For the first time in three years neighbours and communities will be able to reconnect and celebrate together in person at Street Feast 2022.
Registrations for Street Feast are now open and organisers are aiming for 1200 feasts with 100,000 people participating around the country on Sunday 26th June. In 2019 Cork organised 110 feasts and organisers are calling for more Corkonians to get involved this year and increase the number of feasts in the city and county at the end of the month.
Street Feast is Ireland’s national day of lunches and one of Ireland’s most successful community initiatives for over a decade. The aim of Street Feast is to build neighbourhood and community networks and tackle social isolation. In 2019 over 1000 feasts took place, this year Street Feast is aiming to grow that to 1200 and the organisers feel there is a real appetite for this type of event since Covid:
Sam Bishop, founder of Street Feast: “Since the last Street Feast three years ago after two years of restrictions and lockdowns our notion of community has altered immeasurably. For some it was an opportunity to bond with neighbours as lockdown restrictions kept us at home more than ever before. Neighbours and community were never more important and people realised the value of local connections. This year Street Feast wants to celebrate those strengthened community connections and create a space for people to re-engage safely with their neighbours”
96% of Street Feast participants in 2019 said their sense of belonging to the neighbourhood increased after that feast and 97% said their neighbourhood was friendlier after the event. 81% of participants made plans for more community projects since their feast.
Street Feast 2022 is supported by the Department of Rural & Community Development and the Local Authorities.
