Big Lunch - like the Royal Wedding - but with no excuse

Posted in 'Personal Finance' by Richard Catlin

03 April 2009

The Big Lunch is a new campaign supported by credit card provider MasterCard aimed at bringing neighbourhoods closer together.

Devised and promoted by the Eden Project in Cornwall, ‘The Big Lunch’ aims to bring neighbourhoods and communities across the UK closer together simply by encouraging people to organise and host their own open-air lunches on Sunday 19 July.

MasterCard is launching a new ‘Priceless’ advertising campaign based around the idea, which will hit our TV screens in May. Other companies backing the project are the Post Office, EDF Energy and Royal Mail.

The Big Lunch campaign aims to get us all interacting with our neighbours and open our eyes to our local area. But how much do you know already about where you live?

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