Events & Awareness Days
What’s On: Events & Awareness Days You Won’t Want to Miss
Stay up to date with key dates, awareness days, and community events to engage with and celebrate what matters, all year round.
A week dedicated to raising awareness of homeopathy and its use as a complementary medicine.
An international event held to raise awareness of Parkinson's disease, a progressive neurological condition, and to promote better understanding and support for those affected.
A celebration of the thousands of community and school gardens across the UK, highlighting the physical and mental health benefits of getting together to garden.
An annual week encouraging people to visit gardens and promote the health benefits of gardening.
A day promoting micro-volunteering—small, task-based actions that require little time and no long-term commitment.
A day celebrating the important role of early years teachers in educating and developing young children.
A day dedicated to raising awareness of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), a medical condition in which there is a problem with the functioning of the nervous system.
A worldwide annual event devoted to the celebration of the phenomenon of voice, aiming to demonstrate its importance in communication and the need for vocal health.
A day to raise awareness of haemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders, promoting better diagnosis and access to care.
A campaign to raise public awareness of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a lifelong condition that affects the brain and spinal cord.
A campaign to raise awareness of snoring, its causes, and the treatments available.
An annual event to demonstrate support for environmental protection, bringing global focus to sustainability and climate action.
A day to celebrate the partnership between guide dogs and their owners, raising awareness of the importance of these assistance animals.
A UN observance to promote harmony with nature and the Earth, recognizing a collective responsibility to promote a just balance among economic, social, and environmental needs.
An informal day celebrating the jelly bean candy.
A national day commemorating the life of Stephen Lawrence and promoting racial harmony and education in his memory.
A UN observance to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity, dedicated to the English language, one of the six official languages of the UN.
The national day of England, celebrating Saint George, the country's patron saint.
A day encouraging parents and workplaces to show children the different types of work and inspire their career aspirations.
An annual campaign that aims to give away books to those who don’t regularly read, promoting reading for pleasure.
A celebration of the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953, promoting genetic science education.
A day raising awareness of the health impacts of engine idling and encouraging drivers to switch off their engines when stationary.
A national challenge encouraging employees to spend less time sitting and more time moving throughout the working day to improve health.
An event where students take a day-long vow of silence to protest the bullying and harassment of LGBTQ students.
A WHO-coordinated event to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease, observed in the last week of April.