Key dates and awareness days for reps 2024

A calendar of awareness days, weeks and months for anybody who wants to plan events and campaigns, or organise digitally in the workplace.


 January
 

Dry January

Veganuary

04  World Braille Day

17 – 23  Big Energy Saving Week

27  Holocaust Memorial Day


 February
 

LGBT+ History Month

05 – 11  Race Equality Week

10  Chinese New Year

11  International Day of Women and Girls in Science

12 – 18  Heart Union’s Week

14  Ash Wednesday

20  World Day of Social Justice


 March
 

08  International Women’s Day

11  Ramadan starts

14  International Day of Action for Rivers

16  Disabled Access Day

21  International Day of Forests

22  World Water Day

23  Earth Hour (8.30pm – 9.30pm)

25  Holi (Hindi)

31  International Transgender Day of visibility

31  Easter Sunday


 April
 

Stress Awareness Month

10  Eid al Fitr

22 – 30  Passover

28  World Day of Health & Safety at Work

28  International Workers’ Memorial Day


 May
 

01  International Workers’ Day

01 – 07  Deaf Awareness Week

13 – 19  Mental Health Awareness Week

17  International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT)


 June
 

Pride Month

05  World Environment Day

08  World Oceans Day

20  World Refugee Day

22  World Rainforest Day

22  Windrush Day

23  International Women in Engineering Day


 July
 

Disability Pride Month


 August
 

23  International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition


 September
 

10  World Suicide Prevention Day

18  International Equal Pay Day

21  International Day of Peace


 October
 

Black History Month 

10  World Mental Health Day

18  World Menopause Day


 November
 

10  Remembrance Sunday

11  Armistice Day

16  Disability History Month starts

20  Transgender Day of Remembrance

25  International Day for the elimination of violence against women


 December
 

03  International Day of Persons with Disabilities

10  Human Rights Day

18 – 26  Chanukah

25  Christmas Day

26  Boxing Day

31  New Year’s Eve

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