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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!…
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 [...]
Read Check out our new Big Lunch advert!…
There are now just two weeks to go until CSV Make a Difference Day on 29 October 2011! Tens of thousands of people will be joining forces to make a difference in their communities, with many activities focussed around this year’s theme of combating loneliness and isolation. Make a Difference Day also provides volunteers themselves [...]
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Sunday June 5th saw the first Big Lunch event at Melvin Sports Complex hosted by Strabane District Council. Who loved the idea of connecting up people in their local area with people all over the Uk who would at that same time be having lunch and connecting with people local to them in a simple [...]
The great thing about The Big Lunch is that it brings to the fore the fantastic community spirit existing in hearts and minds of people all over the UK and beyond. It’s a chance for people to open up and invite everyone into their way of being, to share and rejoice in their sense of community and make [...]
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Crosskennan Lane Animal Sanctuary (CLAS) – the only horse welfare charity in Northern Ireland joined the Big Lunch this year, holding an Open Day and inviting sponsors, friends and members of the public to come along, have fun and meet the rescued animals. Organiser Carmel said “We were surprised and grateful for the big crowd [...]
Read Big Jake- a Big Lunch hero!…
Nestled at the heart of the beautiful nine green Glens of Antrim, on the rugged Northern Irish causeway coast line, lies the scenic village of Cushendall. Every August since 1990 the village hosts a successful 9 day community festival providing lively entertainment for young and old. Cushendall Heart of the Glens festival has become so [...]
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On Landguard Point is a participatory project all about home and what it means to us, funded by Arts Council England. The project includes a series of events taking place in East Anglia over the summer and will culminate in the making of a special film for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. The organisers are [...]
Tables and chairs, games, lights, jugs, hobs and large pans, ice buckets, music systems, spits and BBQ’s, chocolate fountains, gazebos, heaters .. these are just some of the things you’ll need for your Big Lunch. Most of this stuff is already out there sitting in sheds, collecting dust in cupboards, and languishing in lofts – if only [...]
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There’s an amazing statistic that the average drill is used for just four minutes a year. And yet nearly every household in Britain has one. That didn’t seem right to the guys at Streetbank, a website that allows you to see all that your neighbours will lend you or give away. Joining takes just a [...]
Big Jubilee Lunch 2012, an Eden Project
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