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Big Sunday Lunch for Sheltered Scheme Tenants
On Sunday 4th August tenants living in 18 NPT Homes sheltered schemes in Wales got together to hold a Big Lunch as the first ever event organised by the newly formed Sheltered Social Group. Here, NPT...
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Taking the time for a Big Lunch!
By Liz Duffy, Big Luncher from Yr Aelwyd Sheltered Scheme, Carmarthen “For the past two and a half years I have lived in a 24 flat council sheltered housing complex in the middle of a large housing...
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Here comes the sun…
The Eden Project started The Big Lunch in the belief that we, as a society, are better equipped to tackle the challenges that we face when we face them together. At no time has that been more...
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Join Derek’s Big Lunch / Cinio Mawr Derek
Join Derek for small talk and a Big Lunch Come and join Wales’ favourite weatherman, Derek Brockway as he hosts a free Big Lunch street party in Cardiff this Saturday Derek is inviting you to attend...
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The Gumtree-inspired Big Lunch
Boudicca Stretton-Brown, a 27-year old mum-of-three from Splott, Cardiff made national headlines earlier in the year after posting an advert on Gumtree offering to cook a meal every Monday for needy...
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Love thy neighbour
Derek’s Big Lunch Last weekend Wales’ favourite weatherman Derek Brockway was joined by hundreds of passers-by as he hosted a Big Lunch in Cardiff City Centre. The event marked the launch of our...
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Add a ‘Fair Trade’ flavour to your Big Lunch
It’s World Fair Trade Day this Saturday (10 May) and the theme this year is ‘Fair Trade People’ – a chance to celebrate the remarkable people behind this incredible movement and also to recognise...
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Say “Shwmae” over a sandwich! / Dathlu’r Cymraeg gyda Cinio Mawr
Y Cinio Mawr, Aberporth 2014 ©keith morris 2014 *Scroll down for English* Mae Y Cinio Mawr yn balch iawn i cefnogi ‘Diwrnod Shwmae Sumae‘ y flwyddyn yma – diwrnod i ddathlu y Gymraeg ymhob cwr o Gymru...
View ArticleLis Duffy: losing the fear
Watch this lovely little film about a wonderful little lady from Carmarthen -Lis Duffy. Lis organised her first ever Big Lunch last year in the sheltered housing scheme she was living in at the time....
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Award winning Welsh Big Lunchers
We were extremely pleased and proud to hear that two of our long-standing Big Lunchers in Wales had recently won awards for their hard work and ongoing commitment to their local communities. Irene...
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Brilliant Wales / Cymru Ddisglair
We were recently featured in the brand new episode of Brilliant Wales (part of Do Something Brilliant‘s Brilliant Britain series) at this year’s sunny National Eisteddfod in Llanelli. Click the video...
View ArticleMusic and memories – Eleri’s story
Dyma Eleri Rosier o Raglan yn rhannu ei profiad o cynllunio ei Chinio Mawr cyntaf yn Mehefin 2014, fel rhan o Gwyl Cerddoriaeth blynyddol ei Pentref, a’r effaith positif mae wedi cael ar yr holl...
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Meet Marcus, Wales’ youngest ever Big Luncher
Towards the end of The Big Lunch day last June I turned in to a residential street in East Cardiff in the hope of catching the tail end of their very first Big Lunch. I was quickly greeted by a small...
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‘Crime cannot flourish in a community that cares’
As you know, The Big Lunch has a very simple and unchanging aim – to encourage people to get together with their neighbours on one day a year for a few hours of community, friendship and fun. That...
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Do you live in Wales’ friendliest street?
To mark the launch of The Big Lunch in Wales this year we have teamed up with Media Wales to find the the friendliest streets in the South Wales Valleys - the place that boasts the happiest postcode,...
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“My Brilliant Moment”
I recently recorded a short film for the Community Channel as part of their “My Brilliant Moment” series, which is part of the wider and wonderful Do Something Brilliant campaign. Watch me explain a...
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Eat strawberries in summer; shovel snow in winter
Indycube Big Lunch, Cardiff WARNING: This post contains ‘selfies’! June is normally the month that lots of people frantically start toning up their ‘beach body’ in preparation for the summer hols, but...
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