Join in the nationwide VE Day community celebrations!

2025 will mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day. As it was in 1945, the heart of the VE Day 80 commemorations and celebrations will be in our communities.

While VE Day itself is the 8th of May, to support this year’s momentous anniversary, the bank holiday Monday 5th May has been officially dedicated to community celebrations!

We want to come together to celebrate our Second World War veterans, having this unique opportunity to learn once more from their experiences. Let’s make Monday 5th May a day to both remember their efforts and to honour the freedom that VE Day represents.

Start planning your VE Day celebrations!

Further information

Information on how you can join in and a full suite of resources will be coming shortly. For now:

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Organisations can apply to The National Lottery Community Fund’s Awards For All programme for grants to host events, activities and projects this year for communities to come together to commemorate the war and its impact on individuals and communities across the country.

If you are a business, and keen to learn more about how you can get involved, including access to official branding email: [email protected]

VE Day 80 years ago was a moment in history that shaped the rest of our lives. I hope we can summon the spirit of that day again this anniversary to remember those who gave so much and to remind us of the values we care about. It’s great the Royal British Legion and Together Coalition are doing this for the country, so communities and school children can come together, share something special and today’s young people can see for themselves what our generation did all those years ago when we were young.

D-Day veteran Jim Miller, aged 100, from Merthyr Vale

Countdown to VE Day 80

To officially launch our plans and begin the countdown to VE Day 80, Ross Kemp and Dame Kelly Holmes attended a mini ‘Food Festival’ with a class of 45 school children who shared food and talked about the values and the people who helped make VE Day possible.

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The community celebrations are led by The /together Coalition as part of the UK Government’s national programme to commemorate the 80th anniversaries of VE and VJ Day, led by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

/together are a coalition of the UK’s best known organisations, businesses and faith groups, committed to building kinder, closer and more connected communities. Find out more about our work here.