Community Involvement

Get involved in The Big Lunch

It’s a one-day get together with your neighbours on Sunday 18th July and it can be anything from a simple lunch to a full-blown street party with DJs and a hog roast!

Years ago street parties were no new thing in Britain, in fact they go way back and used to be thrown for every reason imaginable - from Queen
Victoria’s tiara and teacake Golden Jubilee of 1887 to The Millennium.

This year The Big Lunch is inviting you and all 61 million people across the UK to sit down and have lunch with your neighbours, in the middle of
your street on Sunday 18th July as a simple act of community.

An Eden Project initiative, The Big Lunch encourages communities to come together through growing food and fl owers; creating street music, art and theatre; dressing the street and, of course, cooking and eating together.

It took place for the fi rst time last year and there were over 8,000 lunches in every kind of community all across the UK. Up to a million people took to the streets in the biggest set of street parties since the
Golden Jubilee, and 80% said they felt closer to their neighbours as a result.

To fi nd out where your nearest Lunch is taking place or to plan your own and get involved just visit www.thebiglunch.com