Arts, sport and culture UK

Blackheath Bike & Kite Festival, Jun 2009. Spectators watching the kite displays. Attribution: Stephen Craven

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This page focuses on UK arts, sport and culture by, for or involving local communities. Arts, sports and cultural events and resources can help increase awareness of sustainability issues, provoke discussion and exploration of new ideas and solutions.

News

UK

Earth

Beth Mead: ‘If we don’t adapt to climate change, football becomes a privilege, not a right‘, theguardian.com (Nov 19, 2025)
PINF Forum explores the future of independent local news, thenews.coop (Nov 04, 2025) — Media co-ops Salamander News, Bristol Cable and organiser Leicester Gazette were among those looking for ways forward
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners, theguardian.com (Oct 25, 2025) — Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code

Events

UK

Earth

Sep 12 - 21, 2025 (Fri-Sun) — Heritage Open Days, celebrating our fantastic history and culture. Your chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences – all of which are FREE to explore, heritageopendays.org.uk

May 2 - 4, 2025 (Fri - Sun) first weekend of May every year — Jane's Walk, How to Lead a Jane's Walk, Video, janeswalk.org
Apr 18, 2025 (Fri) — International Day for Monuments and Sites, April 18 each year, icomos.org
May 5 - 11, 2025 (Mon - Sun) — Screen-Free Week, can be celebrated at any time of the year! Though traditionally has taken place the first week of May, screenfree.org
Aug 09, 2025 (Sat) — International Day of the World's Indigenous People, observed on 9 August each year to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world's indigenous population, un.org
Nov 05, 2025 (Wed) — Media Liberation Day, Change the Media, Change the Future, mediarevolution.org
Dec 11, 2025 (Thu) — International Mountain Day, Dec 11, annually, fao.org

Video

Networks, movements and support organisations

The People Act Legislative Theatre, on youtube.com, bringing residents, policymakers and activists together into creative, fun and constructive dialogue, to co-create more equitable and effective policies and laws. Connect with UK (Edinburgh, Newcastle, Gateshead, Manchester and London) and international practitioners, thepeopleact.org, added 16:16, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
culture declares emergency, "a growing movement of individuals and organisations involved in arts and culture who are declaring a climate and ecological emergency. This means truth-telling, care-taking, and change-making" link checked 08:01, 22 May 2024 (UTC) Video: Culture Declares on youtube.com
writersrebel.com, added 15:37, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
Climate Choir Movement, "grown rapidly since Autumn 2022 and now has choirs in Bristol, Bath, Oxford, London, Sheffield, Swansea, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Southampton & Guildford." Video channel on youtube.com, added 18:01, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Other useful links

Common Ground
Common Wealth
Encounters Arts, Inspiring creativity, dialogue and change
Julie's Bicycle, London based charity supporting the creative community to act on climate change and environmental sustainability.
Folk and Roots, online guide to the Folk, Roots and Acoustic Scene around the UK
Sol Cinema - smallest cinema in the Solar system
Creative Lives

How to's

Start a neighbourhood cinema, justact.org.uk
Street Party, promoting street parties, which are a chance for people to enjoy their street without traffic for a day, and encouraging neighbourliness across the UK
Ten steps to running your own Ideas Farm, November 2012, Wellington H2A

Sport and sustainability

local information can be found, or shared, via our many UK location pages

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Authors	Phil Green
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Cite as	Phil Green (2017–2025). "Arts, sport and culture UK". Appropedia. Retrieved November 28, 2025.