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The fifth annual Big Lunch will take place on Sunday 2nd June and to celebrate one Northern Ireland Big Lunch will win £1000 to spend on improving life in their neighbourhood or wider community. The Big Lunch is a one-day get together for neighbours, an idea from the Eden Project made possible by the Big [...]
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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 [...]
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With the concept of ‘strengthening communities’ being a driving ethos behind the work of RIBI (Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland), a link-up with The Big Lunch was really quite natural this year. RIBI believe that ‘society works best when people work together’ and so does The Big Lunch. We’re pleased to hear that [...]
News is spreading fast from the Met Office that rain is forecast for some parts of the UK on Sunday … but here at The Big Lunch we don’t let anything rain on our parade! Even if the heavens open and rain does pour, keep calm and carry on – there’s no need for your Big [...]
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Great news for Big Jubilee Lunch organisers everywhere… Carling has signed up as the official beer of The Big Jubilee Lunch 2012. To celebrate they’ll be providing 300,000 free bottles of Carling to Big Lunches so we can raise a glass to Her Majesty The Queen on Sunday 3rd June. All you need to do [...]
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Community Secretary Eric Pickles has announced extra funding to help 20 communities get involved in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations this summer and organise their own street parties and events. The Big Lunch team are working closely with community volunteers and leaders in the selected areas, from St Blazey in the south to Gateshead in the [...]
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With less than 20 days to go until The Big Lunch, it may feel like there’s still plenty more planning left to do. There may be bunting to make, table and chairs to find or even invites left to send out! But lucky for us our wonderful friends at Start have produced a fantastic Big [...]
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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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Get to know your neighbours and make your street a nicer place to live with Keep Wales Tidy! Do you know your neighbours? Chances are that you don’t. A recent survey shows that one in four of us don’t even know the names of our next door neighbours. Our increasingly busy lives mean that we often [...]
Sweeten up your Big Lunch this June with this scrummy Fudge recipe from Big Lunch supporters Douwe Egberts. A perfect to street party recipe you can cut up and share with your neighbours…if you can bear to part with it! Ingredients: 150g toasted macadamia nuts, roughly chopped 100g glacé cherries, roughly chopped 450g light brown [...]
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Big Jubilee Lunch 2012, an Eden Project
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