Archived Key Dates 2024
January
Awareness and events
Month - Dry January/Alcohol Awareness
Month - Cervical Health Awareness
Month - Celebration of Life
Month- Thyroid Awareness
4 - World Braille Day
15 - Martin Luther King Day
21 - World Religion Day
25 - Robert Burns Night
27 - Holocaust Memorial Day
Religious/Cultural
6 - Epiphany (Christian)
15 - Lohri/Maghi (Sikh, Hindu)
February - LGBTQ+ History Month
Awareness and events
Month - LGBTQ+ History Month
Month - UK Heart
Month - Period Dignity
Month - Raynaud's and Scleroderma Awareness
1 - Time to Talk Day
1 - World Hijab Day
4 - World Cancer Day
5 to 11- Race Equality Week
6 - Safer Internet Day
11 - International Day of Women & Girls in Science
11 - World Day of the Sick
11 - International Day of Women & Girls in Science
20 - World Day of Social Justice
23 - International STAND UP to Bullying Day
Religious/Cultural
1 - Lughanasadh (Pagan)
2 - Candlemas (Christian )
8 - Lailat al Miraj (Islam)
13 - Shrove Tuesday (Christian)
14 - Ash Wednesday (Christian)
15 - Parinivana Day/Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
March - Women's History Month
Awareness and events
Month - Women's History
Month - Prostate Cancer Awareness
Month - Ovarian Cancer Awareness
1 - Self-injury Awareness Day and International Wheelchair Day
4 to 8 - Scottish Apprenticeship Week
8 - International Women's Day
11 - Nutrition and Hydration Week
13 - No Smoking Day
15 - International Day to Combat Islamaphobia and World Sleep Day
18 to 24 - Debt Awareness Week and Neurodiversity Week
21 - Elimination of Racial Discrimination
23 - National Day of Reflection
26 - Purple Day /Epilepsy Awareness
30 - World Bipolar Day
31 - International Transgender Day of Visibility
Religious/Cultural
11 - Ramadan Begins (Islam)
25 - Holi (Hindu)
27 - Hola Mohalla begins (Sikh)
29 - Good Friday (Christian)
31 - Easter Sunday (Christian)
April - Stress Awareness Month
Awareness and events
Month - Autism Awareness
Month - Bowel Cancer Awareness
Month - Testicular Cancer Awareness
Month - Stress Awareness
2 - World Autism Awareness Day
7 - World Health Day
23 - Stephen Lawrence Day
26 - Lesbian Visibility Day
27 - International Girls in ICT Day
28 - World Day for Health and Safety at Work
Religious/Cultural
6 - Lailat al-Qadr (Islam)
10 - Eid al Fitr (Islam)
13 - Birth of the Khalsa (Vaisakhi) (Sikh)
23 - Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu)
23 - Beginning of Passover: Evening before (Judaism)
28 - Ninth Day of Ridvan (Baha'i)
May - National Walking Month
Awareness and events
Month - Action on Stroke
Month - Celiac Awareness
5 - World Hand Hygiene Day
8 - UK National Day for Staff Networks
13 to 19 - Mental Health Awareness Week
15 - International Day of Families
17 - International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
18 - Global Accessibility Awareness Day
20 - Learning at Work Week
22 - International Day for Biological Diversity
31- World No Tobacco Day
Religious/Cultural
2 - Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikh)
6 - Yom HaShoah (Judaism)
23 - Declaration of the Bab (Baha'i)
June - LGBT Pride Month
Awareness and events
Month - LGBT Pride
Month - Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History
Month - Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Awareness
1 - Global Day of Parents
5 - World Environment Day
10 to 16 - Men's Health Week
12 - 18 - Diabetes Week
14 - World Blood Donor Day
15 - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
17 to 23 - BNF Healthy Eating Week
19 to 25 - Learning Disability Week
22 - UK National Windrush Day
28 - Stonewall Riots Anniversary
Religious/Cultural
16 - Eid al Adha (Islam)
July - Disablity Pride Month
Awareness and events
Month - UV Safety
Month - Challenging Age Perception
Month - Disability Pride
1 - 7 - Alcohol Awareness Week
11- World Population Day
14 - International Non-Binary People's Day
15 - World Youth Skills Day
17- World Day for International Justice
24 - Samaritans Awareness Day
28 - World Hepatitis Day
30 - International Day of Friendship
Religious/Cultural
9 - Martydom of the BAB (Baháʼí)
16 - Ashura (Islam)
21 - Dharma Day (Buddhism)
August - Health and Safety Month
Awareness and events
Month - Health and Safety
Month - Psoriasis Awareness
1 - UK Cycle to Work Day
1 to 7 - World Breastfeeding Awareness Week
6 to 11 - Know Your Numbers Week
9 - International Day of the World's Indigenout People
12 - International Youth Day
19 - World Humanitarian Day
22 - Commemorating Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
23 - Rememberance of Slave Trade and it's Abolition
Religious/Cultural
26 - Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
Related Content
- Key dates calendar
- Join us - staff training and events
- Archived 'Join us' Staff Training and Events 2024
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