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 day promoting positive online behaviour, encouraging users to spread kindness and combat online abuse.
A day to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.
An international day to celebrate and promote kindness in all its forms, encouraging people to reflect on and practice simple acts of kindness.
The world’s largest diabetes awareness campaign, observed on November 14th (the birthday of insulin co-discoverer Frederick Banting), to promote prevention and management of the condition.
A UK campaign coordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance to raise awareness of bullying and promote ways to prevent it in schools and communities.
A day to recognize the great contributions of philanthropy—and those people active in the philanthropic community—to the enrichment of communities.
A day dedicated to encouraging respect, dialogue, and cooperation among different cultures, civilizations, and peoples, following the UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance.
A day to celebrate what makes us all unique, marking the start of Anti-Bullying Week, by wearing odd socks.
An event focused on encouraging primary schools to teach and explore computer programming and coding with students.
The UK's biggest road safety campaign, aiming to inspire thousands of schools, organisations, and communities to take action on road safety.
A month dedicated to celebrating the lives of disabled people, campaigning for equality, and reflecting on the history of disability rights.
A week of action leading up to Transgender Day of Remembrance, focusing on education, advocacy, and celebration.
A campaign to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of nursery rhymes in early childhood education and literacy.
An international observance of student activism and honouring Czech students who demonstrated against the Nazi occupation in 1939.
A UK event focusing on the history of struggle for equality and human rights for disabled people.
International Men's Day is an annual international event celebrated on 19 November to celebrate the positive value men bring to the world, their families and communities.
A UN observance to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 (water and sanitation for all).
The Hindu festival of lights, celebrated over five days, symbolizing the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.
An annual observance that honours the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.
A UN observance to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare.
An observance on the Saturday before Thanksgiving to provide a day of healing and support for those who have lost a loved one to suicide.
A UN observance recognizing television as a powerful tool for cultural diversity and education.
An international campaign focused on eliminating violence against women and girls, linking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Human Rights Day.
A Canadian national observance to remember women who have been murdered and to promote action to end violence against women.
A day to help unpaid carers know their rights and find the support they are entitled to through events and campaigns across the UK.