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Competition! Win an exclusive Aardman workshop
Thanks to a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign, the iconic animated character Morph is set to make his BIG comeback this summer, and he’s joining us for this year’s Big Lunch! To celebrate, we’re...
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3 Quick Tips from an Edinburgh Big Luncher
“We wanted to get involved with The Big Lunch as gathering the community together like this rarely happens in the post-modern world we live in but it can provide so many benefits – from chatting to...
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No Man is an Island – free event
As part of our upcoming “Resourceful Big Lunch week”, join The Big Lunch, Start UK and a panel of special guests at this exclusive free event; discussing if we more resourceful as individuals or as...
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George & Flora teach Scottish kids ‘chatty streets make happy streets’!
Last week Emily and Emma from The Big Lunch Scotland team attended a special story-telling session organised by Angus Libraries and The Big Lunch for local children in Carnoustie, Angus. The children...
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Michelle McManus lends her support to The Big Lunch again!
We’re delighted to have our celebrity ambassador, Scotland’s girl next door, singer, and TV personality, Michelle McManus back on board for 2014. Last week, Michelle chatted all things Big Lunch on...
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Resourceful Big Lunch Week
From 28th April-2nd May, The Big Lunch is teaming up with Start UK; calling on people to get involved in Resourceful Big Lunch Week. Looking for the best ideas, resources and inspirational stories from...
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Get friendly fire crews involved in your Big Lunch!
There’s a new partnership between The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) and The Big Lunch in Scotland for 2014! Crews across Scotland are keen to lend a hand at Big Lunches happening locally and...
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A Snapshot of Big Lunch Day 2014!
“Exhausted. Wiped Out. Proud. Bit Emotional. Lucky (weather).” These were Big Lunch veteran Matt Tamplin’s feelings after his Big Lunch of 250 people on Sunday, and here at The Big Lunch we felt...
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Celebrate the Commonwealth in your community
The sun is out, the nights are longer and the days are (mostly) warmer. What better season to get out and active with your community? Up here in Glasgow we’re getting excited for the Commonwealth...
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Serving up a zero waste Big Lunch
“We hosted a Big Lunch on 13th June at Kibble Campus in Paisley, Scotland. Kibble is Scotland’s specialist provider of services for at risk children and young people. We got some of the young people...
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Sisters sharing street party success!
“I actually heard about The Big Lunch through my sister, Georgia, who has organised a few Big Lunches on her street in Chelmsford. I thought, ‘if my teenage sister can do it, why can’t I!?’ and so we...
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Neighbourhood Safety and looking out for each other in Scotland
A few weeks back we featured several Big Lunch stories that went hand in hand with local Neighbourhood Watches. We’ve been chatting to our colleagues over at Neighbourhood Watch Scotland about the...
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Ideas and Resources for Communities in Scotland
Here’s a quick round up of some of the resources, ideas, networks and organisations that can help your community to get active in Scotland. Ideas for your community CRNS have launched a great ‘week’...
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Local action and positive communities
We met Stephen from Glasgow, Chair of Dennistoun Community Council, at our recent Scotland feedback group. We asked him to share his journey into getting involved in the community and experience of...
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Community get-togethers on Colonsay
Hannah is a local development officer on the beautiful island of Colonsay on Scotland’s west coast. After hearing about The Big Lunch and with the help of her colleague Grace, she booked the community...
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ALISS – Finding local community infomation in Scotland
Have you been encouraged to get more active in your community by attending a Big Lunch? Well, if so, this resource might be just the thing. If you’re looking for information about locally available...
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A BYO Big Lunch picnic in the park!
Mandy and a group of her neighbours decided to get involved for the first time in 2014. We recently caught up with her to hear all about it… “Big Lunch day 2014 was one of the hottest days of the year...
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A sandwich made for two…
Here at Big Lunch Scotland we recently used the Glasgow Climbing Centre as the venue for a photoshoot to illustrate our goal of ‘getting numbers climbing to 10% of the population’. While we were there,...
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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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