{"id":2186935,"date":"2025-12-04T16:31:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T16:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2186935"},"modified":"2025-12-04T16:31:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T16:31:16","slug":"windsor-was-filled-with-volunteers-today-all-with-royal-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/windsor-was-filled-with-volunteers-today-all-with-royal-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Windsor was filled with volunteers today all with royal support"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Queen has showcased the power of volunteers to the President
\nof Germany as she put those who help others at the heart of the
\nState Visit.<\/p>\n

After the pomp and ceremony of the first day of the German
\nvisit, the focus was on guide dog trainers and lunch makers as this
\nvital trip continued.<\/p>\n

State Visits cement the links between the two countries involved
\nand King Charles and Queen Camilla were comparing notes with
\nFrank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife, Elke Budenbender, as Germany
\nand the UK have big volunteer led events happening at almost the
\nsame time next summer.<\/p>\n

\n
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Photo by the Eden
\nProject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Between June 5 and June 8 2026, people across the UK will take
\npart in a weekend of community action. It will see the Big Lunch,
\nthe annual initiative which sees communities come together to share
\nfood and company, combine forces with the Big Help Out which
\nencourages people to try out volunteering.<\/p>\n

The Big Help Out is very special to The King and Queen as it
\nbegan in 2023 to mark their Coronation.<\/p>\n

\n
\"King\"King
Photo by the Eden
\nProject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

On May 23 2026, \u201cDer Ehrentag\u201d<\/a> is happening in
\nGermany. It means \u201dDay of Honour\u201d and it was initiated by President
\nSteinmeier to mark the birthday of the country\u2019s modern
\nconstitution. It will see people across Germany encouraged to
\nvolunteer and help others.<\/p>\n

To showcase the power of volunteers, The King and Queen brought
\ntogether a range of those who help others for a special event at
\nWindsor Castle.<\/p>\n

It was hosted by by Matt Hyde, Chair of The Big Help Out, and
\nAndy Jasper, CEO of the Eden Project, which runs the Big Lunch.
\nThey were joined by representatives of more than a dozen charities
\nwho chatted to King Charles, Queen Camilla and President Steinmeier
\nabout the work they do in the community.<\/p>\n

\n
\"King\"King
Photo by the Eden
\nProject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Among them were people who train guide dogs to support those who
\nare blind or partially sighted and volunteers at food banks.<\/p>\n

CEO of the Eden Project, Andy Jasper, said \u201dThere has never been
\na more important time to bring people and communities together and
\nto support them to take positive action where they live\u2026.there is
\nsomething for everyone and by working together we can grow
\nconnections, strengthen our communities \u2013 and have a good time
\ndoing it!\u2019<\/p>\n

Matt Hyde OBE, Co-Founder of The Big Help Out and CEO of the
\nLloyds Bank Foundation said \u201d\u2018We are thrilled that The Big Help Out
\nis returning in 2026 and we\u2019re particularly pleased that it will be
\nhosted by our friends at Eden alongside The Big Lunch. These two
\nfantastic initiatives bring people together in communities,
\nencouraging them to connect, have fun and take action on causes
\nthey care about.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Big Lunch is one of the biggest community initiatives in the
\nUK and has been running since 2009. Queen Camilla became its patron
\nwhile still Duchess of Cornwall and has been a high profile
\nsupporter of it through the years. She looked particularly happy to
\nbe showcasing the power of volunteering as day two of the State
\nVisit got under way.<\/p>\n

\n
\"King\"King
Photo by the Eden
\nProject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The Queen often shows her support for community groups and only
\nlast month welcomed a pop up food van to Clarence House to
\nspotlight the new digital platform of the Royal Voluntary Service.
\nIt aims to match people who want to help others with those who need
\nsupport in their local communities.<\/p>\n

To launch the initiative, Queen Camilla hopped into a food van
\nalongside Spudman to serve up hot food as an example of how others
\ncan join in and help out.<\/p>\n

The second day of the State Visit also saw President Steinmeier
\npay a private visit to the tomb of Queen Elizabeth II where he and
\nElke Budenbender laid a wreath.<\/p>\n

The President later travelled to east London where he was set to
\nvisit the V&A Storehouse.<\/p>\n

If you want to join up for the Big Lunch or Big Help Out, there
\nis information on a special website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source royalcentral.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Queen has showcased the power of volunteers to the President of Germany as she put those who help others at the heart of the State Visit. After the pomp and ceremony of the first day of the German visit, the focus was on guide dog trainers and lunch makers as this vital trip continued. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2186936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2186935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Windsor-was-filled-with-volunteers-today-all-with-royal-support.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2186935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2186937,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186935\/revisions\/2186937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2186936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2186935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2186935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2186935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}