity – which had made an annual donation to the Vegetarian Home for Children - to form The Vegetarian Charity.

The Vegetarian Charity is completely independent from any other charity, campaigning group or organisation and has no legal or formal connections with The Vegetarian Society or The Vegan Society.

If you are a former resident of one of the vegetarian children’s homes and seeking your records or personal information please note that all our records are now deposited in Local Authority archives. Please see the links page for details of where to find records connected with the homes.

Top right photo: Orchard Dene Vegetarian Home for Children, Rainhill
Lower right photo: Children with dolls’ pram at Orchard Dene, 1935