Will you be taking part in the big lunch? Do you know what the Big Lunch is?
Well the Big Lunch aims to bring communities together for a lunch time gathering where community members, neighbours and villagers can sit down to have lunch together. This event will take place on 19th July. There is no set format to how the Big Lunch should be organised or where the event should take place. If you live in a town or city then you may want to have a street party, a village community may want to have a picnic or BBQ on the village green. You may want to decorate the street or building and use produce grown as part of your feast, but however you decide to organise the event the aim is to bring a sense of community back into individuals and families lives.
One reason the event was set up was because, in the past communities were built around agriculture and worked to the rhythm of the agricultural calendar, or were formed around a particular industry that bound them together, but today it is felt that people do not necessarily have a sense of community and may not know their neighbours.
I am lucky because as a farmer's wife I am part of the farming community which still has a real sense of community and support about it and living in a lovely rural village where you know many of the villagers.
If you would like to find out more about The Big Lunch or see if there is a Big Lunch taking place near you then visit The Big Lunch website.
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