Community action/Bath
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Bath.
News
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New national forest to see 20m trees planted, BBC News (Mar 21, 2025)
- New climate emergency network launched to link schools across B&NES, Dec 23, 2019...@BathEcho
Citizens’ Assembly to invest £100,000 in West’s culture, westofengland-ca.gov.uk (Jan 16, 2026)
‘We found 23,000 worms!’ The soil project bringing life back to the land, positive.news (Oct 22, 2025)
Mussel power: how an offshore shellfish farm is boosting marine life, theconversation.com (Jun 06, 2025)
Record-breaking heat and dry spring leave parts of England without water, reuters.com (May 29, 2026)
The English restaurant turning hospitality on its head, positive.news (May 27, 2026) — At a pay-as-you-can restaurant in Stroud, radical hospitality and good food are bringing strangers together
Britain’s green transition should belong to everyone. Why is Labour so intent on stopping us having our say? George Monbiot, theguardian.com (May 27, 2026)
Amsterdam, along with other major European cities, bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels [BBC], Daily Alternative (May 22, 2026)
How reindeer herds, nature and Sámi culture can thrive when forests are restored across northern Europe, theconversation.com (May 15, 2026)
Rewilding giants: captive elephants rehomed in Europe’s first sanctuary, theguardian.com (May 07, 2026)
Amsterdam, along with other major European cities, bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels [BBC], Daily Alternative (May 22, 2026)
Solidarity fields in Syria: Reviving local seed production, globalvoices.org (May 21, 2026) — A community garden on Damascus's edge is quietly rebuilding Syria's agricultural memory
How reindeer herds, nature and Sámi culture can thrive when forests are restored across northern Europe, theconversation.com (May 15, 2026)
Networks and sustainability initiatives
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[edit | edit source]UK events
Jun 1 - 7, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — Neighbourhood Watch Week, ourwatch.org.uk
Jun 1 - 7, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — Volunteers Week, celebrating and saying thank you to the millions of volunteers across the UK, volunteersweek.org
Jun 5 - 8, 2026 (Fri - Mon) — The Big Lunch, the first weekend in June every year, everyone is invited, anyone can join in and whatever food people bring to the table is there to be shared, edenprojectcommunities.com
Jun 6 - 14, 2026 (Sat-Sun) — Great Big Green Week, celebrating communities taking action to tackle climate change and protect green spaces, greatbiggreenweek.com
Jun 07, 2026 (Sun) — Open Farm Sunday, farmsunday.org
Jun 8 - 14, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — Bike Week, annual celebration showcasing cycling and how brilliant it is!, cyclinguk.org
Jun 8 - 14, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — Carers Week, carersweek.org
Jun 15 - 21, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — Loneliness Awareness Week, lonelinessawarenessweek.org
Jun 15 - 21, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — Better Transport Week, annual, week-long celebration of sustainable transport, bettertransport.org.uk
Jun 15 - 21, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — Refugee Week, refugeeweek.org.uk
Jun 18, 2026 (Thu) — Clean Air Day, actionforcleanair.org.uk
Jun 19 - 21, 2026 (Fri - Sun) — The Great Get Together, annual celebration organised by The Jo Cox Foundation, helping unite people, bridge divides, and tackle loneliness, while showing the collective power we have as a community, jocoxfoundation.org
Jun 29 - Jul 3, 2026 (Mon - Fri) — National Co-production Week, scie.org.uk
Global or international events
Jun 03, 2026 (Wed) — World Bicycle Day, The bicycle is a "symbol of sustainable transport and conveys a positive message to foster sustainable consumption and production, and has a positive impact on climate." (United Nations), June 3 each year, un.org
Jun 05, 2026 (Fri) — World Environment Day, June 5, annually, worldenvironmentday.global
Jun 08, 2026 (Mon) — World Oceans Day, June 8 each year, worldoceanday.org
Jun 12, 2026 (Fri) — World Day Against Child Labour, every year on June 12, ilo.org
Jun 17, 2026 (Wed) — World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, each June 17, un.org
Jun 21 and all of June — World Localization Day, worldlocalizationday.org
Jun 22, 2026 (Mon) — World Rainforest Day, June 22 is World Rainforest Day, worldrainforestday.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
CDC video
[edit | edit source]Each week 3 different short videos from across the UK or world.
Rural sustainability UK, Community energy UK, Community action/Argyll and Bute / ...This week's featured Global videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
Bath video
[edit | edit source]Community involvement
[edit | edit source]Bath: Hacked, joint council/community initiative bringing bright people and quality data together to do useful things for the community.
Community and voluntary action
[edit | edit source]Volunteer Centre Bath & North East Somerset
Food activism
[edit | edit source]- Keynsham Community Veg Plot in the Park on facebook.com, added 22:24, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
- Alice Park Community Garden, Larkhall
- Food group, Transition Bath
Community energy
[edit | edit source]Community resources
[edit | edit source]Citizens data initiative
Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle
[edit | edit source]- Share and Repair, small, but fast-growing charity in Bath and North East Somerset. "Our aim is to help local people and communities reduce carbon, waste and landfill to improve the environment we live in and save money. In doing so we reduce pollution and increase the eco-environment to a more sustainable life." added 20:50, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
Sustainable transport activism
[edit | edit source]The city is connected to Bristol and the sea by the River Avon, navigable via locks by small boats. The Kennet and Avon Canal links it to the River Kennet at Newbury, and from there to Reading on the River Thames. W
Cycling activism
[edit | edit source]Bath is on National Cycle Route 4, with one of Britain's first cycleways, the Bristol & Bath Railway Path, to the west, and an eastern route toward London on the canal towpath. W
Open spaces
[edit | edit source]The city has several public parks. W
The Avon Green Belt, also known as the Bristol and Bath Green Belt (or Bath and Bristol Green Belt), is a non-statutory green belt environmental and planning policy that regulates urban expansion and development in the countryside surrounding the cities of Bristol and Bath in the South West region of England. It covers areas in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, the county of Somerset which include the council areas of North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset and Somerset, and Wiltshire. Essentially, the function of the green belt is to limit urban sprawl and maintain the open character of areas around the Bristol and Bath built up areas, and nearby towns and villages. The policy is implemented by local planning authorities on the basis of guidance from central government.
Trees, woodland and forest
[edit | edit source]- Chew Valley Plants Trees, "Co-ordinating the activity of tree planting in Chew Valley to build an ecological and social commonwealth for current and future generations", added 17:02, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
About Bath
[edit | edit source]Past events
- Nov 3, 2016 - Bath Soup Project
- September 27 - 28, 2014, Bath Green Homes, community project organised by Transition Bath, Bath Preservation Trust, and Bath & North East Somerset Council.
- September 14, 2014, Bath Home Improvement Fair
Bath (RP: , locally [ba(ː)θ]) is a city in Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. At the 2021 census, the population was 94,080. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Bristol. The city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, and was later added to the transnational World Heritage Site known as the "Great Spa Towns of Europe" in 2021. Bath is also the largest city and settlement in Somerset.
Near you
[edit | edit source]See also
- Topic overview: Networks, Community involvement, Community and voluntary action, Sustainable transport activism, Cycling activism, Open spaces activism, Trees, woodland and forest
- UK context: Networks UK, Community involvement UK, Community and voluntary action UK, Sustainable transport activism UK, Cycling activism UK, Open spaces activism UK, Trees, woodland and forest UK
- Topic overview: Food activism, Community energy, Visions, Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle, Citizens data initiative
- UK context: Food activism UK, Community energy UK, Visions UK, Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle UK, Citizens data initiative UK
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2026). "Community action/Bath". Appropedia. Retrieved June 4, 2026. |







