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, jocoxfoundation.org- Jan 26 - 28, 2024 (Fri - Sun) — Big Garden Birdwatch, rspb.org.uk
February[edit | edit source]
- Feb 11, 2024 (Sun) — Church Action on Poverty Sunday, church-poverty.org.uk
March[edit | edit source]
- Mar 11 - 17, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — The Big Plastic Count, thebigplasticcount.com
- Mar 11 - 22, 2024 (Mon - Fri) — Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel, bigwalkandwheel.org.uk
- Mar 15 - 31, 2024 (Fri - Sun) — Great British Spring Clean, keepbritaintidy.org
April[edit | edit source]
- Apr 22 - 29, 2024 (Mon - Mon) — Good to Grow Week, goodtogrowuk.org
- Apr 29 - May 5, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — National Gardening Week, rhs.org.uk
May[edit | edit source]
- May 2024 — National Walking Month, livingstreets.org.uk
- 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 2024 — Month of Community, edenprojectcommunities.com
- Jun 1 - 2, 2024 (Sat - Sun) — The Big Lunch, edenprojectcommunities.com
- Jun 1 - 7, 2024 (Sat - Fri) — Neighbourhood Watch Week, ourwatch.org.uk
- Jun 3 - 9, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — Volunteers Week, volunteersweek.org
- Jun 8 - 16, 2024 (Sat-Sun) — Great Big Green Week, greatbiggreenweek.com
- Jun 08, 2025 (Sun) — Open Farm Sunday, farmsunday.org
- Jun 10 - 16, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — Bike Week, cyclinguk.org
- Jun 10 - 16, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — Carers Week, carersweek.org
- Jun 10 - 16, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — Loneliness Awareness Week, lonelinessawarenessweek.org
- Jun 17 - 23, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — Better Transport Week, annual, week-long celebration of sustainable transport, bettertransport.org.uk
- Jun 17 - 23, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — Refugee Week, refugeeweek.org.uk
- Jun 20, 2024 (Thu) — Clean Air Day, actionforcleanair.org.uk
- Jun 21 - 23, 2024 (Fri - Sun) — The Great Get Together, jocoxfoundation.org
July[edit | edit source]
- Jul 01, 2023 (Sat) — National Meadows Day, meadows.plantlife.org.uk
- Jul 1 - 5, 2024 (Mon - Sat) — National Co-production Week, scie.org.uk
- Jul 1 - 14, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — Community Energy Fortnight, communityenergyengland.org
- Jul 6 - 7, 2024 (Sat - Sun) — Independents' Day UK, independentsdayuk.org
- Jul 12 - Aug 4, 2024 (Fri - Sun) — Big Butterfly Count, bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org
- Jul 26 - Aug 4, 2024 (Fri - Sun) — Love Parks Week, Keep Britain Tidy
August[edit | edit source]
- Aug 01, 2024 (Thu) — Cycle to Work Day, cyclescheme.co.uk
- Aug 12 - 18, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — National Allotments Week, thenas.org.uk
September[edit | edit source]
- Sep 2 - 6, 2024 (Mon-Fri) — Zero Waste Week, zerowasteweek.co.uk
- Sep 6 - 15, 2024 (Fri-Sun) — Heritage Open Days, heritageopendays.org.uk
- Sep 20 - 29, 2024 (Fri-Sun) — Great British Beach Clean, mcsuk.org
- Sep 30 - Oct 6, 2024 (Mon - Sun) — Good Money Week, goodmoneyweek.com, Campaign to raise awareness of sustainable, responsible and ethical finance to help people make good money choices.
October[edit | edit source]
- Oct 1 - 7, 2024 (Tue - Wed) — National Vegetarian Week, nationalvegetarianweek.org
- Oct 06, 2024 (Sun) — Silver Sunday, silversunday.org.uk
- Oct 06, 2024 (Sun) — Homeless Sunday, oasiscommunityhousing.org
November[edit | edit source]
- Nov 6 - 12, 2023 (Mon - Sun) — Living Wage Week, livingwage.org.uk
- Nov 13, 2024 (Wed) — Kindness Day UK, Nov 13 annually, kindnessuk.com
- Nov 17 - 23, 2024 (Sun - Sat) — Road Safety Week, brake.org.uk
- Nov 23 - Dec 1, 2024 (Sat - Sun) — National Tree Week, treecouncil.org.uk
December[edit | edit source]
- Dec 07, 2024 (Sat) — Small Business Saturday, smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com
Past events[edit | edit source]
lapsed or no longer updated
- Sep 25, 2022 (Sun) — Pop up Parklets Day 2022, theparkletscampaign.com
- Sep 22 - 24, 2023 (Fri-Sun) — Big River Watch, theriverstrust.org, date not found 07:59, 18 June 2024 (UTC)~
- 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
