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Win a Gruffalo visit to your Big Lunch!
This year, we’re excited to have the Gruffalo join us for The Big Lunch 2015. To celebrate we have an exciting competition to get tummies rumbling for the big day! One Lucky Luncher could win a visit...
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Foodie Quine’s Scottish Barley, Beetroot & Salmon Salad with a Whisky Dressing
Claire Jessiman has been blogging as Foodie Quine since August 2012 and is ranked #68 on Foodies 100 UK Food Blogs. (“Foodie – foody [ˈfu:di] Someone greatly (even excessively) interested in the...
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Sunday’s Big Lunch happenings
On Sunday millions of people lunched with their neighbours – a big big thank you to everyone who hosted or went along to a lunch in their community! We thought it would be nice for all Big Lunchers to...
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Jenny Reeve, Beatroute Arts Big Lunch: Chatting community and how The Big...
“Beatroute Arts is a music and arts project based in Balornock, north Glasgow, and we have occupied a community centre building for the past 8 years. We’re predominantly youth focused but are...
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Get together in a Shed!
Earlier this week, I was sat in a room at the launch of the Scottish Men’s Sheds Association. It was possibly one of the more bizarre and moving experiences of my Big Lunch career yet (and there have...
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How a can do attitude can be good for the community!
There were challenges every step of the way when Ailsa from Dundee was planning her Big Lunch – from a busy family life, to neighbourhood disputes and even challenging geography – but her perseverance...
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How The Big Lunch can grow a Neighbourhood Watch group
When Averil, convenor of Highfield’s Neighbourhood Watch (NHW) in Linlithgow, heard about The Big Lunch at a local event, she took the idea back to the rest of the committee who were keen to give it a...
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The Big Lunch aims for 1 million Scots to take part in 2016
The Big Lunch is all set for 12th June, encouraging millions of people all over the UK to get together with their neighbours. Now in its eighth year, the idea from the Eden Project, made possible by...
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The Big Lunch at the Barrhead Waterworks
The Big Lunch at the Barrhead Waterworks on Saturday 18th June 2016 in pictures The resident chef on the day making the pizzas was Mark Brand from Environment Services Department of East Renfrewshire...
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Why connection is vital: a view from a Loneliness Summit
Our Scotland Country Manager, Emily Watts, talks to us about the the Loneliness Summit, and why maintaining social connections is vital for our health. Three of our team attended the Befriending...
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