The Great Big Green week is the UK’s biggest celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature. Between Saturday 8th and Saturday 16th June 2024 Ealing Great Big Green week 2024 will join together with other communities around the UK in a wave of support for action to protect the planet.
Communities across the country will take actions together that will show our support for a safer, greener, fairer future. From neighbours swapping skills in repair cafes or allotments, to businesses swapping fossil fuels for solar panels, to friends swapping fast fashion for second-hand finds every swap will add together to make a big difference.
Great Big Green week encourages us to make community swaps as part of everyday life to help create a better tomorrow. By combining our actions we will have a huge impact. We now we urgently need politicians to step up and play their part, see our actions below on how to get politicians to listen.
Ealing Great Big Green Week 2024 Events
Here in Ealing, there’s lots of exciting Great Big Green Events, including:
- Saturday 8 June, Brentford Fabric swap & Green Fair, St Paul’s Church, Brentford, TW8 0PN. From 10am – 1pm. Fun activities to help you swap just one thing to save the planet. There will be a fabric swap so come along and swap your fabric stash for a perfect pre-loved piece and avoid the temptation to buy new fabric (we all know it’s hard!).
- Saturday 8 June , Mending with Magda, From 10am-12pm. Re’store, 98 Churchfield Rd, W3 6DH Bring your clothes mending pile and join the circle!
- Monday 10 June: GoodGym Helping Hands Unload deliveries for South Ealing Community Food Cupboard (SECFC) Goodgym is a local organisation that gets you fit while doing good. Join them on this activity at the SECFC that provides free food that would have gone to waste. Find out more about Goodgym Ealing
- Tuesday 11 June: Clothes Mend and Natter at West Ealing Library, Melbourne Avenue, Ealing, W13 9BT. From 1 pm-3pm. Ealing Repair Cafe asks for a small donation of £3 to cover costs. More at Great Big Green Week
- Tuesday 11 June: GoodGym Litter pick in Acton Goodgym is a local organisation that gets you fit while doing good. Join Goodgym Ealing on this activity in Ealing Broadway to run over to Holy Family Catholic Primary School in Acton to help clear the path leading to the Park Royal station. All paces and abilities welcome on the run or you can walk if you prefer! Sign up
- Wednesday 12 June: Acton Market Reduce and Recycle Information Hub from 10.30am to 2pm. Come along to see where you can where you can Recycle and Reuse your items. ActForEaling Cut the crap display will be there to view that takes a critical look at our lifestyles and shows what we can do to reduce our waste and its impact. Ealing Repair Cafe will teach you how to mend and fix your clothes. Plus Ealing council waste team will be there. More at Great Big Green Week
- Wednesday 12 June: Clothes Mend and Natter at ActOne, 2 pm- 4 pm, ActOne Café & Cinema, 119 – 121 High Street, Acton, W3 6NA, We ask you to support the ActOne café by buying refreshments from the café and not bringing from outside and also a small donation, £3 for the session to cover costs of equipment and expenses.** Sewing machine available for fixing seams and suitable mends. More info at Great Big Green Week
- Wednesday 12 June, Fashion Upcycling Club for Teenagers, From 4-8pm. Re’store, 98 Churchfield Rd, W3 6DH. Learning how you can transform old, unloved clothes into new design masterpieces – join this workshop where you will learn sewing skills, basic pattern making and tips. £33 per person. Book here
- Wednesday 12 June, Learn to Crochet and upcycle, From 4-8pm. Re’store, 98 Churchfield Rd, W3 6DH. Fun and eco-friendly workshop where you learn to crochet using old shredded fabrics. £22 per person. Book here
- Thursday 13 June: Wilding screening at ActOne, ActOne Café & Cinema, 119 – 121 High Street, Acton, W3 6NA at 6.30 pm. Real story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their four-hundred-year-old estate. They set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. More info and Book here
- Thursday 13 June: Wilding screening at Ealing Picturehouse, Unit 8, Filmworks Walk, Ealing, London W5 5FA at 8.30 pm. Real story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their four-hundred-year-old estate. They set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. More info and Book here
- Friday 14 June: Acton Tiny Forest Discovery Day, Trinity Way, Acton London, W3 7JD Explore your local Tiny Forest in Acton from 3-6 pm. Enjoy fun family-friendly activities, connect with nature, share food and meet other members of the community. Booking essential. Book here
- Saturday 15 June: Ferngully: The Last Rainforest Movie Morning, Spire Cafe, St Paul’s Church, Brentford, TW8 0PN. From 11am – 1pm.
- Saturday 15 June: Southall Tiny Forest Discovery Day, 29 Recreation Rd, Southall UB2 5PE. Either 10am-12pm or 1pm-3pm. Explore your local Tiny Forest in Southall. Enjoy fun family-friendly activities, connect with nature, share food and meet other members of the community. Booking essential Book here
- Saturday 15 June: The Big Clean Up, St Marys Church, The Mount, W3 9NW. From 9.30am. Come and help clear the grounds of St Marys Church Litter pick around the church area and grounds. To volunteer email market@actionwestlondon.org.uk.
If you have an event you would like to add to the list, please comment below or Contact us and we will add it to the list.
Share your swaps for Ealing Great Big Green Week 2024
What swaps will you do for Great Big Green Week? Here’s a few suggestions for swaps as part of your everyday life to help create a better tomorrow:
- Repair instead of Buying New clothes with Ealing Repair Cafe
- Time in nature instead of screen time. Look at our ActForEaling Community Gardens Partners
- Cycling instead of driving. See our tips for Bike Week
- Refills for the bathroom instead of buying new. Discover Boston Manor Cafe refills
- Plant based meals instead of meat. Sign up to Stir it up family vegetarian meals
For further tips on a Greener Ealing go to ActForEaling 10 steps for a greener Ealing. https://actforealing.org/actforealings-10-steps-for-a-greener-ealing/
Engage with your politician
The Great Big Green Week is also an opportunity to show how much climate change and nature matter ahead of the General Election on 4th July. Take action for Great Big Green week by:
- Engage with your parliamentary candidates during Great Big Green Week
- Share your swaps. Tell your story on social media and post using the hashtag #SwapTogether – or, you can add your swap directly by filling out the Big Green Week form.
- Put up the Great Big Green Week Poster to show that you want to see action for people, climate and nature.
- Invite candidates to your local Great Big Green events.
- Watch and Share the Great Big Green week Film
Get Involved
If you want to know more about all things green and environmental:
- Head over to our ActforEaling partner pages and see what amazing groups we have around Ealing.
- Join our Friends of ActForEaling weekly e-newsletter. Be kept up to date with our blogs and events around the borough.