2026 Awareness Days

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Here we share a selection of environment and sustainability awareness days with a focus on responsible business. These awareness days offer great opportunities to engage others in the vital work of protecting our planet, looking after your people, or giving back to your community. Use this calendar to bring awareness to the initiatives you are running in your organisation, or to begin a conversation on a topic you don’t engage with often.

These dates have been compiled by the Heart of the City team. Please note that unless they are ‘UN’ official dates, the dates can change year on year, so always refer to the current year’s calendar.

JanuaryFebruaryMarch

Dry January
Veganuary

19-25: Big Energy Savings Week

18: World Religion Day

19: Samaritans Brew Monday

26: International Day of Clean Energy

 

LGBT History Month 

1-7: World Interfaith Harmony Week

2-8: Race Equality Week

5: Time to Talk Day

9-15: National Apprenticeship Week

11: International Day of Women and Girls in Science

20: World Day of Social Justice

23-1: Eating Disorder Awareness Week

 

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

1: UN Zero Discrimination Day

3: World Wildlife Day

2-7: National Careers Week

8: International Women’s Day

21: Digital Cleanup Day

16-22: WRAP Food Waste Action Week

18: Global Recycling Day

20: International Day of Happiness

21: International Day of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

21: International Day of Forests

20 March – 5 April: The Great British Spring Clean

22: World Water Day

28: Earth Hour

31: Transgender Day of Visibility

AprilMayJune

Stress Awareness Month

2: World Autism Awareness Day

3: Walk to Work Day

7: World Health Day

15: International Microvolunteering Day

22: Earth Day

20-26: Lesbian Visibility Week

28: World Day for Safety and Health at Work

29: Stop Food Waste Day

 

 

National Walking Month

4-10: Deaf Awareness Week

11-17: Mental Health Awareness Week

11-17: Learning at Work Week

21: Global Accessibility Awareness Day

15: Endangered Species Day

17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

21: World Day for Cultural Diversity for
Dialogue and Development

22: International Day for Biological
Diversity

25-29: Water Saving Week

Pride Month
30 Days Wild

3: World Bike Day

5: World Environment Day

8: World Oceans Day

15-21: Loneliness Awareness Week

14: World Blood Donor Day

16: World Refill Day

15-21: Learning Disability Week

15-21: Refugee Week

18: National Clean Air Day

22: World Rainforest Day

27: Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Day

JulyAugustSeptember

Plastic Free July

4-10: Net Zero Week

15: World Youth Skills Day

24 July – 3 August: Love Parks Week

30: International Friendship Day

 

 

 

6: Cycle to Work Day

12: International Youth Day

19: World Humanitarian Day

23-27: World Water Week

Second Hand September

5: International Day of Charity

14-18: Pension Awareness Week

18: International Equal Pay Day

18-27: Great British Beach Clean

19: World Cleanup Day

22: World Car Free Day

21 September – 4 October: Fairtrade Fortnight

21-27: Recycle Week

22: City Giving Day

25: Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning

29: International Day of Awareness of Food
Loss and Waste

28 September – 4 October: National Inclusion Week

OctoberNovemberDecember

Go Sober for October
Black History Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month

1: World Vegetarian Day

1: International Day of Older Persons

4: No Disposable Cup Day

6: World Habitat Day

10: World Mental Health Day

11: National Coming Out Day

12-18: National Work Life Week

18: World Menopause Day

Movember

1: World Vegan Day

2-6: International Stress Awareness Week

3-7: Talk Money Week

13: World Kindness Day

16-20: Anti-Bullying Week

19: International Men’s Day

22-30: National Tree Week

28: Small Business Saturday

TBC: Living Wage Week

TBC: Trustees Week

3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities

5: International Volunteers Day

10: Human Rights Day

11: Christmas Jumper Day

This was last updated in March 2026 by Heart of the City. We’ve created these resources for individual SMEs to use. None of our content is to be adapted, reused or repurposed for commercial use.