Our Events.
We love a good get together especially in our lovely local greenspace, Overtoun Park. We hold an annual Big Lunch event in June where we invite the community to bring their lunch to the park to eat together, listen to live music, make new friends and enjoy various activities including storytelling, art in the park, and seed bomb making.
We are big fans of The Big Lunch, an Eden Project initiative which aims to get as many people as possible across the UK having lunch with their neighbours on an annual basis in June in a simple act of community, friendship and fun.
We’ve held a Big Lunch event in Overtoun Park every year since 2015, all with a great a turn out from the community and skies clearing just in time for the events starting!
The feedback from people who come along is that the Big Lunch is a great way to meet new people and that it helps to create a real sense of community. Children get a chance for free play – climbing trees and playing hide and seek and to try out various “art in the park” activities.
Over the years we have developed the event to include live music from local band the Mairs Family, multiple activities for the children including storytelling sessions, street art taster, and badge making, and free refreshments.
The Big Lunch takes a lot of planning and organising for our small group of volunteers but we get a real kick from seeing it all come together, people chatting and enjoying themselves in our lovely park.
Our other events include a biennial Festive Singalong event with a live brass band playing in Overtoun Park’s bandstand, with hot drinks, mince pies and lovely carol singing. We also hold an annual Christmas Wreath making workshop.
We strongly believe that events like these are not only fun, social occasions but they are key to tackling issues such as loneliness and social isolation and can play a big part in developing community spirit.
All our events are fun, free and friendly with all welcome. Please see our Facebook page for event details.