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Introducing The Big Lunch
Imagine a summer's day on which millions of us, throughout the UK, sit down to have lunch together in our communities - in the middle of our streets, around our tower blocks and on every patch of common ground. The food, entertainment and decorations we will have grown, cooked or created ourselves. It'll be a day to break bread with our neighbours, to put a smile on Britain's face.
Well, imagine no more. The BIG Lottery Fund is supporting The Big Lunch and invites you to celebrate with your community on Sunday 18th July.
What is it?
The Big Lunch encourages communities to come together through growing food and flowers; creating street music, art and theatre; dressing the street and, of course, cooking and eating together. It's a fantastic opportunity to bring your community together and could be used to launch a new project, celebrate achievements or raise awareness of good work that has been happening in your area.
The Big Lunch is an Eden Project initiative, and took place for the first time last year - there were over 8,000 lunches in every kind of community all across the UK. Over 700,000 people took to the streets in the biggest set of street parties since the Golden Jubilee, and over 80% said they felt closer to their neighbours as a result.
"What a fantastic idea. It really brought our community together and I am sure will have done the same throughout the country."
Get started
The Big Lunch website is packed full of information to help kick start your planning, including a handy step by step guide. It offers the tools, inspiration and resources to make it as simple, and fun, as possible. You can also search for existing Big Lunches in your area or add your own to our special Big Lunch map.
Find out more
Visit our website, have a chat with the team on 0845 850 8181 or email info@thebiglunch.com.
To keep up to date with what's happening on The Big Lunch and other BIG Lottery Fund projects in your area sign up to receive your regional email bulletin.
Dear All,
Please find attached and below invitation to a talk about the Criminal Justice System.
Monday 21st June, 2010
Dear Colleagues,
We are continuing our programme of Information Update evenings, which have been very well-received by those attending over the past few months.
The next issue we will be looking at is the Criminal Justice system and the role of the Magistrates Courts. Our speaker is Malcolm Rogers who is a Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator in High Roding as well as being an experienced Magistrate on the NW Essex Bench which covers the Uttlesford district. As such, he is responsible for the Magistrates in the Community programme, which aims to explain how the court system works, and is particularly focussed on schools and other influential groups.
We do try to ensure that the topics we choose for these evenings are of both relevance and interest to you and that the evening provides an opportunity for co-ordinators to meet one another.
The evening will take place at 7.30pm on Tuesday 6th July at the Thaxted Day Centre, which is at the back of the Margaret St, (free) car park in Thaxted. The postcode, for those of you with Sat Nav's is CM6 2RL.
Please could you let me know if you are able to join us for this evening (but don't worry, if you don't intend to come) and do feel free to bring a friend.
Kind regards,
Lindsay Baillie
01376 556 232 lindsay.baillie@essex.pnn.police.uk
