4-Jan |
World braille day |
https://www.un.org/en/observances/braille-day |
17-23 Jan |
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week |
https://www.jostrust.org.uk/get-involved/campaign/cervical-cancer-prevention-week |
Feb |
LGBT History Month |
http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk |
1-Feb |
Dignity Action Day |
https://www.dignityincare.org.uk/Dignity-in-Care-events/Dignity_Action_Day/ |
4-Feb |
World Cancer Day |
http://www.worldcancerday.org/ |
7-13 Feb |
Children’s Mental Health Week |
https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/ |
7-13 Feb |
Student Volunteering Week |
https://www.studentvolunteeringnetwork.com/studentvolunteeringweek |
21-27 Feb |
Eating Disorders’ Awareness Week |
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/get-involved/nedaweek |
1-Mar |
Zero discrimination day |
https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2021/march/zdd-exd-message |
8-Mar |
International Women’s Day |
https://www.internationalwomensday.com/2022Theme |
16-Mar |
Young Carers’ Action Day |
https://carers.org/young-carers-action-day-2021 |
20-Mar |
World Oral Health Day |
https://www.worldoralhealthday.org/ |
April |
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month |
https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/ |
April |
Stress Awareness Month |
https://www.stress.org.uk/stressawarenessmonth |
April |
Testicular Cancer Awareness Month |
https://www.testicularcancerawarenessfoundation.org/tc-awareness-month |
2-Apr |
World Autism Awareness Day |
https://www.un.org/en/events/autismday/ |
4-Apr |
Auditory processing disorder awareness day |
https://hearinghealthfoundation.org/blogs/understanding-auditory-processing-disorder |
7-Apr |
World Health Day |
https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/ |
May |
Stroke Awareness Month |
https://www.stroke.org.uk/fundraising/make-may-purple |
2-6 May |
Dying Matters Week |
https://www.hospiceuk.org/our-campaigns/dying-matters/dying-matters-awareness-week |
3-8 May |
Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week |
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week |
4-9 May |
Deaf Awareness Week |
https://www.deafcouncil.org.uk/deaf-awareness-week/ |
5-May |
International midwifes’ day |
https://www.internationalmidwives.org/icm-events/international-day-of-the-midwife-2022.html |
9-15 May |
Mental Health Awareness Week |
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week |
12-May |
International nurses’ day |
https://www.icn.ch/what-we-do/campaigns/international-nurses-day |
16-22 May |
Dementia Action Week |
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/get-involved/dementia-action-week |
June |
Pride month |
https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/pride-month-2022/ |
1-7 June |
Volunteers’ Week |
http://volunteersweek.org/ |
7-12 June |
Carers’ Week |
https://www.carersuk.org/news-and-campaigns/campaigns/carers-week |
10-17 June |
Diabetes’ Week |
https://www.diabetes.org.uk/get_involved/diabetes-week |
14-Jun |
World Blood Donor Day |
https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-blood-donor-day |
14-20 June |
Men’s Health Week |
https://www.menshealthforum.org.uk/mhw |
21-27 June |
Breathe Easy week |
https://www.blf.org.uk/ |
24-Jul |
Samaratians Big Listen |
https://www.samaritans.org/support-us/campaign/talk-us/ |
28-Jul |
World Hepatitis Day |
https://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org |
1-7 Aug |
World Breast Feeding Week |
https://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/ |
3-9 Sept |
Organ Donation Week |
https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/ |
5-10 Sept |
Migraine Awareness Week |
https://www.migrainetrust.org/get-involved/raise-awareness/migraine-awareness-week/ |
10-Sep |
World Suicide Prevention Day |
http://www.iasp.info/wspd/index.php |
17-Sep |
World patient safety day |
https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-patient-safety-day |
20-26 Sept |
International week of deaf people |
https://wfdeaf.org/iwdeaf2021/ |
21-Sep |
World Alzheimer’s Day |
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/get-involved/world-alzheimers-day |
20-26 Sept |
National Eye Health Week |
http://www.visionmatters.org.uk/ |
23-Sep |
International day of sign languages |
https://wfdeaf.org/iwdeaf2021/ |
25-Sep |
World pharmacists’ day |
https://www.fip.org/world-pharmacists-day |
October |
Black History Month |
https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/ |
October |
ADHD Awareness month |
https://www.apdo.co.uk/adhd-awareness-month/ |
3-9 Oct |
Dyslexia Awareness Week |
https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/support-us/awareness-events/dyslexia-awareness-week |
8-Oct |
World Hospice and Pallative Care Day |
http://www.thewhpca.org/about |
10-Oct |
World Mental Health Day |
http://www.who.int/mental_health/world-mental-health-day/en/ |
14-Oct |
Developmental language disorder day |
https://thedldproject.com/developmental-language-disorder-dld/dld-awareness-day/ |
November |
Movember |
https://uk.movember.com/ |
2-Nov |
National Stress Awareness Day |
https://mentalhealth-uk.org/get-involved/mental-health-awareness-days/ |
14-Nov |
World Diabetes day |
http://worlddiabetesday.org/about/ |
14-20 Nov (TBC) |
National self care week |
https://www.selfcareforum.org/events/self-care-week/ |
20-Nov |
Transgender Day of Rememberance |
https://trans.fyi/events/transgender-day-of-rememberance/2022-11-20 |
21-Nov |
COPD Awareness Day |
https://goldcopd.org/world-copd-day/ |
25-Nov |
Carers’ Rights Day |
https://www.carersuk.org/news-and-campaigns/campaigns/carers-rights-day |
1-Dec |
World AIDS awareness day |
https://www.worldaidsday.org/ |
3-Dec |
Day of Person’s With Disability |
https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-of-persons-with-disabilities |
5-Dec |
International Volunteer Day |
https://www.un.org/en/observances/volunteer-day |