Great Big Green Week is the UK’s biggest celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature.
During the week, communities, schools, businesses, churches, mosques and more join together in a wave of support for action to protect the planet.
Taking action to swap together for good shows our support for a safer, greener, fairer future.
Why not swap throwing away unloved items for giving them a new lease of life, or swap skills with another organisation in your area. You could come tougher with neighbours in your street to swap an unloved area to one that attracts wildlife.
The possibilities are endless. However every swap will add together to make a big difference.
The first Great Big Green Week took place in September 2021, and was the largest event for climate and nature ever seen in the UK, with over 5,000 events taking place up and down the country.
Since then, Great Big Green Week has continued to grow and in 2024, 600,000 people took part.
Communities, national organisations, institutions, businesses and media outlets joined in, ultimately putting pressure on the government to up its game on climate change.
Watch the highlights from the Great Big Green Week 2024.Thousands of events take place under the theme of ‘Let’s swap together for good’.
We’ve seen tours of local wind farms, nature restoration afternoons, mini festivals that celebrate the community and so much more. You might consider events that swap skills or items, or perhaps a repair café.
Events are hosted by teachers, bus drivers, sport clubs, artists, community groups, places of worship, libraries, builders. People like you who care about climate change.
It’s easy to get involved. You can host events and activities in your area from 7th to 15th June 2025, and make this the greatest, biggest, greenest week of the year.
Your event during Great Big Green Week will celebrate how your community is taking action to tackle climate change and protect green spaces, and encourage others to get involved too.
We have lots of resources to help you get started.
We know that you are making brilliant swaps with lasting impact all year round.
But imagine being part of 1 million people from communities across the country swapping together for good to protect and restore nature, lessen the impact of climate change and strengthen our communities.
This is the power of Great Big Green Week. By coming together to swap together for good from 7th – 15th June, we will show our politicians and decision makers that together, we care about tackling climate change and protecting nature.
We now need them to step up and play their part.
The solutions already exist: we need to protect and restore nature in the UK and abroad, swap polluting fossil fuels for affordable renewables, and support those hit hardest by climate change around the world. These same solutions will help tackle the cost of living crisis and create a safer, stronger economy.
We need to get back on track to a world that works for everyone.