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Celebrate your community

Inspiration and ideas to make a positive change where you live

TAKE PART IN THE BIG LUNCH 2019

Stuff you can do

Project and activity ideas for your community

Organise a Big Lunch

The Big Walk - set up a walk in your community

Run a Disco Soup event

Start a lantern parade

Find more project ideas

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Want to have fun and make friends where you live? Join in with The Big Lunch this year, 1-2 June 2019.

Get your Free Big Lunch 2019 Pack

Make it happen

Practical guides to help you turn your project idea into a reality

See our guides

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Top three tips on engaging your community

What's going on?

Calendar of events 2019

Our Big Lunch connected neighbours who didn’t know each other!

8 February 2019

My Festive Open House

31 December 2018

Spread the Christmas cheer with your community

19 December 2018

Read more about 4.5 million friendships made at The Big Lunch

We asked you what made #TheBigLunch so special this year and it seems like you all had the best time. We hope to see you (and your friends) again in 2019! pic.twitter.com/peiOED3Pb5

— Eden Project Communities (@edencommunities) December 4, 2018

Community Network Developer Diana, admiring crafts at Community Camp.

Christmas is all about community

6 December 2018

There are so many reasons to join in with #TheBigLunch and these are just a few of yours... Why do you and your #community Big Lunch? Let us know pic.twitter.com/XUHDUqTVf2

— Eden Project Communities (@edencommunities) December 4, 2018

Are you going to join us for #TheBigLunch in 2019 and be a part of the six million people across the country who took part this year? pic.twitter.com/8a7i8R3Zbi

— Eden Project Communities (@edencommunities) December 4, 2018