A scheme to bring millions of neighbours together for community 'lunch-ins' on July 18th this summer has been awarded £1million from the Big Lottery Fund (BIG).
The Eden Project, the founders of The Big Lunch, have been given the Big Lottery Fund support to expand and build on the success of last year's scheme to involve even more people doing lunch with the neighbours.
The Eden Project says its research shows that among the people who took part last year an overwhelming majority felt closer to their neighbours, safer in their communities and as a result are actively looking to take part again in 2010.
Sir Clive Booth, chair of BIG said: "Bringing communities together, reducing loneliness and isolation and helping to make a difference locally is at the heart of the Big Lottery Fund's mission."
Peter Stewart, the Eden Project's campaigns director, said: "We are delighted that the Big Lottery Fund has come in with such fantastic support for the Big Lunch...With this Lottery support, it is our hope that many more Big Lunches will take place the length and breadth of the UK this July and we can triple the number of people taking part."
More information will be available at www.thebiglunch.com from 29 March 2010.
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