The Big Lunch aims to strengthen social networks, reduce isolation create a greater sense of community cohesion and inspire and equip individuals, friends and neighbours, with the skills and confidence to bring about real positive change within their communities across the UK to come together and have lunch with their neighbours on an identified date in June 2014 and 2015. Using the lunches as a platform, Big Lunch Extras will work with 900 people to develop local capacity and community from 2013 to 2015.