- Heart Month
- National Cancer Prevention Month
- Tinnitus Week 2021 (7-13 February 2022)
- Kidney Cancer Awareness Week 2022 (7-11 February 2022)
- World Cancer Day (4 February)
- Time to Talk Day (3 February 2022)
- World Encephalitis Day (22 February)
- Anosmia Awareness Day (27 February)
- Rare Disease Day (28 February)
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- Women’s History Month
- Self-Harm Awareness Day (1 March)
- Zero Discrimination Day (1 March)
- Eating Disorders Awareness Week (1-7 March 2021)
- World Birth Defects Day (3 March)
- World hearing day (3 March)
- University mental health day (5 March)
- Employee appreciation day (5 March)
- International Women’s Day (8 March)
- No Smoking Day
- World Autism Awareness Week (29 March – 4 April 2021)
- Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
- World autism day (2 April)
- World health day (7 April)
- World Hemophilia Day (17 April)
- MS awareness week (19-25 April)
- Deaf awareness week (2-8 May 2022)
- Scottish Learning Disability Week (2-8 May 2022)
- National Thrombosis Week (03 – 13 May 2022)
- Mental Health Awareness Week (09-15 May 2022)
- National Day for Staff Networks (11 May 2022)
- Action for Brain Injury Week (16 – 22 May 2022)
- Epilepsy Awareness Week (15 -21 May 2022)
- Global Accessibility Awareness Day (19 May 2022)
- Tourettes Awareness month
- International TS Awareness Day (7 June)
- Carers Week (7 – 13 June 2021)
- Diabetes Awareness week (14 – 20 June 2021)
- TM (Transverse Myelitis) Awareness Day (9 June)
- Men’s Health Week (14 – 21 June 2021)
- Learning Disability Week (14 – 20 June 2021)
- Autistic Pride Day (18 June)
- Global MND Awareness Day (21 June 2021)
- Deafblind Awareness Week (27 June – 3 July 2021)
- Glaucoma Awareness Week (28 June – 4 July 2021)
- Disability Pride Month
- National Schizophrenia Awareness Day (25 July)
- World Hepatitis Day (28 July)
- ADHD Awareness Month
- Blindness Awareness Month
- National Braille Week
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Dyspraxia Awareness Week (3-9 October)
- Dyslexia week (4 – 10 October 2021)
- World Mental Health Day (10 October)
- World Sight Day (14 October 2021)
- National Work Life Week (11 – 15 October 2021)
- World Menopause Day (18 October)
- International Stammering Awareness Day (ISAD) (22 October)
- Kindness Day UK
- Men’s Health Awareness Month Movember (1 – 30 November)
- National Stress Awareness Day
- International Stress Awareness Week (2 – 6 November)
- World Diabetes Day (14 November)
- International Day of Tolerance (16 November)
- World COPD Day 2020 (18 November)
- Anti-Bullying Week (16-22 November)
- Alcohol Awareness Week (16-22 November)
- UK Disability History Month (18 November – 18 December)
- World Aids Day ( 1 December)
- National Grief Awareness Week (2-8 December 2021)
- International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December)
- Human Rights day (10 December)
We list disability and health awareness days to help our members plan the sharing of information and events in the workplace. While we make every effort to verify these dates we strongly recommend that you check all sources before publishing details.
We also welcome suggestions for other awareness days, please contact us if you have any suggestions.