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Throughout the year, we recognise a wide range of national and international awareness days, weeks and months that highlight important health, wellbeing, equality, diversity and inclusion topics.
Our awareness calendar brings together key dates and campaigns, from cancer awareness and mental health to community celebrations and national health initiatives.
While we may not actively mark every occasion, we recognise their importance in raising awareness, encouraging conversations and supporting the health and wellbeing of our patients, colleagues and wider communities.
Explore the calendar below to see what's coming up throughout the year.
- Dry January (Whole month)
- Veganuary (Whole month)
- World Religion Day (18 January)
- International Day of Education (24 January)
- Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January)
- LGBT+ History Month (Whole month)
- Heart Month (Whole month)
- World Cancer Day (4 February)
- Time to Talk Day (6 February)
- National Apprenticeship Week (9-15 February)
- Beginning of Ramadan (17 February)
- Race Equality Week (2-8 February)
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (Whole month)
- Zero Discrimination Day (1 March)
- Colleges Week (2-6 March)
- National Careers Week (2-7 March)
- International Women’s Day (8 March)
- NHS Healthcare Science Week (9-15 March)
- National No Smoking Day (11 March)
- Mother’s Day (15 March)
- Neurodiversity Celebration Week (16-20 March)
- Nutrition and Hydration Week (16-22 March)
- Saint Patrick's Day (17 March)
- Eid (19-20 March)
- Bowel Cancer Awareness Month (Whole month)
- Baby Loss Memorial Service (12 April)
- Vaisakhi (14 April)
- Admin Matters Day (22 April)
- St George’s Day (23 April)
- Patient Experience Week (27 April - 3 May)
- Bladder Cancer Awareness Month (Whole Month)
- International Day of the Midwife (5 May)
- World Hand Hygiene Day (5 May)
- National Student Nurses Day (8 May)
- World Ovarian Cancer Day (8 May)
- Sun Awareness Week (11-16 May)
- International Nurses Day (12 May)
- Mental Health Awareness Week (12-18 May)
- Operating Department Practitioner Day (14 May)
- Wear it Green Day (15 May)
- Pride Month (Whole Month)
- National Volunteers Week (1-7 June)
- Men's Health Week (8-14 June)
- Bike Week (8-14 June)
- Carer's Week (9-15 June)
- Diabetes Awareness Week
- Chesterfield Pride (13 June)
- World Blood Donor Day (14 June)
- Father's Day (15 June)
- Learning Disability Week (15-21 June)
- Cervical Screening Awareness Week (17-23 June)
- National Clean Air Day (19 June)
- Windrush Day (22 June)
- South Asian Heritage Month (Whole Month)
- Sarcoma Awareness Month (Whole Month)
- NHS Birthday (77th year) (5 July)
- CRH Wellbeing Hub Birthday (7 July)
- World Hepatitis Day (28 July)
- World Breastfeeding Week (1-7 August)
- FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) Day (9 September)
- World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September)
- World Sepsis Day (10 September)
- Healthcare Simulation Week (14-18 September)
- National Inclusion Week (14-20 September)
- World Patient Safety Day (17 September)
- National Fitness Day (17 September)
- Organ Donation Week (23-28 September)
- World’s Biggest Coffee Morning (Macmillan) (25 September)
- World Pharmacists Day (25 September)
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month (Whole month)
- Black History Month (Whole month)
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Whole month)
- Stoptober – NHS National Campaign (Whole month)
- Baby Loss Awareness Week (9-15 October)
- World Mental Health Day (10 October)
- Infection Prevention and Control Week (13-19 October)
- Allied Health Professionals Day (14 October)
- Restart a Heart Day (16 October)
- World Menopause Day (20 October)
- National T Levels Week (19-23 October)
- World Osteoporosis Day (20 October)
- Pharmacy Technician Day (21 October)
- Movember (Whole month)
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month (Whole month)
- Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (Whole month)
- Stress Awareness Week (3-7 November)
- Diwali (8 November)
- Remembrance Sunday (9 November)
- Anti-Bullying Week (10-14 November)
- Remembrance Service (11 November)
- World Diabetes Day (14 November)
- Disability History Month (14-20 December)
- Safeguarding Week (18--24 November)
- International Men's Day (19 November)
- Stop the Pressure Ulcer Day (20 November)
- 16 Days of Action Against Domestic Abuse (25 November - 10 December)
- World Aids Day (1 December)
- National Grief Awareness Week (2-8 December)
- International Day of People with Disabilities (3 December)
- NHS Domestic Violence Awareness Day (10 December)
- Christmas Jumper Day (12 December)