The prestigious Big Lunch Community Awards ceremony took place at Clarence House yesterday, hosted by our patron Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall. Our five winners were selected from the 35 nominees that were shortlisted earlier this month. The judging panel, including a representative from our funder The Big Lottery Fund and celebrity [...]
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We’re very pleased to announce that 35 communities have been shortlisted for the prestigious Big Lunch Community Awards which recognise the positive transformation that has taken place since the residents held their Big Lunch event. Five communities will be selected from the shortlist as finalists, with two residents from each winning community invited to attend a [...]
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Dozens of celebrities from all over the UK have expressed their support for The Big Lunch this year by revealing what they would bring along to a lunch with their neighbours. The different answers ranged from food; like pork pies and a homemade Big Nutty Mango Salad to ideas; like optimism and hope, happiness [...]
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Here at The Big Lunch, we’re excited to have created an advert to drum up even more support in these last few weeks before the big day. The film, which you can watch here on our YouTube channel, focuses on The Big Lunch’s theme for 2012: What will you bring to the table? A few [...]
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Barbara Windsor MBE visited Madame Tussauds London yesterday, to bring together four wax figures of well-known faces from the worlds of music, history, sport and film, to show who she would most like to bring to a Big Jubilee Lunch table on 3rd June this year. Barbara, who is the Mayor of London’s official street [...]
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 [...]
Barbara Windsor hosted a special Big Jubilee Lunch at Buckingham Palace today for 60 Scouts and shared her tips for successful street party celebrations. With just three months to go until the Diamond Jubilee weekend, Barbara Windsor – the Mayor of London’s appointed street party ambassador – provided a slap-up Big Jubilee Lunch for the [...]
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We’re pleased to announce that we now have 100 Champions signed up across the UK, helping us spread the word about The Big Lunch far and wide. With the backing of our Street Party Ambassador Barbara Windsor and continued support of The Mayor Boris Johnson, London is steaming ahead with over 50 confirmed Champions, but all corners [...]
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The search is now on to find some trusty lieutenants for Barbara Windsor; our wonderful new Street Party Ambassador for London. With the backing of the Mayor Boris Johnson, we’re calling on Londoners to come forward and volunteer as a local champion for their area for The Big Lunch. Champions will be given the task [...]
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Boris Johnson is backing The Big Lunch once again this year and is looking for the support of every borough to make London the street party capital of the world, in preparation for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympic Games next year. Today he visited the Rocky Gardens Urban Growing project in Bethnal Green [...]
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