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Social media networking has created a new world which is more open and connected than ever before, where friends, relatives and strangers all over the world can be reached within seconds. But what about the people who live just down the street? A recent YouGov survey found that over 50% of UK adults would [...]
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Love Food Hate Waste is actively supporting The Big Lunch this year with an aim to help us all have an amazing party but without any of the waste. Did you know we waste over 7 million tonnes and £12 billion worth of good food and drink every year in the UK just from our [...]
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The Churches Community Action Group, a sub-group of Churches Together in Salisbury, is hosting a ‘Big Jubilee Weekend’ of events to tie in with this year’s Big Lunch, aimed at bringing the Jubilee celebrations to even the most isolated and vulnerable of Salisbury’s residents. The weekend’s activities will kick-off with a day of community action [...]
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According to Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), the organisation set up to protect and promote Scotland’s natural environment, over half of us are getting outdoors less than once a week. Two weeks ago however, when we bypassed spring and got a wee summer preview, it seemed that we were all outside, in our shorts and sandals, [...]
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It’s hard to imagine in a world of social networks, video phones and mass air travel, that anyone could be isolated. For older people with the money, good health and confidence to enjoy such opportunities, later life can indeed be a very sociable place. Yet for too many loneliness remains a daily reality, with 15 [...]
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Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June) is an annual campaign celebrating the fantastic contribution that millions of volunteers make across the UK. It is coordinated in England by Volunteering England, in Northern Ireland by Volunteer Now in Scotland by Volunteer Scotland and in Wales by Volunteering Wales. Thousands of events will take place to celebrate the contribution of volunteers and inspire others to take [...]
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We’re pleased to announce this Easter that messages of support have been receieved across the nine major faiths in the UK. In an unusual display of support across the main faith groups, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of Westminster and Chief Rabbi, along with leaders from each of the major faiths, have embraced The Big Jubilee Lunch [...]
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National Camping and Caravanning Week is taking place between 2nd – 8th June, so we’ve joined forces to get as many Big Jubilee Lunches happening on over 2000 sites across the UK. The Camping and Caravanning Club is a celebration of the nation’s growing love of camping, caravanning and the great outdoors. It seems like the perfect reason [...]
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It really is all go for The Big Lunch at the moment. We’ve had such a lot going on over the past few months, we thought we should share some of the highlights with you. We’re delighted with the Royal support that’s been given to The Big Jubilee Lunch, with Her Majesty the Queen sending us [...]
Celebrity presenter and mum of four, Jo Whiley, was on hand to launch the Kingsmill Fun Lunch Tour earlier this week. The regional tour, which is designed to bring fun to your lunchtime ahead of The Big Lunch on the 3rd June, will be travelling the length and breadth of the nation over the [...]
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Big Jubilee Lunch 2012, an Eden Project
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