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Halifax have been inundated with requests for the Halifax Big Lunch Box, but don’t worry if you missed out! Halifax have generously managed to create 1,500 mini kits, containing bunting and balloons. If you want one of these kits please email thebiglunch@lloydsbanking.com with your name and full address including postcode. These are available on a [...]
This year we think that together we can all try something extra special and a bit different. Each summer we produce a short promotional film with footage from Lunches right across the UK. This year we would love you and your community to help make the film. It’s a chance to share your Big Lunch [...]
Read Make your Big Lunch famous!…
The Department for Communities and Local Government has provided £185,000 over two years to enable the Eden Project to support selected areas where there has been little or no participation in The Big Lunch to date. The aim is to build local residents’ confidence and skills to host their own Big Lunch and equip them [...]
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A Big Lunch can take as little or as much time and effort that you have to spare – all you really need is people, food and fun! With just over one month to go until the fifth annual Big Lunch, we are exited to be part of Start‘s national campaign `Be the Start`; which is finding [...]
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Fancy going on an Easter egg hunt? Don’t just carry round your prized chocolate findings in a boring bucket – why don’t you make your own Easter egg boxes! It not only recycles things you might want to throw away such as egg boxes, sweet wrappers and old birthday cards but it also entertains the [...]
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This year, The Big Lunch are teaming up with Waste Awareness Wales to encourage Big Lunchers in Wales to be waste aware by being creative in the ways they resource their Big Lunch and clear up after the party! Enter our competition now! We want to hear YOUR ideas on making The Big Lunch a waste aware [...]
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The Big Lunch provides a great opportunity for young people to connect with the people and places around them. It’s the perfect chance for your school to say ‘hello’ to parents and the community, activate a bit of fundraising – perhaps for a growing space for the kids, celebrate pupil achievement or just taste [...]
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Rev. Elizabeth Cairns, Vicar of St. Columba’s Church of Ireland in Portadown, Co Armagh, shares her passion for The Big Lunch. ‘We love the idea of ‘breaking bread and barriers’ – and our Big Jubilee Lunch certainly was all about the local church and local community working closely together. “Sunday 3rd June 2012 was a brilliant [...]
Read Big Lunch breaking bread and barriers…
Today it’s Global Sharing Day and like The Big Lunch it’s an opportunity for everyone to come together one day a year to make a difference to their community. Global Sharing Day will see people all over the world sharing, swapping, exchanging in their communities. The team behind the event are also planning The Greatest [...]
No street party would be complete without some colourful bunting, and what better way to decorate your Big Lunch than making it yourself? Bunting can be made from absolutely anything; from scraps of fabric or old clothing to empty cereal boxes and even plastic bags! Step 1 Make a template (we cut up an [...]
Big Jubilee Lunch 2012, an Eden Project
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