2026 Calendar of Awareness Days

January 2026

Tuesday, 27: Holocaust Memorial Day

February 2026

All month: LGBT History Month

All month: Heart month (Heart UK)

Wednesday, 4: World Cancer Day

Thursday, 5: Time to Talk Day (mental health awareness)

Wednesday, 11: International Day of Women and Girls in Science, supported by the UN

Saturday, 28: Rare Disease Day

Monday, 23 February - Sunday 1 March: Eating Disorders Awareness Week

March 2026

All month: Women's History Month

February 23 - Sunday 1 March: Eating Disorders Awareness Week

Tuesday, 3: World Hearing Day

Friday 6 - Sunday 15: British Science Week

Sunday, 8 March: International Women's Day - the 2026 theme is #GiveToGain

Thursday, 12 March: University Mental Health Day #UniMentalHealthDay

Wednesday, 11 March: Young Carers' Action Day

Friday, 13: World Sleep Day

Friday, 20: Red Nose Day

Saturday, 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination  #FightRacism

Tuesday, 31: Transgender Day of Visibility

April 2026

All month: Stress Awareness Month  

All month: World Autism Acceptance Month

May 2026

Monday 11 - Sunday 17: Mental Health Awareness Week  

Sunday, 17: International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia  

Thursday, 21: World Cultural Diversity Day

June 2026

All Month: Pride Month

Tuesday, 23: International Women in Engineering Day - the theme for 2026 is 'Engineering Intelligence'.

July 2026

All month: Disability Pride Month

August 2026:

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September 2026

Thursday, 10 September: World Suicide Prevention Day

October 2026:

All month: Black History Month - the 2026 theme is ' A Century of Black History Commemorations'

All month: National Cholesterol Month (Heart UK)

Thursday, 8 October: Dyslexia Awareness Day

Saturday, 10: World Mental Health Awareness Day

Monday 12 - Sunday 18: Anti-Slavery Week

Sunday, 18: World Menopause Day

Saturday, 24: Wear it Pink Day

Sunday 18 - Saturday 24: Invisible Disabilities Week

November 2026

Monday 2 - Friday 6:  National Stress Awareness Week.

Wednesday, 11: Armistice Day

Saturday, 14: World Diabetes Day

Saturday 14 November - Sunday 20 December: Disability History Month

Friday, 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance

December 2026

Saturday 14  November - Monday 20 December : Disability History Month 

Thursday 10: Human Rights Day - the 2026 theme is 'Our Everyday Essentials'

Friday, 18: International Migrants' Day