Events

An annual event that is aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment.

B.E.A.D. is an International day to promote the importance and joy of butterfly gardening and habitat creation/restoration.

D-Day happened on 6 June 1944 after five years of war with Germany. The allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy and started to break through the German army's defences.

On World Oceans Day people around the planet celebrate and honour the body of water which links us all, for what it provides humans and what it represents.

Anne Frank was a jewish girl who had to go into hiding during the Second World War to escape the Nazis.

Healthy Eating Week aims to promote healthy diets and being more active in schools and nurseries across the UK. 

National Bug Busting Day is one of three national days when people are encouraged to help prevent lice from circulating from head to head and back again.

International Picnic Day is a chance to eat out in the open air with friends or family.​

Join thousands of other fantastic fundraisers by donning your weirdest, wackiest and most wonderful wrong trousers, all to raise money to support critically ill children and babies at Bristol Children's Hospital.

World Refugee Day, part of Refugee Week, highlights the plight of refugees all over the world who are forced to flee their homes for fear of persecution.

On Fathers Day we celebrate our fathers and all they mean to us.

The Summer Solstice is also known as the longest day, because it has the longest hours of daylight in the year.

International Day of Yoga is celebrated annually on 21 June. Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India.

Music Day is a connected set of free public events which takes place each year on the 21st June, our midsummer. Each year there are events in over 120 countries and 700 cities around the world, not including France.

The 2021 Tour de France will begin in Brest, Brittany.

Armed Forces Day raises public awareness of the contribution made to our country by those who serve and have served in Her Majesty's Armed Forces. The Armed Forces Day site has more information.

Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world. It has been held in London since 1877 and is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments.