Your Big Lunch pack
Everything you need to plan, promote and have fun at your Big Lunch!
You’ll find all the resources you need below. Choose what’s most useful for you or download everything together in a bundle. Your pack will be updated with further useful guides, videos and other content as we get closer to the weekend!
We recommend bookmarking this page so you can access your pack at any time.
First time organising a Big Lunch?
We’re here to help you organise your Big Lunch, from inviting your community to ensuring everything runs smoothly on the day.
Poster (PDF)
A poster for you to print out and easily add your details
Invitations (PDF)
Invitations for you to print out and share with your neighbours
Your Big Lunch planner (PDF)
A handy planner to help you start thinking about your Big Lunch
Social media graphic (invitation)
Invite your community to your Big Lunch with this social media graphic
Social media graphic (promotion)
Spread the word about your Big Lunch with this social media graphic
Editable Big Lunch poster
A Canva template that you can edit online (free)
Editable social media graphic
A Canva template that you can edit online (free)
Conversation menu (PDF)
Help get people chatting
Make your own party hat (PDF)
A template and instructions to make your own party hat.
Human bingo activity (PDF)
Bring your community together
Bunting templates (PDF)
Use these templates to make your own bunting.
Food flags (PDF)
Assemble your flags and use them to decorate food
Download everything as a bundle
Download all resources available together in a single PDF to print and use however you want.
Have you thought about…?
Close a road
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Beating invite anxiety – how to invite people to your event
If you’re looking to hold your first Big Lunch this year, there’s plenty of exciting things to come! You’re…
Where to hold your Big Lunch
Want to hold a Big Lunch but not quite sure what form you want it to take? Events don’t…
Exclusive for The Big Lunch 2024
Whether homemade or shop-bought, food is a key ingredient to a Big Lunch. It’s both a way to bring us together and connect us with nature. There’s no right way to do food at your event – it could be a cuppa and some cake, a shared picnic or a sit-down meal.
We’re excited to bring you an exclusive recipe from 2023’s Great British Bake Off winner Matty Edgell – a sumptuous-sounding lemon and poppy seed cake with lemon mascarpone cream!
Celebrate nature with an Eden Project and WWF Big Lunch
We’ve brought the collective power of the Eden Project and WWF together to make this year’s Big Lunch the greenest yet. Download our poster and quiz below and show your support for nature in your community.
These are perfect if you’re looking to fundraise to protect our planet and we’ll be adding even more handy fundraising resources below!
Fundraise with The Big Lunch
Thanks to the amazing organisers and neighbourhoods who join in every year, over £87 million has been raised for good causes through Big Lunches since 2015, with more than 3/4 going to local charities or causes. That really is something to celebrate!
Please consider fundraising for the Eden Project with your Big Lunch. Even gifting a small amount of your fundraising pot can help us support more Big Lunches and reconnect communities with nature.
‘Donate now’ poster
Put this up at your event so people can donate easily.
Donation jar labels
Stick onto a jar to encourage your guests to donate loose change!
‘Guess the number of cupcakes’ game
An easy way to raise money at your event.
‘Thank you for raising…’ poster
Pop this up to let people how much you raised at your…
Fundraising poster (invitation)
Let people know you’re planning to fundraise at your event.
The Big Lunch quiz
Ask your teams to make a donation and enjoy the fun!
Fundraising social media graphic
Share on your social media channels to thank people who have donated.
How to pay in your Big Lunch fundraising
If you’re planning to fundraise for us (or have done already), thank you so much for your support! You’re an absolute superstar.
When it comes to paying in your Big Lunch fundraising, you have a couple of options.
1) Use our online donation form
The simplest way to pay in your fundraising is using our online donation form.
Pay in your fundraising on our website
2) Use JustGiving
We’ve got a JustGiving page that you can add donations to (or encourage others to donate to). You could also create your own fundraising page on JustGiving and select us as your cause!
Useful Big Lunch guides
Hold a greener Big Lunch
Top tips on upcycling, brilliant leftovers and community sharing.
Money saving tips for your event
Your Big Lunch doesn’t need to break the bank. Here are some…
Close a road
If you’re thinking of holding a Big Lunch on your street and…
Grow food for your Big Lunch
Learn all about what to grow and when with our guides and…
Free teaching resources
Working with children? We have a great selection of resources for Key Stages 1 to…
How to get insurance for your Big Lunch or project
If you need insurance for your event, take a look at the…
Weather-proofing your Big Lunch
What if it rains (or really, really shines) on your parade?
Where to hold your Big Lunch
Want to hold a Big Lunch but not quite sure what form…
Download everything as a bundle
Download all resources available together in a single PDF to print and use however you want.
Add your Big Lunch to our map
Our map shows Big Lunch events happening all over the UK. It only takes 5 minutes to add your event to the map – be part of the Big Lunch movement!