A NEW campaign called The Big Packed Lunch has been launched in Bournemouth to help fund a vital ChildLine Schools Service.

The NSPCC is urging everyone to sign up for its UK-wide initiative which aims to get people together to create an unusual lunch on Wednesday, September 17, and donate the money they would otherwise have spent on a ‘same old lunch’.

All you need to do is pick a date for your lunch, invite your guests, ask them to bring some food to share and make a donation to the NSPCC.

For anyone who feels like adding a bit of competition to their lunch, hosts could encourage their guests to blind-taste each other’s dishes and rate them ‘Come lunch with me’ style.

Kate Felton, NSPCC community fundraising manager for Bournemouth, said: “It’s a really simple idea. We want people to have fun with the Big Packed Lunch.

“We want to get everyone together to share their lunch goodies whilst at the same time raise vital funds for the NSPCC.’ The money raised through Big Packed Lunch will help to fund the NSPCC’s ground-breaking ChildLine Schools Service.

For more information, visit nspcc.org.uk/lunch.