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Eileen from the scattered rural Scottish community of Colintraive share’s the story of their first Big Lunch in 2012. “Colintraive (“the place of the swimming”) is a small village in Argyll at the narrowest point of the East Kyle of Bute. The rural community is scattered along a length stretching 20 miles and it is [...]
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In June 2012, Par Community Association organised a Big Jubilee Lunch with the aim of bringing people together to improve their sense of community. This Big Lunch was supported by The Department of Communities and Local Government and Sonia Clyne share’s their story. “Local groups embraced the event, bunting was made by a workshop for [...]
Scotland’s girl next door, Michelle McManus, is supporting The Big Lunch 2013! The singer and presenter says she really identifies with what The Big Lunch is all about and wants to encourage the same sense of community spirit she felt when growing up. “I grew up in Glasgow in a very big family and was [...]
Read Scots singer, Michelle McManus, shows support for The Big Lunch 2013!…
Emma Davies decided that holding a Big Jubilee Lunch street party was the perfect idea to get neighbours mixing on their new housing estate in Perthshire. Here she tells us about the success of their Big Lunch day and what has happened since in their community. “Balgowan is a new housing estate in rural Tibbermore, [...]
Read Balgowan Big Lunch brings new neighbours together…
When Janette Myles moved to Shaw Street she knew she wanted it to be more than a street she lived on, she wanted it be home, not a place where strangers pass each other by on their way to work. A space where friendships would form and lives could be shared. And so she ordered a Free Big Lunch pack and the rest [...]
Ever waited in all day for a delivery, only to find a “sorry we missed you” card on your door mat the moment you pop out for 5 minutes? Well The Royal Mail says they understand just how frustrating missing a delivery can be, which is why they have been recently testing a new scheme [...]
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Big Luncher, Rachael in Northern Ireland, had been knocking on doors in her home town for years collecting money for charity, but didnt know all the people she spoke to. That is until she heard about The Big Lunch, joined forces with a neighbour and organised a day to bring everyone together. Seeing how well food brought her [...]
Read Comber Community Comes Together for Big Lunch!…
Word has reached us that some of our veteran Big Lunchers are planning their next events, this time to celebrate the London 2012 Games (such as the Big World’s End Lunch in Chelsea). It is only days to go until London makes history by hosting the Olympics for a third time, so get ready to [...]
Read On your marks, get set and GO for the Olympics!…
The All The Bells project is encouraging thousands of people across the UK to ring a bell to celebrate the first day of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. On 27th July 2012 at 8.12am, Work No. 1197: All the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three [...]
Read Be part of history – ring your bell to celebrate London 2012!…
Following the success of last year’s nine-day campaign, our friends at the Neighbourhood and Home Watch Network are running their National Neighbourhood Watch Week between 16th-24th June, to encourage England and Wales to help bring their local communities together to reduce crime and make their neighbourhoods a better and safer place to live. This year’s [...]
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