National Awareness Days and Celebrations

National awareness days provide businesses with a valuable opportunity to connect with their audience on a deeper level while supporting important causes. By aligning your brand with relevant awareness months, you can raise awareness, foster engagement and build loyalty among your customers. Make use of these designated months to create compelling content, organise events or promotions and collaborate with relevant organisations.

Whether it's silly dates like national cat day or serious and emotive days and months such as Mental Health Awareness Month, Women's History Month, or Pride Month, you can leverage the power of national awareness days and months to make a meaningful impact and showcase your commitment to social issues.

We’ve collated a full and comprehensive list of awareness days in the UK for 2025, but why do we celebrate them? Awareness days are celebrated to bring attention to important social, health, and environmental issues. They serve as a platform to educate and inform the public about these topics.

By dedicating a specific day to raise awareness, it helps create a collective consciousness and encourages people to take action. These days also provide an opportunity for organisations, NGOs, and individuals to come together and advocate for change, raise funds for research, promote prevention, and support communities affected by these issues. Ultimately, celebrating awareness days fosters a sense of unity and empowers individuals to make a positive impact.

Because awareness days are designed to highlight important causes and promote education and understanding, they can be effective in spreading awareness and improve your brand’s overall image. Events like awareness months and days provide a designated time for individuals, communities, and organisations to rally their reach and impact.

Additionally, awareness days can encourage conversations, spark engagement, and inspire change. Their effectiveness ultimately depends on sustained efforts beyond the designated day, such as ongoing advocacy, support, and implementation of solutions. And when businesses authentically support causes, it helps build trust and loyalty among customers, attracts socially conscious consumers, improves brand reputation, and contributes to positive social impact.

How many national days are there in the UK? There are nearly 80 UK awareness days, and they are the perfect vehicle for promoting what you do and showcasing your political standpoint as a business. National days are an opportunity to show a more creative side to your company, they’re a fantastic way to communicate with potential clients and they can be an excellent opportunity for gifting and PR opportunities. They also give customers something tangible to talk about on social media.

Knowing when UK and international awareness days in 2025 fall not only allows you to plan your promotional campaigns, but provides an opportunity for staff members to engage in something while raising awareness of workplace concerns, like mental health and green initiatives. Not every awareness day will work for your business, so you need to select causes that resonate with you as a business or individual.

2nd January: World Introvert Day
4th January: World Braille Day
11th January: Human Trafficking Awareness Day
19th January:World Religion Day
20th January: Martin Luther King Day and Blue Monday
21st - 28th January: Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
24th January: International Day of Education
25th January: Burns Night (Scotland)
26th January: World Leprosy Day
27th January: Holocaust Memorial Day
29th January:Lunar New Year

3rd - 9th February: Race Equality Week
4th February: World Cancer Day
6th February: Reclaim Social Day and International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM
6th February: Time to Talk Day (Another of the mental health awareness days where conversations around mental health and the challenges it can bring are encouraged at work and home)
10th - 16th February: National Apprenticeship Week
11th February: Safer Internet Day
13th February: Galentine's Day
14th February : Valentine's Day
20th February: National Love your Pet Day and World Day of Social Justice
28th February: Rare Disease Day
28th February - 30th March: Ramadan

1st March: International Wheelchair Day and Zero Discrimination Day
3rd March: World Hearing Day and World Wildlife Day
4th March: Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)
5th March: Ash Wednesday
6th March: World Book Day
8th March: International Women's Day
9th - 15th March: MS Awareness Week
14th March: Holi
16th March: Disabled Access Day
18th March: Global Recycling Day
20th March: International Day of Happiness
21st March: World Down Syndrome Day
22nd March: World Water Day and Earth Hour Day
30th - 31st March: Eid al-Fitr
30th March: Mother's Day
31st March: International Trans Visibility Day

1st April: April Fool's Day
2nd - 8th April: World Autism Acceptance Week
2nd April: World Autism Awareness Day and International Children's Book Day
6th April: World Book Day
7th April: World Health Day
10th April: Siblings Day
12th - 20th April: Passover
11th April: World Parkinson's Day
15th April: World Art Day
18th April: Good Friday(Bank holiday, UK)
20th April: Easter Sunday
21st - 27th April: Lesbian Visibility Week
21st April: Easter Monday and National Tea Day
22nd April: Earth Day and Stephen Lawrence Day
23rd April: St. George's Day
25th April: World Malaria Day and National Hug a Plumber Day

1st May: World Password Day
3rd May: World Press Freedom Day
4th May: Star Wars Day and International Family Equality Day
5th May: May Day and African World Heritage Day
10th May: World Lupus Day and Fair Trade Day
12th May: International Nurses Day
12th - 18th May: Mental Health Awareness Week
15th May: Global Accessibility Awareness Day
17th May: Endangered Species Day and Day against Homophobia and Transphobia
18th May: International Museum Day
20th May: National Rescue Dog Day
24th May: World Schizophrenia Day
28th May: World Blood Cancer Day
30th May: World MS Day

1st to 7th June: Volunteers’ Week
1st to 7th June: National Gardening Week
If you own a gardening business, what better time to highlight your services? Create flyers, posters or quality business cards and take advantage of the National Awareness Week.
1st June: World Reef Awareness Day and National Cancer Survivor's Day
5th June: World Environment Day
6th June: D-Day
6th - 10th June: Eid Al-Adha
8th June: World Oceans Day
14th June: World Blood Donor Day
15th June: Fathers' Day
16th - 22nd June: Learning Disability Week
18th June: Autistic Pride Day
20th June: World Refugee Day
22nd June: World Rainforest Day
23rd June: International Women in Engineering Day
27th June: National PTSD Awareness Day

1st July: International Joke Day
4th July: American Independence Day
7th July: World Chocolate Day
20th July: National Ice Cream Day
27th July: Parents’ Day
28th July: World Hepatitis Day
30th July: International Friendship Day

1st August: Yorkshire Day
8th August: International Cat Day
9th August: Book Lovers Day and International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
12th August: International Youth Day
19th August: World Humanitarian Day
22nd August: International Day commemorating the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief
23rd August: International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition
26th August: International Dog Day
26th - 27th August: Ganesh Chaturthi
31st August: International Overdose Awareness Day

1st September: World Letter Writing Day
4th September: World Sexual Health Day
5th September: International Day of Charity and National Food Bank Day
8th September: International Literacy Day
10th September: World Suicide Prevention Day
12th September: Stand Up To Cancer Day
18th September: International Equal Pay Day
21st September: International Day of Peace and World Alzheimer’s Day
22nd to 28th September: International Week of the Deaf
22nd to 27th September: Organ Donation Week
23rd September: Bisexual Visibility Day and International Day of Sign Languages
25th September: McMillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
Put your fundraising skills to the test for this most worthy cause, and invest in personalised badges and selfie frames for your fundraising event.
29th September: World Heart Day and International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

1st October: World Vegetarian Day and World Financial Planning Day
1st - 2nd October: Yom Kippur
2nd October: International Day of Non-Violence and National Poetry Day
4th October: World Animal Day
5th October: World Teachers Day
9th October: World Sight Day
10th October: World Mental Health Day and World Homeless Day
11th October: International Day of the Girl and World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
16th October: World Food Day
17th October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
20th October: Diwali
24th October: United Nations Day
29th October: World Stroke Day
31st October: Halloween

1st November: World Vegan Day
4th to 8th November: Trustees Week
5th November: World Tsunami Awareness Day and Bonfire Night
9th November: World Adoption Day and Social Media Kindness Day
11th November: Armistice Day
12th November: Remembrance Sunday
13th November: World Kindness Day
14th November: World Diabetes Day
15th November: National Philanthropy Day
16th November: International Day for Tolerance
20th November: World Children’s Day and Transgender Day of Remembrance
25th November: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
29th November: Small Business Saturday

1st December: World AIDS Day and Cyber Monday
2nd December: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3rd December: International Day for Disabilities
4th December: Wildlife Conservation Day
5th December: International Volunteer Day
6th December: Tree Dressing Day
9th December: International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide
10th December: Human Rights Day
14th - 22nd December: Hanukkah
20th December: International Human Solidarity Day
25th December: Christmas Day
26th December: Boxing Day
31st December: New Year’s Eve

The following awareness months are essential to note for businesses that want to connect with their local community and customer bases:

January: Dry January / Veganuary
Get newmenus printed, such as a vegan and non-alcoholic cocktail menu, and take the opportunity to let people know about it by sending out leaflets.
February: LGBTQIA+ History Month
A chance to show your support for the LGBTQ+ community and highlight any work you have done to become a more inclusive and diverse workplace.
March: Women’s History Month / Disability Awareness Month
April: Stress Awareness Month
May: National Walking Month
June: Pride Month
July: Plastic-Free July
Discover our recycled and eco-friendly range of products for any events you’ll hold around this time.
August: International Happiness Happens Month
September: / Organic September / World Alzheimer’s Disease Month
October: Black History Month / Stoptober / Breast Cancer Awareness
November: Movember
December: Decembeard

Our promotional products can effectively support your business's efforts during the national awareness days in the UK. With custom branding options, high-quality products, and strategic messaging, we can help you make a lasting impression and contribute to meaningful causes.

Be aware of upcoming awareness days and explore our full range today to create memorable campaigns that customers will never forget.