13 fun Month of Community activities for kids

Here are 13 ways to get children and young people involved this Month of Community:

1) Design place cards for a Big Lunch

The Big Lunch is a fantastic event that encourages communities to come together for food, friendship, and fun – and children of all ages can get involved and bring something to the table.

Invite them to design, write and create Place Cards for everyone attending the lunch. Perfect for making everyone feel welcome!

Find out more about this year’s Big Lunch 

2) Neighbour bingo for Neighbourhood Watch Week

Neighbourhood Watch Week is a great opportunity for kids to learn about community safety, kindness, and looking out for one another. While the formal Neighbourhood Watch scheme focuses on crime prevention and safety, kids can get involved in fun, age-appropriate ways that promote connection, awareness, and care for their neighbours.

Try neighbour bingo! Create a bingo card with activities like:

• Say hello to a neighbour
• Learn someone’s pet’s name
• Deliver a kind note

This will help children become more aware of who lives around them.

Join Neighbourhood Watch Week

3) Grow from kitchen scraps challenge for Have a Grow Week

Have a Grow week encourages people to discover the joys of growing their own food – especially through community gardens and green spaces. For children, it’s a fantastic opportunity to get their hands dirty, learn about nature and sustainability, and feel the pride of nurturing something themselves.

This June, why not encourage children to take part in a ‘grow from kitchen scraps’ challenge? Regrow spring onions, lettuce, or carrots using kitchen scraps and water in jars. Easy and fun to watch progress daily!

4) Community gardening for Volunteers Week

Volunteers’ Week is a fantastic time to teach children about the value of giving time and kindness to others. It’s also an opportunity to show appreciation for volunteers in the community.

To celebrate this week with children, why not volunteer at a local community garden? Many welcome family-friendly visits and would be thrilled to help teach the importance of community gardens to the next generation. Or, encourage children to say thank you to someone they know who volunteers their time for a good cause by making them a card or picture.

Get involved in Volunteers’ Week

5) Swap seeds for Great Big Green Week

Great Big Green Week is a celebration of community action on climate change and protecting nature. Use it as a chance to get children involved in fun, hands-on, and creative activities that help them learn about the environment and how to care for it.

Get to know the people on your doorstep by setting up a seed swap for Great Big Green Week. Growing and sharing plants with those around you not only helps the local wildlife but also helps you get to know other gardeners around you – not to mention saving a few pennies!

Join Great Big Green Week

6) Create a Buddy Bench for Loneliness Awareness Week

Loneliness Awareness Week is a great opportunity to help children understand emotions, build empathy, and strengthen connections with others.

If your school or neighbourhood doesn’t already have one, kids can help design or decorate a “buddy bench” where peers can sit if they want someone to talk or play with.

Learn more about Loneliness Awareness Week

7) Make a handprint heart for Carers’ Week

Use Carers Week to help children understand the important role of carers – people who look after others due to illness, disability, or age – and to show appreciation for their hard work and compassion.

Why not try a ‘Day in the life of a carer’ drawing? Kids imagine and draw a day in the life of a carer to understand their responsibilities. Once they understand what caring involves, they could then create handprint hearts – where you trace and cut out your handprints, and then write something kind or supportive and arrange them into a heart for a display.

Show the love for Carer’s Week

8) Music and dance for Refugee Week

Refugee Week is a powerful time to help children understand empathy, inclusion, and the experiences of people who have had to flee their homes. The aim is to celebrate the contributions of refugees, raise awareness, and encourage welcoming communities.

For Refugee Week, play music or learn dances from countries where refugees may have come from. This helps children understand different cultures, whilst also celebrating connection.

Join in this Refugee Week

9) Try new flavours on Windrush Day

Windrush Day honours the arrival of the Empire Windrush ship in 1948 and celebrates the contributions of the Windrush Generation and their descendants to British society. It’s a meaningful time for kids to learn about history, diversity, and the power of community.

For an age-appropriate activity for Windrush Day, why not try some simple Caribbean recipes like tropical fruit salad or jerk seasoning?

10) Organise games for The Great Get Together

The Great Get Together is a community event inspired by Jo Cox’s message of unity, kindness, and bringing people together. It’s all about celebrating friendship and togetherness, so kids can play a big role in making it fun and inclusive!

Children can help organise games like sack races, treasure hunts, or craft tables for other children and adults to enjoy during a Great Get Together.

Find out more about the Great Get Together

11) A bake sale for Small Charity Week

Use Small Charity Week to teach children about kindness, generosity, and how even small acts can make a big difference! It’s all about supporting small charities that help people and communities in lots of different ways.

To celebrate Small Charity Week, organise a small bake sale at home or school and donate the money to a local small charity.

Learn about Small Charity Week

12) Handwritten cards for Care Home Open Week

Care Home Open Week is a lovely chance for kids to connect with elderly residents, spread kindness, and brighten up people’s days. It’s all about building friendships across generations and showing care and respect for older people.

For child-friendly activities, they could create colourful cards, drawings, or letters to send or deliver to care home residents. Include cheerful messages or stories about their own life.

Get involved in Care Home Open Week

13) What makes you unique for Pride Month

During Pride Month introduce children to the concept of inclusion, diversity, love, and respect. Activities can focus on celebrating people’s differences, promoting kindness, and understanding that everyone deserves to be accepted for who they are.

For an age-appropriate Pride activity, why not get together and talk about what makes each person unique and why that’s something to celebrate?

Join in this Pride Month 

The Month of Community is a fantastic opportunity to teach children the value of collaboration, creativity, and caring for their environment and neighbours. Let’s make this Month of Community a memorable one for our young ones!