Join In The Big Jubilee Lunch

To mark the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen, this year’s annual neighbourhood get-together, The Big Lunch, is taking on a royal theme! Following the success of The Diamond Big Jubilee Lunch in 2012, Her Majesty The Queen has included this community gathering in her official four-day-long celebrations this summer. The Big Jubilee Lunch 2022 will be held over the long weekend of 2nd-5th June, and local charity Phyllis Tuckwell is inviting you to join in the party!

A momentous weekend packed full of events is planned this June, to mark The Queen’s seventy years in public service. The Big Jubilee Lunch 2022 is one of the highlights, and Phyllis Tuckwell would love it if you would join in by organising your own lunch party to raise funds for local hospice care.

The Big Lunch is held on the first weekend in June every year, and invites people to come together at lunchtime, to share food and drink, and enjoy each other’s company. The idea is simply to meet and have fun together over food – so it’s a community celebration that’s right up your street! You could organise a street party, picnic or BBQ, or just meet up with neighbours for a cup of tea and a slice of cake.

9 million people took part in The Big Lunch in 2021! 6.5 million of them said they made at least one new friend, and the vast majority reported feeling closer to their neighbours and less lonely as a result, proving that people really do benefit by taking part in these community gatherings.

Making time to celebrate our local connections and what matters to us where we live is more important than ever right now, when restarting social activities in our communities after the pandemic is desperately needed. And marking Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a Big Lunch is an extra special reason to take part!

By organising a celebration in support of Phyllis Tuckwell, you’ll be giving your local community an additional boost, by raising money to help fund the supportive and end of life care which Phyllis Tuckwell provides for local patients and families who are living with an advanced or terminal illness, such as cancer.

To find out more about The Big Jubilee Lunch and request your Phyllis Tuckwell fundraising pack, visit www.pth.org.uk/jubileelunch