Beatrice's campaign toolkit

The aim of this toolkit is to provide resources to companies supporting Beatrice’s campaign for a ban on caging hens.

About Beatrice’s campaign

Beatrice’s campaign is calling on the UK Government to introduce a legal ban on cages for laying hens. Check out the following links to learn more:

Cage-free briefing

Check out the petition

Watch Henry Smith MP introducing Beatrice’s Bill in Parliament

About Beatrice

Sign the Statement of Support

Companies are joining the call for a ban on cages for hens, forever. Will your company add its name to this statement of support?

To be added, please contact our UK Corporate Relations team.

Farm animals deserve decent animal welfare standards. Nestlé supports a phasing out of cages systems for all egg laying hens, building on industry efforts to date.

~ Nestlé

Sign the petition

The petition to end cages for hens has tens of thousands of signatures and is growing. Will you sign the petition and share it with your networks?

SIGN NOW

Email DEFRA

Email DEFRA calling for a ban on cages with local MP cc’d.

Download the template email here.

Share your support on social media

We’d love you to share your support for the campaign publicly. Here are some suggested actions:

1. Tweet support for a ban on cages for hens to DEFRA, with Ministers and local MP tagged.

To mark the 200th anniversary of #MartinsAct, the 1st ever animal welfare law in the UK, we are backing the campaign to ban cages for hens, once and for all. @InsertMPname will you join us? @DefraGovUK @VictoriaPrentis #MakeCagesHistory

Or simply click here to tweet.

2. Invite employees to tweet to DEFRA to ask them to support a ban on cages, with MPs tagged.

I work for @insertcompanyname and I’m proud that we are backing the campaign to ban cages for hens on the 200th anniversary of #MartinsAct, the 1st ever animal welfare law in the UK. I’m calling on @InsertMPname and @DefraGovUK to join us and #MakeCagesHistory

3. Invite employees to take group photos at offices with Beatrice toys and campaign materials, then tweet the photo to show support for a ban on cages for hens to DEFRA, with Ministers and local MP tagged. Optional: Invite local MP to attend photo op (could be done at another time to facilitate MP diary).

To mark the 200th anniversary of #MartinsAct, the 1st ever animal welfare law in the UK, staff at @insertcompanyname got together to show our support for the campaign to ban cages for hens. @DefraGovUK @VictoriaPrentis #MakeCagesHistory

You can access social media assets here

Get in touch

We’d love to chat more to your team about how you can support Beatrice’s campaign to end the caging of hens. To arrange a call to discuss other opportunities, please email our UK Corporate Relations team.