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The Neighbourhood & Home Watch Network are delighted to offer you and your members the chance to join us for lunch!
Imagine a summer's day on which millions of us, throughout the UK , sit down to have lunch together – in the middle of our streets, around our tower blocks and on every patch of common ground. The food, entertainment and decorations we will have grown, cooked or created ourselves. It'll be a day to break bread with our neighbours, to put a smile on Britain 's face.
Well, imagine no more. It's called The Big Lunch and this is your invitation to join the fun.
The Neighbourhood and Home Watch Network is pleased to be supporting The Big Lunch again this year. We have a common interest in community and looking out for our neighbours, so read on to find out what it's all about.
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 flowers; creating street music, art and theatre; dressing the street and, of course, cooking and eating together.
It took place for the first 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.
As members of a Neighbourhood or Home Watch group you already have some contact with your neighbours, which is great. Why don't you use The Big Lunch as an excuse to get together outside of the normal meetings to celebrate what has been achieved, recruit new neighbours to the group or start a new neighbourhood project.
“What a fantastic idea. It really brought our community together and I am sure will have done the same throughout the country.”
Plan your Big Lunch
The Big Lunch website is packed full of information to help you to plan your Big Lunch step by step. It's got the inspiration and resources to make it as simple and fun as possible. Pop in your postcode and you can search for existing Big Lunches in your neighbourhood or add your own to our Big Lunch map.
Spread the word
Tell your friends, family and colleagues about The Big Lunch and encourage them to get involved. We have leaflets and posters to download from our website to help and you can join the Facebook group, follow on Twitter and be inspired by Big Lunch stories on the blog.
To find out more visit www.thebiglunch.com , have a chat with the team on 0845 850 8181 or email info@thebiglunch.com
Please pass this invitation on to your Watch members across the areas you represent and let us know if you are planning an event and we will add your details to our website.
If you held an event on 2009 and have any information or photos you can share with us, please forward detailks to my email address below.
Marion
Marion Lewis
Chair : Neighbourhood & Home Watch Network ( England & Wales )
t. 01858 464358
m. 07525 406397
Neighbourhood & Home Watch Network
Harborough Local Policing Unit
Fairfield Road
Market Harborough
Leics. LE16 9QJ