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2014 will be a big year for Scotland. It will be big for sport, for celebration, and also for communities. To bring all of this together, the Scottish Lottery Distributor’s Forum (SLDF) today launched a £4 million fund to help communities in Scotland celebrate both XX Commonwealth Games happening in Glasgow 2014, and Scottish links to [...]
Read Celebrate 2014 Commonwealth Games with a Scottish Big Lunch!…
Mr Burns’ birthday is coming up on 25th January. Traditionally at Burns Suppers there’s tales, poetry, dancing and of course, in true Big Lunch style, a tasty morsel for the community to share! Here are a few simple tips from our Scottish friends and partners, Love Food Hate Waste to help you enjoy the Burn’s supper [...]
Read How to cook for Burn’s Night Supper…
If you love sparkly Christmas lights, but want a way to keep them fresh throughout the year – or if you’re looking for a quick crafty present for a January birthday – look no further! Why not add flowers to fairy lights? If you have a favourite craft or origami paper, you can make it [...]
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Hannah Phillips from Gateside in Fife, Scotland- the winning town of Tesco’s UK’s Friendliest Street- was inspired to enter her village into the competition earlier in the year after the success of their Big Jubilee Lunch back in June. Here’s a bit more on their day of celebrations in this community-minded town… “The weather shone [...]
Read Getting together in Gateside for a Big Lunch…
“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 [...]
Read A Big Jubilee Lunch in Brechin…
Bringing along a tin and tucking into a buffet, locals enjoyed a Big Lunch held by Ayrshire (East) Foodbank- a branch of the UK network set-up by The Trussell Trust charity which is working to empower local communities to combat poverty and exclusion. With more and more people finding the rising cost of food to [...]
Read Ayrshire Foodbank’s ‘Bring a Tin’ Big Lunch!…
A closed road. Children able to play freely on the street without you worrying about them. It’s pretty quiet until the neighbours come out with bunting, cakes, tables and treats. There’s a feeling of space, and everyone seems relaxed. If you came out onto your streets for your Big Lunch, you might have found that [...]
Read Living Streets have resources for you!…
Last week we shared some of our stories and ideas for The Big Lunch with our patron, HRH The Duchess of Rothesay. The excitement and enthusiasm of Scottish communities planning celebrations was clear; from the Highlands and Islands to the Borders, people are coming together with their take on having a Big Lunch. There are [...]
Read Big Lunch a hit in Scotland!…
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, [...]
Read Simple Pleasures with Scottish Natural Heritage…
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 [...]
Big Jubilee Lunch 2012, an Eden Project
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