News Campaigns April 3, 2025

All systems go for The Big Lunch – pass it on!

We're encouraging charity retailers to participate in The Big Lunch, an annual event promoting community engagement, by hosting events or collaborating with existing ones to enhance visibility and support fundraising efforts.

The Big Lunch logo - a Charity Retail Association event.

Invite everyone to the table this year to help feed community spirit

The Big Lunch is inviting everyone across the UK to get together in their communities to share friendship and food on 7-8 June this year.

An idea from the Eden Project, The Big Lunch started in 2009 and has become the UK’s annual celebration for neighbours and the biggest community-led fundraiser, helping to raise over £100m for good causes so far. 

A Big Lunch can be anything from a bite to eat with a few neighbours to parties for the whole street, and anything in between. It’s fun, it’s easy and it’s for everyone, so download your free party planning pack and make your community the place to be this June!

Get your free pack –  TheBigLunch.com

Preloved homewares perfect for The Big Lunch.

A Big Lunch held by Emmaus UK.

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Glossop shop celebrates Vivienne Westwood’s legacy

April 3, 2025

Willow Wood Hospice’s charity shop in Glossop is honouring Dame Vivienne Westwood with a window display and a raffle for a designer bag donated by Vivienne Westwood Limited, celebrating her legacy and supporting the hospice’s fundraising efforts.