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''If you would like to suggest something for this page but are unsure how to edit it, please feel free to put your suggestion on the [[Talk:UK sustainable community events|talk page]]. | __NOTOC__ | ||
The focus of this article is UK-wide or large scale events which have the potential for large scale active and participatory involvement by community groups and active citizens. They'll tend to be free or low cost events. ''If you would like to suggest something for this page but are unsure how to edit it, please feel free to put your suggestion on the [[Talk:UK sustainable community events|talk page]]. Similar pages focus on [[International community action events]] and [[UK local community action events]]'' | |||
[[UK community action events#January|Jan]] - [[UK community action events#February|Feb]] - [[UK community action events#March|Mar]] - [[UK community action events#April|Apr]] - [[UK community action events#May|May]] - [[UK community action events#June|Jun]] - [[UK community action events#July|Jul]] - [[UK community action events#August|Aug]] - [[UK community action events#September|Sep]] - [[UK community action events#October|Oct]] - [[UK community action events#November|Nov]] - [[UK community action events#December|Dec]] | |||
== January | == January == | ||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2024-01-12|date-text=Jan 12 - 15, 2024 (Fri - Mon)|title=Great Winter Get Together|keywords=Social inclusion UK, Health and wellbeing UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2024-01-26|date-text=Jan 26 - 28, 2024 (Fri - Sun)|title=Big Garden Birdwatch|keywords=Biodiversity UK}} | |||
== February == | == February == | ||
== | * {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2024-02-11|title=Church Action on Poverty Sunday|keywords=Social inclusion UK}} | ||
== March == | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2024-03-11|date-text=Mar 11 - 17, 2024 (Mon - Sun)|title=The Big Plastic Count|keywords=Environment quality UK, reduce}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2024-03-11|date-text=Mar 11 - 22, 2024 (Mon - Fri)|title=Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel|keywords=Cycling UK, Education UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2024-03-15|date-text=Mar 15 - 31, 2024 (Fri - Sun)|title=Great British Spring Clean|keywords=Environment quality UK}} | |||
== April == | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2024-04-22|date-text=Apr 22 - 29, 2024 (Mon - Mon)|title=Good to Grow Day|keywords=Food UK, Biodiversity UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2024-04-29|date-text=Apr 29 - May 5, 2024 (Mon - Sun)|title=National Gardening Week|keywords=Food UK}} | |||
== May == | |||
== | * {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2024-05-01|date-text=May 2024|title=National Walking Month|keywords=sustrans}} | ||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2024-05-06|date-text=May 6 - 12, 2024 (Mon - Sun)|title=National Hedgerow Week|link=https://hedgelink.org.uk/campaign/national-hedgerow-week/|keywords=trees}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2024-05-13|date-text=May 13 - 17, 2024 (Mon - Fri)|title=Water Saving Week|link=https://www.waterwise.org.uk/wsw/|keywords=water}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2024-05-13|date-text=May 13 - 19, 2024 (Mon - Sun)|title=Mental Health Awareness Week|link=https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/public-engagement/mental-health-awareness-week|keywords=Health and wellbeing UK}} | |||
== June == | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-06|date-text=Jun 2023|title=Month of Community|link=https://www.edenprojectcommunities.com/month-of-community|keywords=community involvement}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-06-01|date-text=Jun 1 - 7, 2023 (Thu - Wed)|title=Volunteers Week|keywords=CvaUK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-06-03|date-text=Jun 3 - 9, 2023 (Sat - Fri)|title=Neighbourhood Watch Week|link=https://www.ourwatch.org.uk/nwweek|keywords=community safety}} | |||
;'''Jun 2 - 5, 2022''' (Thu - Sun) [[The Big Lunch]] | |||
'''Jun | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-06-05|date-text=Jun 5 - 11, 2023 (Mon - Sun)|title=Bike Week|keywords=Cycling UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-06-05|date-text=Jun 5 - 11, 2023 (Mon - Sun)|title=Carers Week|link=https://www.carersweek.org/|keywords=Health and wellbeing UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-06-10|date-text=Jun 10 - 18, 2023 (Sat-Sun)|title=Great Big Green Week|keywords=community involvement, climate, open spaces}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-06-10|date-text=Jun 10 - 23, 2023 (Sat - Fri)|title=Community Energy Fortnight|link=https://communityenergyengland.org/pages/community-energy-fortnight|keywords=Community energy UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-06-11|title=Open Farm Sunday|keywords=Food UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-06-12|date-text=Jun 12 - 18, 2023 (Mon - Sun)|title=Loneliness Awareness Week|link=https://www.lonelinessawarenessweek.org/|keywords=Social inclusion UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-06-15|title=Clean Air Day|link=https://www.actionforcleanair.org.uk/campaigns/clean-air-day|keywords=Environment quality UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-06-19|date-text=Jun 19 - 25, 2023 (Mon - Sun)|title=Refugee Week|link=https://refugeeweek.org.uk/|keywords=Social inclusion UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-06-23|date-text=Jun 23 - 25, 2023 (Fri - Sun)|title=The Great Get Together|keywords=Social inclusion UK}} | |||
== July == | |||
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' | # NationalMeadowsDay: Mike Dilger explores Plantlife's gorgeous Ryewater Farm Nature Reserve | ||
== | | authors = PlantlifeVideo | ||
| date = Mar 23, 2021 | |||
}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-07-01|title=National Meadows Day|link=https://meadows.plantlife.org.uk/national-meadows-day|keywords=Biodiversity UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-07-01|date-text=Jul 1 - 2, 2023 (Sat - Sun)|title=Independents' Day UK|link=https://www.independentsdayuk.org/|source=independentsdayuk.org|keywords=Localism UK}} | |||
{{Video | |||
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| title = John Evans Co-production Week 2023 | |||
| authors = Social Care Institute for Excellence | |||
| date = Jun 7, 2023 | |||
}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-07-03|date-text=Jul 3 - 8, 2023 (Mon - Sat)|title=National Co-production Week|link=https://www.scie.org.uk/co-production/week/|keywords=Social inclusion UK}} | |||
== | {{Video | ||
| video = YjCpmXsJEYA | |||
| title = Safer Parks for women and girls | |||
| authors = Green Flag Award | |||
| date = May 10, 2023 | |||
}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-07-28|date-text=Jul 28 - Aug 6, 2023 (Fri - Sun)|title=Love Parks Week|link=https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/get-involved/support-our-campaigns/love-parks-week/|source=Keep Britain Tidy|keywords=Social inclusion UK, open spaces}} | |||
== | == August == | ||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-08-03|title=Cycle to Work Day|link=https://www.cycletoworkday.org/|keywords=Cycling UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-08-07|date-text=Aug 7 - 13, 2023 (Mon - Sun)|title=National Allotments Week|link=https://www.nsalg.org.uk/news-events-campaigns/national-allotments-week/|keywords=Food UK}} | |||
== September == | |||
{{Video | |||
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| title = Zero Waste Week 2015 | |||
| authors = Zero Waste Week, Apr 16, 2015 | |||
}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-09-04|date-text=Sep 4 - 8, 2023 (Mon-Fri)|title=Zero Waste Week|link=https://www.zerowasteweek.co.uk/|keywords=reduce}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-09-08|date-text=Sep 8 - 17, 2023 (Fri-Sun)|title=Heritage Open Days|keywords=arts}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-09-15|date-text=Sep 15 - 24, 2023 (Fri-Sun)|title=Great British Beach Clean|link=https://www.mcsuk.org/what-you-can-do/join-a-beach-clean/great-british-beach-clean/|source=mcsuk.org|keywords=coasts}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2022-09-25|title=Pop up Parklets Day 2022|link=https://www.theparkletscampaign.com/|source=theparkletscampaign.com|keywords=urbsus}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-09-22|date-text=Sep 22 - 24, 2023 (Fri-Sun)|title=Big River Watch|link=https://theriverstrust.org/take-action/the-big-river-watch|source=theriverstrust.org|keywords=UK rivers}} | |||
== October | == October == | ||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-10-01|title=Silver Sunday|link=https://silversunday.org.uk/|keywords=Social inclusion UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2024-10-01|date-text=Oct 1 - 7, 2024 (Tue - Wed)|title=National Vegetarian Week|keywords=Food UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-10-02|date-text=Oct 2 - 8, 2023 (Mon - Sun)|title=Good Money Week|link=https://www.goodmoneyweek.com/|keywords=ethical consumerism}}, Campaign to raise awareness of sustainable, responsible and ethical finance to help people make good money choices. | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-10-08|title=Homeless Sunday|link=https://housingjustice.org.uk/homeless-sunday|keywords=Social inclusion UK}} | |||
== November == | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-11-06|date-text=Nov 6 - 12, 2023 (Mon - Sun)|title=Living Wage Week|link=https://www.livingwage.org.uk/living-wage-week|keywords=Sustainable livelihood UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-11-13|title=Kindness Day UK|keywords=Social inclusion UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-11-19|date-text=Nov 19 - 25, 2023 (Mon - Sun)|title=Road Safety Week|link=https://www.brake.org.uk/road-safety-week|keywords=Road safety UK}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-11-25|date-text=Nov 25 - Dec 3, 2023 (Sat - Sun)|title=National Tree Week|keywords=trees}} | |||
== | == December == | ||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-12-02|title=Small Business Saturday|link=https://smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com/|source=smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com|keywords=Localism UK}} | |||
== Past events == | |||
''lapsed or no longer updated'' | |||
''' | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-02-01|date-text=February, 2023|title=Show the love|keywords=Environment quality UK, climate}} | |||
* {{Event|location=United Kingdom|date=2023-02-17|date-text=Feb 17 - 24, 2023 (Fri - Fri)|title=Star Count|keywords=Environment quality UK}} | |||
;'''May, 2022''' [[Walk in the Woods]] | |||
;'''Jul 19 - 25''' [[Community Centre Week]], ''2021, Mon-Sun'' [https://www.octopuscommunities.org.uk/news-and-updates-page/community-centre-week-2021/ octopuscommunities.org.uk] | |||
;'''Oct 17 - 24''' [[One World Week]], ''2021: Sun-Sun'' [https://www.oneworldweek.org/ One World Week] | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:14, 14 April 2024
The focus of this article is UK-wide or large scale events which have the potential for large scale active and participatory involvement by community groups and active citizens. They'll tend to be free or low cost events. If you would like to suggest something for this page but are unsure how to edit it, please feel free to put your suggestion on the talk page. Similar pages focus on International community action events and UK local community action events
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec
January[edit | edit source]
- Jan 12 - 15, 2024 (Fri - Mon) — Great Winter Get Together
- Jan 26 - 28, 2024 (Fri - Sun) — Big Garden Birdwatch
February[edit | edit source]
- Feb 11, 2024 (Sun) — Church Action on Poverty Sunday
March[edit | edit source]
- Mar 11 - 17, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — The Big Plastic Count
- Mar 11 - 22, 2024 (Mon - Fri) — Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel
- Mar 15 - 31, 2024 (Fri - Sun) — Great British Spring Clean
April[edit | edit source]
- Apr 22 - 29, 2024 (Mon - Mon) — Good to Grow Day
- Apr 29 - May 5, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — National Gardening Week
May[edit | edit source]
- May 2024 — National Walking Month
- May 6 - 12, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — National Hedgerow Week, hedgelink.org.uk
- May 13 - 17, 2024 (Mon - Fri) — Water Saving Week, waterwise.org.uk
- May 13 - 19, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — Mental Health Awareness Week, mentalhealth.org.uk
June[edit | edit source]
- Jun 2023 — Month of Community, edenprojectcommunities.com
- Jun 1 - 7, 2023 (Thu - Wed) — Volunteers Week
- Jun 3 - 9, 2023 (Sat - Fri) — Neighbourhood Watch Week, ourwatch.org.uk
- Jun 2 - 5, 2022 (Thu - Sun) The Big Lunch
- Jun 5 - 11, 2023 (Mon - Sun) — Bike Week
- Jun 5 - 11, 2023 (Mon - Sun) — Carers Week, carersweek.org
- Jun 10 - 18, 2023 (Sat-Sun) — Great Big Green Week
- Jun 10 - 23, 2023 (Sat - Fri) — Community Energy Fortnight, communityenergyengland.org
- Jun 11, 2023 (Sun) — Open Farm Sunday
- Jun 12 - 18, 2023 (Mon - Sun) — Loneliness Awareness Week, lonelinessawarenessweek.org
- Jun 15, 2023 (Thu) — Clean Air Day, actionforcleanair.org.uk
- Jun 19 - 25, 2023 (Mon - Sun) — Refugee Week, refugeeweek.org.uk
- Jun 23 - 25, 2023 (Fri - Sun) — The Great Get Together
July[edit | edit source]
- Jul 01, 2023 (Sat) — National Meadows Day, meadows.plantlife.org.uk
- Jul 1 - 2, 2023 (Sat - Sun) — Independents' Day UK, independentsdayuk.org
- Jul 3 - 8, 2023 (Mon - Sat) — National Co-production Week, scie.org.uk
- Jul 28 - Aug 6, 2023 (Fri - Sun) — Love Parks Week, Keep Britain Tidy
August[edit | edit source]
- Aug 03, 2023 (Thu) — Cycle to Work Day, cycletoworkday.org
- Aug 7 - 13, 2023 (Mon - Sun) — National Allotments Week, nsalg.org.uk
September[edit | edit source]
- Sep 4 - 8, 2023 (Mon-Fri) — Zero Waste Week, zerowasteweek.co.uk
- Sep 8 - 17, 2023 (Fri-Sun) — Heritage Open Days
- Sep 15 - 24, 2023 (Fri-Sun) — Great British Beach Clean, mcsuk.org
- Sep 25, 2022 (Sun) — Pop up Parklets Day 2022, theparkletscampaign.com
- Sep 22 - 24, 2023 (Fri-Sun) — Big River Watch, theriverstrust.org
October[edit | edit source]
- Oct 01, 2023 (Sun) — Silver Sunday, silversunday.org.uk
- Oct 1 - 7, 2024 (Tue - Wed) — National Vegetarian Week
- Oct 2 - 8, 2023 (Mon - Sun) — Good Money Week, goodmoneyweek.com, Campaign to raise awareness of sustainable, responsible and ethical finance to help people make good money choices.
- Oct 08, 2023 (Sun) — Homeless Sunday, housingjustice.org.uk
November[edit | edit source]
- Nov 6 - 12, 2023 (Mon - Sun) — Living Wage Week, livingwage.org.uk
- Nov 13, 2023 (Mon) — Kindness Day UK
- Nov 19 - 25, 2023 (Mon - Sun) — Road Safety Week, brake.org.uk
- Nov 25 - Dec 3, 2023 (Sat - Sun) — National Tree Week
December[edit | edit source]
- Dec 02, 2023 (Sat) — Small Business Saturday, smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com
Past events[edit | edit source]
lapsed or no longer updated
- February, 2023 — Show the love
- Feb 17 - 24, 2023 (Fri - Fri) — Star Count
- May, 2022 Walk in the Woods
- Jul 19 - 25 Community Centre Week, 2021, Mon-Sun octopuscommunities.org.uk
- Oct 17 - 24 One World Week, 2021: Sun-Sun One World Week
References[edit | edit source]