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Mary from Millisle, a village on the beautiful Ards peninsula in County Down, describes how the groups in the village pooled their resources for their Big Jubilee Lunch. “Millisle Community Association heard about The Big Jubilee Lunch just as we were starting to plan for this special occasion. We approached other organisations in the village to come together to organise events over the [...]
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“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 [...]
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Srihari, one of the organisers of The Big Jubilee Lunch at The Hindu Temple of Scotland in Glasgow, shares his experience and what was happening on the day… We come from India and at The Hindu Temple of Scotland, The South Indian Cultural Centre endeavours to preserve South Indian Culture and Tradition. We [...]
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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 [...]
We’re delighted to now be able to announce that a record-breaking eight and a half million people across the UK sat down for a Big Lunch this year. The independently verified* figure is two and a half million more than we predicted and six and a half million more people than took part in last [...]
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Despite the wet weather, Buxton locals made a big splash about celebrating the Diamond Jubilee celebration over the weekend, thanks to water donated by Buxton Mineral Water; proud supporters of the Big Jubilee Lunch and part of the programme of events to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The special occasion was the perfect excuse for [...]
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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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As you will know it is now under a month until the big day, but don’t fret, there’s still plenty of time to gather all your materials and make lots of bright and beautiful decorations for your event! Our Decorations Page is bursting full of crafty ideas to make for your Big Lunch. From colourful paper [...]
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Mayor of Armagh City and District, Councillor Freda Donnelly welcomed The Duchess of Cornwall to the Palace Demesne Big Jubilee Lunch today, one of the first events to celebrate their award of Lord Mayoralty status as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee honours. The Duchess of Cornwall has recently become Patron of this year’s Big Jubilee Lunch, [...]
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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 [...]
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