Awareness Days
If you want to know of awareness days for fundraising or to highlight good causes then look at the count me in calendar.
JANUARY
4 January – World Braille Day
An annual opportunity for blindness organisations to promote Braille literacy, showcase their work and raise public awareness of blindness issues.
17 January – World Religion Day
The aim of World Religion Day is to foster the establishment of interfaith understanding and harmony by emphasising the common denominators underlying all religions.
18 January – 1 February Big Schools Garden Watch
The school based version of the RSPB’s long running Big Garden Watch.
25 January – Burns Night
Get your kilt on and catch a haggis!
27 January – Holocaust Memorial Day
Holocaust Memorial Day is about commemorating and continuing to learn from the events of the Holocaust. HMD is marked each year on 27 January – the anniversary of the date of the liberation of Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
29 January – RNLI SOS day
SOS day is the RNLI’s national fundraising day.
FEBRUARY
30 January – 6 February – National Storytelling Week
An annual event which aims to raise awareness of this ancient form of entertainment.
1–7 February – Salt Awareness Week
Aims to educate the public on the importance of reducing salt in the diet and how this can be achieved in a practical way.
5 February – UNICEF Day for Change
A national non-uniform day. Day for Change gives pupils the opportunity to wear what they want for the day in return for a small donation to UNICEF.
9 February – Safe Internet Day
Safer Internet Day takes place each year in February to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones.
14 February – Chinese New Year
This is the first in the Year of the Tiger.
14 February – St Valentine’s Day
15–21 February – National Chip Week
Celebrating the nation’s favourite fast food.
16 February – Pancake Day
22 February – 7 March – Fair Trade Fortnight
MARCH
1 March – St David’s Day
8 March – International Women’s day
Celebrate life as a woman and the progress made to advance equality for women.
10 March – No Smoking Day
Get you’re free Smoking Day packs early!
14 March – Mothering Sunday
17 March – St Patrick’s Day
19–21 March – Sports Relief
Sports relief brings the entire nation together to get active.
28 March – British Summer Time
The clocks move forward one hour.
APRIL
1 April – April Fool’s Day
7 April – World Health Day
Marks the importance of health for productive and happy lives.
22 April – Earth Day
Inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment.
23 April – St George’s Day
25 April – 2 May – RSPCA Week
Raising opportunities for fund raising and promoting the RSPCA.
MAY
1 May – May Day
It is the time of year when warmer weather begins and flowers and trees start to blossom. It is said to be a time of love and romance.
3–9 May – Deaf Awareness Week
The theme Look at Me aims to improve understanding of the different types of deafness by highlighting the many different methods of communication.
3–9 May – Red Cross Week
A week when thousands of Red Cross staff and volunteers come together to raise money and recruit new volunteers.
9 May – Europe Day
Europe day marks the anniversary of the day in 1950 when the European Union was conceived.
8–15 May – National Doughnut Week
For seven days a year, bakers up and down the country sell doughnuts to raise money for The Children’s Trust.
17–21 May – Walk to School Week
JUNE
June – Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month
Everyman was set up by the Institute of Cancer Research to raise awareness and funds for prostate and testicular cancer.
1–7 June – Volunteers Week
The UK’s annual celebration of the work volunteers with events held across the country to recognise, reward and recruit volunteers.
5 June – World Environmental Day
Stimulate worldwide awareness of environmental issues and encourage political action.
7–15 June – British Hearts Week
14 June – World Blood Donor Day
It is a day for blood services across the globe to collectively recognise and thank donors for their support.
20 June – Father’s Day
21–27 June – Deafblind Awareness Week
An opportunity to raise public awareness about issues facing people who live with deafblindness.
25 June – Wrong Trousers Day
Is all about paying £1.00 for the right to look wrong and wearing wrong trousers.
26 June – Armed Forces Day
An opportunity for the nation to show our support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community.
JULY
4–11 July – National Transplant Week
To increase public awareness of the positive benefits of Organ & Tissue Donation for transplantation.
6–13 July – Children’s Art Day
Is an opportunity for children to sample and enjoy the wide range of visual arts.