Awareness days you should know about in 2024

CHECK OUT 2025 AWARENESS DAYS

 

Awareness days educate us on specific issues, illnesses, events, and so on. They allow us to explore with a particular topic, encourage research, and invite us to engage. They promote solidarity, too, bolstering a cause and giving people the opportunity to demonstrate – or reaffirm – their support.

 

In short, awareness days push us to learn, reflect, and contribute towards a particular issue. Awareness of awareness days allow your organisation to plan content and marketing, get involved in the process, and make the most of increased traction. With that in mind, we put together an awareness days calendar for 2024, covering the most important days, months, and weeks of 2024.

 

So, without further ado, let’s begin at the beginning.

 

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January 2024

 

01 to 31 January

Dry January

#DryJanuary

 

01 to 31 January

Veganuary

#Veganuary

 

02 January

World Introvert Day

 

04 January

World Braille Day

#WorldBrailleDay

 

11 January

Human Trafficking Awareness Day

#HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay

 

15 January

Martin Luther King Day

#MLKDay

 

21 January

World Religion Day

#WorldReligionDay

 

22 January

Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.

#CervicalCancerPrevent

 

24 January

International Day of Education

#InternationalDayOfEducation

 

25 January

Burns Night

 

27 January

Holocaust Memorial Day

# HolocaustMemorialDay and #LightTheDarkness

 

30 January

World Leprosy Day

#WorldLeprosyDay

 

 

February 2024

 

01 to 29 February

Black History Month (U.S.)

 

01 to 29 February

L.B.G.T.+ History Month

#LGBTPlusHM

 

02 February

Time to Talk Day

#TimeToTalk

 

04 February

World Cancer Day

#WorldCancerDay

 

04 February

International Day of Human Fraternity

 

05 February 

Race Equality Week

 

05 February

National Apprenticeship Week

#NAW2024

 

06 February

Reclaim Social Day

#ReclaimSocial

 

06 February

Safer Internet Day

#SaferInternetDay and #SID2024

 

06 February 

International Day of Zero Tolerance for F.G.M.

 

10 February

Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year

 

13 February

Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)

#PancakeDay

 

13 February

Galentine’s day

 

14 February

Valentine’s day

 

14 February

Ash Wednesday

 

14 February

International Book Giving Day

 

20 February

National Love Your Pet Day

#LoveYourPetDay

 

20 February

World Day of Social Justice

#WorldSocialJusticeDay 

  

29 February

Rare Disease Day

 

 

March 2024

 

01 to 31 March

Women’s History Month

#WomensHistoryMonth

 

01 March

International Wheelchair Day

 

01 March

Zero Discrimination Day

 

03 March

World Hearing Day

#WorldHearingDay

 

03 March

World Wildlife Day

#WorldWildlifeDay

 

07 March

World Book Day

 

08 March

International Women’s Day

#IWD23

 

10 March

Mother’s Day (U.K.)

#MothersDay

 

10 March

Start of Ramadan

 

16 March

Disabled Access Day

 

20 March

International Day of Happiness

#InternationalDayOfHappiness

 

21 March

World Down Syndrome Day

 

22 March

World Water Day

#WorldWaterDay

 

23 March

Earth Hour Day

#EarthHour

 

25 March

Holi

 

27 March to 2 April

World Autism Acceptance Week

 

29 March

Good Friday

 

31 March

International Trans Visibility Day

#TransDayOfVisibility

 

31 March

Easter Sunday

 

 

April 2024

 

01 April

April Fools Day

#AprilFools

 

02 April

World Autism Awareness Day

#WAAD or #WorldAutismDay

 

02 April

International Children’s Book Day

 

07 April

World Health Day

#WorldHealthDay

 

07 April

World Book Day

#BookDay #WorldBookDay

 

08 April

Ramadan ends

 

10 April

Siblings Day

#SiblingsDay

 

10 April

Eid al-Fitr

 

11 April

World Parkinson’s Day

#WorldParkinsonsDay

 

13 April

MS Awareness Week

 

15 April

World Art Day

 

21 April

National Tea Day

 

22 April

Earth Day

#EarthDay

 

22 April

Stephen Lawrence Day

 

22 April

Passover begins

 

22 April

Lesbian Visibility Week

#LVW23, #LesbianVisibilityWeek, #LwiththeT

 

23 April

St. George’s Day

  

25 April

World Malaria Day

#EndMalariaForGood

 

 

May 2024

 

01 May to 31 May

Celiac Awareness Month

 

01 May

May Day

 

02 May

World Password Day

 

03 May

World Press Freedom Day

#WPFD2024

 

04 May

Star Wars Day

#StarWarsDay

 

05 May

International Family Equality Day

 

05 May

African World Heritage Day

 

10 May

World Lupus Day

#WorldLupusDay

 

11 May

Fair Trade Day

#FairTradeDay

 

12 May

International Nurses Day

#InternationalNursesDay

 

13 May

Mental Health Awareness Week

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

 

16 May

Global Accessibility Awareness Day

#GAAD

 

17 May

Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

#IDAHOT2022

 

17 May

Endangered Species Day

  

18 May

International Museum Day

#InternationalMuseumDay

 

19 May

Endangered Species Day

#EndangeredSpeciesDay

 

20 May

National Rescue Dog Day

#NationalRescueDogDay

 

24 May

World Schizophrenia Day

#WorldSchizophreniaDay

 

25 May

 

28 May

World Blood Cancer Day

#WBCD2024

 

30 May

World MS Day

#MSConnections

 

 

June 2024

 

01 to 30 June

Pride Month

#Pride

 

01 June

World Reef Awareness Day

 

01 June

Volunteers’ Week

#Volunteers Week

 

02 June 

National Cancer Survivor’s Day

 

05 June

World Environment Day

#WorldEnvironmentDay

 

06 June

D-Day

 

08 June

World Oceans Day

#WorldOceansDay

 

08 June

Parents’ Day

 

14 June

World Blood Donor Day

 

16 June

Eid Al-Adha

 

16 June

Fathers’ Day

 

17 June

Learning Disability Week

#LDAW23 and #LDWeek22

 

18 June

Autistic Pride Day

#AutisticPrideDay

 

20 June

World Refugee Day

#WithRefugees

 

22 June

World Rainforest Day

#WorldRainforestDay

 

23 June

International Women in Engineering Day

 

27 June

National P.T.S.D. Awareness Day

 

 

July 2024

 

01 July 

International Joke Day

 

11 July

World Population Day

 

17 July

World Emoji Day

#WorldEmojiDay

 

28 July

World Hepatitis Day

#HepatitisDay

 

30 July

International Friendship Day

#DayofFriendship

 

 

August 2024

 

08 August

International Cat Day

#InternationalCatDay

 

09 August 

Book Lovers Day

 

09 August 

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

 

12 August

International Youth Day

#InternationalYouthDay

 

19 August

World Humanitarian Day

#WorldHumanitarianDay

 

22 August

International Day commemorating the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief

 

23 August

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

 

26 August

International Dog Day

#InternationalDogDay

 

31 August

International Overdose Awareness Day

#OverdoseAware or #EndOverdose

 

 

September 2024

 

01 September 

World Letter Writing Day

 

04 September

World Sexual Health Day

#WorldSexualHealthDay

 

05 September

International Day of Charity

#CharityDay

 

06 September

National Food Bank Day

#NationalFoodBankDay

 

07 September

Ganesh Chaturthi

 

08 September

International Literacy Day

#LiteracyDay

 

10 September

World Suicide Prevention Day

#WorldSuicidePreventionDay, #WSPD, #WSPD2024

 

11 September

Yom Kippur

 

13 September

Stand Up To Cancer Day

#StandUpToCancer

 

15 September

International Week of the Deaf

 

18 September

International Equal Pay Day

 

21 September

World Alzheimer’s Day

#WorldAlzheimersDay

 

21 September

International Peace Day

 

23 September

Bisexual Visibility Day

 

23 September

International Day of Sign Languages

 

27 September

World’s Biggest Coffee Morning

#MacmillanCoffeeMorning

 

29 September

World Heart Day

#WorldHeartDay

 

29 September

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

 

 

October 2024

 

01 October

L.G.B.T History Month

#LGBTHistory

 

01 October 

Black History Month (U.K.)

#BlackHistoryMonth

 

01 October

Stoptober

#Stoptober

 

01 October

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth

 

01 October

World Vegetarian Day

 

02 October

International Day of Non-Violence

#InternationalDayofNonViolence

 

02 October

World Financial Planning Day

 

04 October

World Animal Day

#WorldAnimalDay

 

05 October

World Teachers Day

#WorldTeachersDay

 

06 October

World Cerebral Palsy Day

 

10 October

World Mental Health Day

#WorldMentalHeathDay

 

10 October

World Homeless Day

#WorldHomelessDay

 

10 October

World Sight Day

 

11 October

International Day of the Girl

#DayOfTheGirl

  

12 October

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day

 

13 October

International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

 

16 October

World Food Day

#FoodDay

 

17 October

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

#EndPoverty

 

24 October

United Nations Day

 

29 October

World Stroke Day

#WorldStrokeDay

 

31 October

Halloween

#Halloween

 

31 October

Start of Diwali

 

 

November 2024

 

TBC November

COP 29 (UN Climate Change Conference)

#COP29

 

01 November

Movember

#Movember

 

01 November

World Vegan Day

#WorldVeganDay

 

03 November

Organ Donation Week

 

05 November

Bonfire Night

 

05 November

World Tsunami Awareness Day 2024

 

07 November

Trustees Week

#TrusteesWeek

 

09 November Day

World Adoption Day

 

11 November

Armistice Day

  

12 November

Remembrance Sunday

#RemembranceSunday

 

13 November

World Kindness Day

#WorldKindnessDay

 

14 November

World Diabetes Day

#WDD

 

15 November

National Philanthropy Day

 

16 November

International Day for Tolerance

#InternationalDayForTolerance

 

20 November

World Children’s Day

#UNChildrensDay

 

20 November

Transgender Day of Remembrance

  

25 November

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

 

 

December 2024

 

01 December

World AIDS Day

#WAD2024

 

02 December

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

 

02 December

Cyber Monday

#CyberMonday

 

03 December

International Day for Disabilities

#IDPWD

 

03 December

Giving Tuesday

#GivingTuesday

 

04 December

Wildlife Conservation Day

 

05 December

International Volunteer Day

 

09 December

International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide

 

10 December

Human Rights Day

#HumanRightsDay

 

13 December

Christmas Jumper Day

#ChristmasJumperDay

 

20 December

International Human Solidarity Day

  

25 December

Christmas

 

25 December

First day of Hannukah

 

26 December

Boxing Day

 

31 December

New Year’s Eve

 

 

The above showcases some of the most important awareness days of 2024. Charities can use that information to stay ahead of trends, engage in the process of raising awareness, learn and reflect, and so much more. Please let us know below if you want us to include any other awareness days!