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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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Suffering from post-Olympic blues? We’re certainly feeling a bit lost here in the London office following all the excitement of the past two weeks! Well now it’s time to bring the celebrations back to where they began for every Team GB athlete – their local sports club. Join In Local Sport is a national celebration [...]
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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 [...]
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The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is asking volunteers all over the country to share their experiences of local and national authority regulators to help ensure that future events run smoothly. The government is encouraging anyone involved in volunteering to arrange events, including Big Lunches large and small, to give feedback on their [...]
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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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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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The Churches Community Action Group, a sub-group of Churches Together in Salisbury, is hosting a ‘Big Jubilee Weekend’ of events to tie in with this year’s Big Lunch, aimed at bringing the Jubilee celebrations to even the most isolated and vulnerable of Salisbury’s residents. The weekend’s activities will kick-off with a day of community action [...]
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Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June) is an annual campaign celebrating the fantastic contribution that millions of volunteers make across the UK. It is coordinated in England by Volunteering England, in Northern Ireland by Volunteer Now in Scotland by Volunteer Scotland and in Wales by Volunteering Wales. Thousands of events will take place to celebrate the contribution of volunteers and inspire others to take [...]
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The Big Lunch London office are now on the search for bright and enthusiastic volunteer interns. Based in the bright and colourful Big Lunch London office we share with our PR agency in Oxford Circus the internship will be flexible, however we hope to find individuals who are able to join the team for two [...]
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Last Sunday saw people from all over the lovely town of Todmorden coming together for an afternoon of fun and food at the Incredible Edible Harvest Festival. It was a celebration of the fantastic work of Incredible Edible – an organisation that aims to provide access to good, locally grown food to all through its [...]
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Big Jubilee Lunch 2012, an Eden Project
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