Plan your do
Everything you need to make your do a reality!
Big or small, what you do is up to you…
…whether that’s a cuppa with neighbours, a party for your street, a litter pick, or having a friendly chat at a care home – we can all do something!
However you decide to take part, we’re here to help you plan something that works for you and your community. There’s no right or wrong way to join in – each do will be different, just like the communities they’re part of.
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Taking part is easy
- Choose what you want to do
- Invite people to join in or lend a hand
- Have fun – and celebrate community!
Hold a Big Lunch
Bring people together for food, friendship and fun
Spruce up your neighbourhood
Litter pickers to the ready, it’s time to clear up your community!
Get crafting and chatting
Having a shared activity to do can help ease those conversational barriers
Swap clothes (and conversation)
Organise a clothes swap for your community
Make your community greener
Straightforward ways to let nature in where you live
Ideas for your Big Lunch
- Do some baking and invite your neighbours round for a cuppa
- Hold a street party where you live
- Ask people to bring along a dish for a picnic in the park
- Encourage colleagues in the office to sit together for lunch
- Celebrate your volunteers or an event in your community with food and fun
Ways to lend a hand for The Big Help Out
- Tidy up a local community space, village or church hall
- Help out at a local food bank, parkrun, charity shop…
- Set up a pre-loved swapping space or Library of Things with your neighbours
- Get people together to create planters for your community
- Take part in recording local wildlife for a national survey (download a calendar of surveys)
How about one big do?
If you’re one of our seasoned Big Lunchers, or you’ve got stuck in with The Big Help Out these last few years – why not hold one big do?
That might be doing a community litter pick or asking people to bring food to donate to a food bank as part of your usual Big Lunch. It’s sure to give everyone that feel-good feeling!
Or if you already know amazing people who give their time to help others, you could hold a Big Lunch to say a big thank you. It’s a perfect event to hold as part of Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June 2026) as part of the Month of Community.
Emma’s story
Emma spearheads Love Barrow Libraries, a groundbreaking project providing volunteer opportunities for people experiencing loneliness and isolation. Once inducted, people are invited to help run sessions such as a Friendship Café, where visitors can come to enjoy some company and a cup of tea.
Emma organised her first Big Lunch in 2024, honouring the library’s team of volunteers, who were all presented with a special certificate celebrating the contribution they’ve made to the community. Over 200 people came together to celebrate with food, games, crafts, a silent disco and Makaton choir.
Lend a hand where you live
Want to find something to do near you? Search GoVo to find ways to lend a hand and support great causes where you live – there’s something for everyone! Enter your postcode or what you’re interested in below.
Making every do possible…
Our campaign is only possible due to the continued generosity of our funders
