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Awareness days you should know about in 2023
03 Feb 2024by Ettie Bailey-King
We have compiled a list of the most important awareness days that will help you plan your causes, content, and campaigns throughout 2023
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Looking for awareness days that connect with your charity’s causes or campaigns? We have put together an extensive calendar, covering some of the most important days, months, and weeks of the year, designed to raise awareness of social and environmental causes.
January 2023
11 January
Human Trafficking Awareness Day
#HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay
15 January
World Religion Day
#WorldReligionDay
We're working with faith leaders across the country to raise awareness of organ donation.
— NHS Organ Donation💗🫀🫁 (@NHSOrganDonor) January 15, 2023
If you have questions about whether your beliefs may affect your ability to become an organ donor, check our website for information ➡️ https://t.co/TtWa1DjWir #WorldReligionDay pic.twitter.com/qoxYNBV8xu
16 January
Martin Luther King Day
#MLKDay
22 January
Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year.
23 January
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.
#CervicalCancerPrevent
24 January
International Day of Education
#InternationalDayOfEducation
27 January
Holocaust Memorial Day
# HolocaustMemorialDay and #LightTheDarkness
February 2023
1 to 28 February
LBGT+ History Month
#LGBTPlusHM
LGBT+ histories can be found in the stories of all our palaces. Head over to our website to read about the ways people have lived and loved throughout history within our palace walls. #LGBTplusHM @LGBTHM 🌈 ➡️ https://t.co/XQcC0cM36I pic.twitter.com/brEhO7dtoH
— Historic Royal Palaces (@HRP_palaces) February 1, 2023
2 February
Time to Talk Day
#TimeToTalk
4 February
World Cancer Day
#WorldCancerDay
6 February
National Apprenticeship Week
#NAW2023
6 February
Reclaim Social Day
#ReclaimSocial
It's #ReclaimSocial Day! Let's talk about how we can use the power of social media for good.#GivingTuesday is a great example of how people from all over the 🌍 use social media to grow generosity. pic.twitter.com/93AnpdDiZM
— GivingTuesday (@GivingTuesday) February 6, 2023
7 February
Safer Internet Day
#SaferInternetDay and #SID2023
13 February
Galentine’s day (celebrates friendship, especially female friendships)
14 February
Valentine’s day twitter.com/Liam_Beattie/status/963762389245186048
20 February
National Love Your Pet Day
Every day is #LoveYourPetDay at Battersea! No matter how long they stay before finding their new home, we care for them like they're our very own. 🐶🐱 Share a pic of your happy pet below, we'd love to see them. 💙 pic.twitter.com/IJRpdChzzH
— Battersea (@Battersea_) February 20, 2021
20 February
World Day of Social Justice
#SocialJusticeDay
21 February
Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)
#PancakeDay
22 February
Ash Wednesday
27 February
Fair Trade Fortnight
28 February
Rare Disease Day
March 2023
1 March
International Wheelchair Day
1 to 31 March
Women’s History Month
#WomensHistoryMonth
2 March
World Book Day
We have a character who will rival Harry Potter.
— NSPCC (@NSPCC) March 5, 2020
This #WorldBookDay help us bring our friendly dinosaur Pantosaurus to the pages of a brand new book, and help keep more children safe from sexual abuse: https://t.co/WrLWyZVCoh pic.twitter.com/ZF6jZkHIK3
3 March
World Hearing Day
#WorldHearingDay
3 March
World Wildlife Day
#WorldWildlifeDay
8 March
International Women’s Day
#IWD23
19 March
Mother’s Day (UK)
#MothersDay
20 March
International Day of Happiness
#InternationalDayOfHappiness
22 March
World Water Day
#WorldWaterDay
Your actions, no matter how small, can help solve the water crisis:
— United Nations Geneva (@UNGeneva) February 4, 2023
🚰 Turn off the tap
🚮Don’t put waste down the drain
🧹Clean up your local river, lake or beach
Get more #WaterAction ideas for #WorldWaterDay at https://t.co/lAqsHvP1Ec pic.twitter.com/0uEA4LGmwS
22 March
Ramadan begins
25 March
Earth Hour Day
#EarthHour
Today for #EarthHour many will switch off their lights 💡
— Greenpeace International (@Greenpeace) March 26, 2022
Do you know what would have an even greater impact on 🌍 and the climate?
Big brands switching to refill and reuse!#BreakFreeFromPlastichttps://t.co/ukK9GAYUUl pic.twitter.com/qKke4508uq
27 March to 2 April
World Autism Acceptance Week
31 March
International Trans Visibility Day
#TransDayOfVisibility
April 2023
1 April
April Fools Day
#AprilFools
2 April
World Autism Awareness Day
#WAAD or #WorldAutismDay
5 April
Passover begins
7 April
Good Friday
7 April
World Health Day
#WorldHealthDay
Air pollution kills 13 people every minute due to lung cancer, heart disease and strokes. Stop burning fossil fuels like oil, coal and natural gas.#HealthierTomorrow #HealthForAll #WorldHealthDay pic.twitter.com/c72Ngefrg5
— Lung Cancer Europe (@LungCancerEu) April 7, 2022
9 April
Easter Sunday
10 April
Siblings Day
#SiblingsDay
11 April
World Parkinson’s Day
#WorldParkinsonsDay
20 April
National Tea Day
21 April
Ramadan ends
22 April
Earth Day
#EarthDay
22 April
Stephen Lawrence Day
24 April
Lesbian Visibility Week
#LVW23 and #LesbianVisibilityWeek
24 April
MS Awareness Week
25 April
World Malaria Day
#EndMalariaForGood
May 2023
3 May
World Press Freedom Day
#WPFD2023
4 May
Star Wars Day
#StarWarsDay
6 May
Coronation of King Charles (UK)
7 May
International Family Equality Day
12 May
International Nurses Day
#InternationalNursesDay
15 May
Mental Health Awareness Week
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
17 May
Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia
#IDAHOT2022
18 May
International Museum Day
#InternationalMuseumDay
18 May
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
#GAAD
21 May
Endangered Species Day
#EndangeredSpeciesDay
30 May
World MS Day
#MSConnections
June 2023
1 June
Volunteers’ Week
#Volunteers Week
1 June
Parents’ Day
1 to 30 June
Pride Month
#Pride
5 June
World Environment Day
World Environment Day
8 June
World Oceans Day
#WorldOceansDay
17 June
Autistic Pride Day
18 June
Fathers’ Day
19 June
Learning Disability Week
#LDAW23 and #LDWeek22
20 June
World Refugee Day
# WithRefugees
22 June
World Rainforest Day
#WorldRainforestDay
23 June
International Women in Engineering Day
28 June
Eid Al-Adha
July 2023
17 July
World Emoji Day
#WorldEmojiDay
28 July
World Hepatitis Day
#HepatitisDay
30 July
International Friendship Day
August 2023
6 August
National Friendship Day
8 August
International Cat Day
#InternationalCatDay
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
September 2023
5 September
International Day of Charity
#CharityDay
8 September
International Literacy Day
#LiteracyDay
10 September
Stand Up To Cancer Day
#StandUpToCancer
18 September
International Equal Pay Day
19 September
International Week of the Deaf
21 September
World Alzheimer’s Day
#WorldAlzheimersDay
21 September
International Peace Day
22 September
Bisexual Visibility Day
24 September
Yom Kippur
28 September
World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
#MacmillanCoffeeMorning
29 September
World Heart Day
#WorldHeartDay
October 2023
1 October
LGBT History Month
#LGBTHistory
1 October (UK)
Black History Month
#BlackHistoryMonth
1 October
Stoptober
#Stoptober
1 October
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
2 October
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
2 October
International Day of Non-Violence
2 October
Dyslexia Awareness Week
#DAW23 and #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek
Today is #WorldAnimalDay
— WWF UK (@wwf_uk) October 4, 2022
When thinking of animals, most people imagine mammals, reptiles or birds...but did you know that corals are animals too?! 🤔
WWF is working to protect coral reefs around the world to prevent these amazing animals becoming forgotten fauna 🌊 pic.twitter.com/eE654Bbws1
4 October
World Animal Day
#WorldAnimalDay
5 October
World Teachers Day
#WorldTeachersDay
10 October
World Mental Health Day
#WorldMentalHeathDay
If you do one thing today, check in on someone. #WorldMentalHealthDay
— Samaritans (@samaritans) October 10, 2022
Here’s how 🧵👇
Bookmark this tweet, so you’ve got it when you need it. Retweet to help us reach more people 💚
11 October
International Day of the Girl
#DayOfTheGirl
11 October
World Sight Day
14-21 October
National Hate Crime Awareness Week
#NationalHCAW
16 October
World Food Day
#FoodDay
17 October
Eradication of Poverty Day
#EndPoverty
29 October
World Stroke Day
#WorldStrokeDay
Could you recognise the signs of a stroke? Join me and #PassFASTOn with @TheStrokeAssoc – it could save a life one day #WorldStrokeDay pic.twitter.com/MH196NUtuw
— Michael Johnson (@MJGold) October 29, 2022
31 October
Halloween
#Halloween
November 2023
1 November
World Vegan Day
#WorldVeganDay
5 November
Bonfire Night
7 November
Trustees Week
#TrusteesWeek
This #TrusteesWeek if you're thinking of becoming a trustee check out this free guide from @GettingonBoardhttps://t.co/3nlcSc9X1N
— CharityComms (@CharityComms) November 2, 2020
11 November
Armistice Day
12 November
Diwali
12 November
Remembrance Sunday
#RemembranceSunday
13 November
World Kindness Day
#WorldKindnessDay
14 November
World Diabetes Day
#WDD
20 November
World Children’s Day
#UNChildrensDay
Transgender Day of Remembrance
25 November
16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
25 November
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
This International Day for the Elimination of Violence Againt Women (IDEVAW), we must UNITE! to end violence against women and girls. But what exactly is gendered violence, how prevalent is it, and what can you do to to end it? pic.twitter.com/hKmR8fQq5Z
— Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) (@womensaidorg) November 25, 2022
28 November
Giving Tuesday
#GivingTuesday
30 November to 12 December
COP 28 (UN Climate Change Conference)
#COP28
December 2023
1 December
World AIDS Day
#WAD2023
2 December
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 December
International Day for Disabilities
#IDPWD
5 December
International Volunteer Day
#InternationalVolunteerDay
— Khalsa Aid (@Khalsa_Aid) December 5, 2022
Our volunteers are our HEROES 🙏🏻❤️#volunteering #KhalsaAid pic.twitter.com/3IhmaAMrKU
7 December
First day of Hannukah
8 December
Christmas Jumper Day
#ChristmasJumperDay
10 December
Human Rights Day
#HumanRightsDay
22 December
Last day of Hanukkah
25 December
Christmas
31 December
New Year’s Eve
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