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