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Congratulations to Bonnie Evans Hills, winner of the Big Lottery Fund ‘Communities in Focus’ photo competition. Bonnie’s photo won the ‘Inspiring Communities’ category and was an instant hit with the judges who chose the picture from a shortlist of 300 entries. Bonnie’s submission shows residents of Oadby, Leicestershire sharing a Big Jubilee Lunch together in [...]
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Mary from Millisle, a village on the beautiful Ards peninsula in County Down, describes how the groups in the village pooled their resources for their Big Jubilee Lunch. “Millisle Community Association heard about The Big Jubilee Lunch just as we were starting to plan for this special occasion. We approached other organisations in the village to come together to organise events over the [...]
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Vida Lake lives in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and organised a Big Jubilee Lunch street party with her neighbours. Vida is originally from Indonesia and is a member of the Bahia community. She heard about The Big Lunch through one of our Star Council reps – Omagh Council’s Good relations officer, Christine Rodgers, who [...]
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“It was a day when everything fell happily into place to conjure up a little old-fashioned togetherness” reported The Brechin Advertiser after the success of Gardner Memorial Church’s Big Jubilee Lunch. Led by organiser, session clerk Peter George, who was supported by a dedicated group of volunteers, the church held the celebrations in St Ninian’s [...]
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With teams of cake and bunting makers, road reps, retailers, pubs and on the day helpers, Tony Kremer and his band of volunteers pulled off a spectacular Big Jubilee Lunch for Horsell village. Here’s what happened written by one of the volunteers Caroline Hughes. ‘The vision started in January, 2012. To some, it seemed [...]
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Jubilee honours for our Big Lunch champions Peter Stewart and Rita Broe It’s all smiles here at Big Lunch HQ today as we’ve received some royally amazing news! Our very own Eden Project Directors Peter Stewart and Rita Broe have been honoured by Her Majesty The Queen for [...]
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How exciting! We’re delighted that The Big Lunch has been shortlisted for a London Lifestyle Award – for the ‘Outstanding Contribution to London’ category. 4,127 businesses and personalities were put forward for the various awards so we feel very proud to have made the shortlist. What we did in London this year: - Gained the [...]
Srihari, one of the organisers of The Big Jubilee Lunch at The Hindu Temple of Scotland in Glasgow, shares his experience and what was happening on the day… We come from India and at The Hindu Temple of Scotland, The South Indian Cultural Centre endeavours to preserve South Indian Culture and Tradition. We [...]
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When the community of Gateside in Fife got together for their Big Jubilee Lunch, the aim of the day, as well as paying tribute to Her Royal Highness, was to make everyone feel included and welcome, to share lunch together and to enjoy each other’s company. “That’s what Gateside is all about”, one of the [...]
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With the concept of ‘strengthening communities’ being a driving ethos behind the work of RIBI (Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland), a link-up with The Big Lunch was really quite natural this year. RIBI believe that ‘society works best when people work together’ and so does The Big Lunch. We’re pleased to hear that [...]
Big Jubilee Lunch 2012, an Eden Project
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