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Alcohol Awareness Week

Alcohol Awareness Week is 7th- 14th July 2025. (The week has typically taken place in November each year. However, Alcohol Awareness Week has now moved to its new spot in July.)It is a chance for the UK to get thinking about drinking. It’s a week of awareness-raising, campaigning for change, and more. The theme for […]

Disability Awareness Day

Disability Awareness Day is a pan-disability event which promotes a can-do culture focusing on what disabled people can do throughout life and work. The show has three main aims: To highlight what statutory, private or voluntary services are available to enable disabled people to stay independent. To promote equipment and aids that could maintain or […]

National Give Something Away Day

Imagine a day when you could clean house and get rid of clutter, show someone that you care, gift small things to strangers, and generally making the world a better place. Yes, this day does, in fact, exist and on July 15 we celebrate National Give Something Away Day! It’s better to give than to […]

Nelson Mandela International Day

Nelson Mandela has many accolades. He’s  an iconic figure that triumphed over South Africa’s apartheid regime. He was a human rights lawyer, a prisoner of conscience, and an international peacemaker. And he was the first democratically elected president of a free South Africa (no biggie). So you see why the United Nations General Assembly would […]

Shark Week

Shark Week happens every year in July or August. It’s a yearly, weeklong grouping of shark-related show episodes, documentaries, and movies that airs on the #DiscoveryChannel. Shark week was first aired on the 17th of July 1988 with the purpose to focus on conservational initiatives or addressing myths related to sharks. Moreover, Shark Week allows the […]

Samaritans Awareness Day

24th July is Samaritans Awareness Day, because they’re here to listen 24/7. On this date and throughout July, The Samaritans will be running their awareness-raising campaign Talk to Us, to remind people that they’re here for anyone who needs someone to listen. Every year in July, Samaritans branches in the UK and Republic of Ireland […]

International Self-Care Day

Every year on July 24th, International Self Care Day promotes self-care as a vital foundation of health. It’s also a day for people around the world to prioritise self-care and make it a part of their lifestyle. When you take care of yourself to stay well, you are practicing #SelfCare. Staying well includes taking care […]

National Marine Week

Contrary to the title, National Marine Week is celebrated for a fortnight from July 24th to August 8th to appreciate the magnificent sea animals and plants that exist in the United Kingdom on a national scale. During #NationalMarineWeek, people from all over the United Kingdom may come out to explore their local shoreline as the […]