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Cervical Screening Awareness Week
2024-06-17 - 2024-06-23
Every year, during Cervical Screening Awareness Week Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust raise awareness and share information about cervical screening (smear tests) including tips, experiences, and they work with experts to help those who find cervical screening difficult.
They want every woman and person with a cervix to know where they can get information and support about cervical screening, and need your help to make sure this is shared far and wide!
Statistics show that 1 in 3 people don’t go to their cervical screening appointment due to embarrassment or fear. There’s a lot of built-up stigma around the test, but it’s one that’s vitally important.

#SmearTest #WomensHealth #CervicalScreeningAwarenessWeek #CSAW24

Source: Cervical Screening Awareness Week | Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust (jostrust.org.uk)

Chinese New Year
2024-02-10
Chinese New Year 2024 will take place on the 10th of February, with the beginning of the Year of the Dragon. Celebrations will last from the 9th of February (New Year’s Eve) until the 15th day of the New Year.
What is The Chinese New Year calendar?
Each year (also known as a cycle) of the Chinese New Year calendar is represented by a different zodiac animal. There are 12 in total. According to legend, these 12 animals participated in a race, which then determined their place of order in the Chinese New Year calendar.
Why is Chinese New Year celebrated?
Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, marks the first day of the New Year in the Chinese traditional calendar, which is a lunisolar calendar. Unlike the Gregorian calendar, used widely around the world today, the lunisolar calendar determines dates using the location of the sun and the moon relative to the Earth. This is why, on our Western calendars, the date changes each year!
It is one of the most important events in Chinese culture and the holiday is today celebrated all around the world. Many other countries celebrate the holiday as an official festival (Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines) due to its cultural significance.
What are some Chinese New Year traditions?
Traditionally, Chinese New Year is a time for people to honour their ancestors and deities. Still, many of the customs and traditions of the holiday vary wildly from region to region. Many families across China gather the night before Chinese New Year’s Day for a festive dinner to reunite them. Many people will also clean their house before the new year; this is done to cleanse any ill fortune and is thought to allow for good luck going into the new year.
It is also customary for people to decorate their windows and doors with red decorations, as red is seen as a lucky colour in Chinese culture. Many also light firecrackers and gift money in red paper envelopes to celebrate!

#ChineseNewYear #YearOfTheDragon
Chinese New Year – Wikipedia

Big Energy Saving Winter
2024-01-02 - 2024-03-01
If you are worried about energy bills and the cost of living, the Citizens Advice network can help you this winter.
Feeling lost about money? Their Money Map tool directs you to online help finding ways to make the most of your money, decrease your bills and help meet the costs of daily living.
Access free support online from their public advice site, including information about grants and benefits to help you pay energy bills.
The Money Talk Team at your local Citizens Advice Bureau helps you maximise your income, look at options to reduce costs and offers specialist debt advice.
Contact your local Citizens Advice Bureau to get free, confidential and impartial advice. An adviser will be able to talk through your situation and work out the next steps. Find your local bureau and get in touch today.
You can also call Home Energy Scotland on 0808 808 2282 for help with your home energy this winter.
Source: https://www.cas.org.uk/BESW
Click on link for more Energy Saving Tips : Quick tips to save energy at home – Energy Saving Trust

Boxing Day Swim
2023-12-26
Each year on 26th December, Boxing Day, people of all ages take to the water, some in fancy dress.
In recent years the benefits of cold water swimming, both physical and mental health, are becoming more widely known and researched. Groups are popping up for either wild swimming or at beaches around the coast, from Tenby to Teignmouth.
There’s no better way to dust off the yuletide cobwebs than with a Boxing Day swim !
#ColdWaterSwimming #BoxingDaySwim
Check out this BBC Science article: https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/cold-water-swimming-why-an-icy-dip-is-good-for-your-mental-and-physical-health/

National Grandparent's Day
2023-10-04
According to the National Grandparents Day website, the aim of National Grandparents Day is:
To honour grandparents

To give grandparents an opportunity to show love for their children’s children
To help children become aware of the strength, information and guidance older people can offer

In the UK Grandparents’ Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of October each year.
What to do on Grandparents’ Day?

Honour the grandparents/grandchild relationships. If you can you should try to spend some time together. Below are 10 ideas of things you could do together:
Make something especially for your grandparents (for example a picture, a poem, a treat)
Get them to pass on knowledge (learn how to bake your favourite cake, learn how to cross-stitch, catch a fish or use a hammer)
Interview them (ask them all the questions you’d like answers to about their amazing lives!)
Have a sleepover and watch a film of their choice
Get them to play cards with you (grandparents are often full of fun ideas when it comes to card games)
Make a family tree with photos or hand-drawn images of family members
Switch roles! (be a grandparent for a day, let them relax and you do all the pampering they usually do)
Offer to do tasks around the house/garden
Make a card and list why you admire them
Get them to show you old photo albums and tell you all the stories behind the pictures

These are only a few ideas we came up with. You might want to do something completely different on Grandparents’ Day, something that’s special to you and your grandparents.
Find Out More: Grandparents’ Day 2023 – Teaching Resources and Information (twinkl.co.uk)

Coronation Day-King Charles
2023-05-06
The Coronation of His Majesty The King is a time for celebration across the nation and the Commonwealth, over a weekend of special events:

Saturday 6 May the Coronation Ceremony takes place at Westminster Abbey, London.
6-8 May will see Coronation Big Lunches up and down the country and across the Commonwealth.
Sunday May 7 a spectacular Coronation Concert will be performed at Windsor Castle with iconic locations across the UK lit up using projections, lasers, drone displays and illuminations.
Monday 8 May a special Bank Holiday has been proclaimed by the Prime Minister in honour of the Coronation, giving everyone the opportunity to join in with their communities and good causes through Big Help Out activities.

The coronation ceremony is an occasion for pageantry and celebration, but it is also a solemn religious ceremony and has remained essentially the same over a thousand years. For the last 900 years, the ceremony has taken place at Westminster Abbey, London. The service is conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, whose task this has almost always been since the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Source: About the Coronation – Coronation of His Majesty The King & Her Majesty The Queen Consort

Breathe Easy Week
2022-06-21 - 2022-06-27
It’s #LoveYourLungsWeek!
This week is all about raising awareness for how you can look after your lungs, but there’s so much more to it than that. For some, breathing easy isn’t as simple as taking better care of themselves. Pollution, inequality and access to care are all factors that can leave some more vulnerable than the rest of us.
#breatheeasyweek
Find out more:
https://www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/breathe-easy/week

National Stalking Awareness Week
2022-04-25 - 2022-04-29
Bridging The Gap is the focus for this years National Stalking Awareness Week campaign. Highlighting the vital role that stalking advocates play in bridging the gap between the victim and the criminal justice system.
#BridgingTheGap
Source: https://www.suzylamplugh.org/news/national-stalking-awareness-week-2022

World IBS Day
2022-04-19
World IBS Day
Did you know that IBS is one of the most common reasons for a visit to the GP? As many as 1 in 8 people have symptoms of IBS at any one time. Once diagnosed, and given help most people can find effective ways of living with their IBS.
The most common symptoms of IBS are:

Abdominal pain and abnormal bowel habits
Wind, bloating and distension (a widening of the girth of the abdomen)
Pooing mucus
One third of IBS patients suffer from bouts of constipation. One third of IBS patients suffer from bouts of diarrhoea, others don’t fall into a single pattern.
Other symptoms include feeling tired, feeling sick, backache and bladder symptoms.

#WorldIBSDay
Source & Find Out More from the Guts Charity:
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Big Walk and Wheel
2022-03-21 - 2022-04-01
Have you heard of Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel?
It aims to inspire pupils to be amazing and take active journeys to school.
On each day of the challenge, schools, across the UK, compete to see who can get the highest percentage of their pupils walking, using a wheelchair, scooting or cycling to school.
It runs for 10 days from 21 March to 1 April 2022 and is open to all primary and secondary schools in the UK – to find out more visit: https://bigwalkandwheel.org.uk

Chinese New Year - Year of the Tiger
2022-02-01 - 2022-02-16
Today 1st February 2022 marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year (also known as the Lunar New Year). Last year was the year of the Ox, and this year it is that of the Tiger.
Despite the name, the Chinese New Year isn’t only celebrated in China. It is celebrated in other Asian countries such as Vietnam and South Korea. Those born in the Year of the Tiger are thought of as confident, competitive, and brave. Though they are also characterised as being unpredictable, irritable, and overindulgent.
Celebrations should last 16 days from the 31st of January, and are concluded with a lantern festival on the final day.
Source: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/chinese-new-year-2022-it-22931101

International Lego Day
2022-01-28
International LEGO® Day celebrates the day that Danish carpenter, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, filed the original LEGO® brick system patent back in 1958.
They can be taken apart and put back together as often as you’d like. That means endless creative play. – Lego helps to spark creativity and inspire children?
Research suggests that Lego and other construction toys can improve a wide range of mental aptitudes in young children, such as spatial intelligence and hand-eye coordination.

Source: https://huehd.com/international-lego-day/

Dry January
2022-01-01 - 2022-01-31
Dry January is the UK’s one-month alcohol-free challenge.
Get your fun back.
Get your energy back.
Get your calm back.
Get your YOU back.

#DryJanuary

Source: https://alcoholchange.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/dry-january

Love Your Liver Month
2022-01-01 - 2022-01-31
The liver is an amazing multi-tasker and has over 500 vital jobs to do to keep you alive. It’s just as important as other organs like your heart and lungs, but they tend to steal most of the limelight.
Sadly, people with liver disease often don’t have any symptoms until the disease has progressed and it’s far too late for treatment. That’s why it’s so important to know the risk factors and to keep your liver happy and healthy for life.

Source: https://britishlivertrust.org.uk/love-your-liver-month/

World Energy Conservation Day - Dec 14th
2021-12-14
Each year on December 14th ‘World Energy Conservation Day’ is celebrated to focus and raise awareness about the importance of energy conversation and energy efficiency.
Simple Ideas:

Air-Dry your Laundry
Turn your Thermostat down a few degrees.
Switch to LED’s.
Turn off lights and electronics when you’re not using them.
Bus, Metro, Walk or ride a Bicycle.
Just like that!

Human Rights Day
2021-12-10
Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10th December every year.
The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Day

Christmas Jumper Day - 10th December
2021-12-10
How Will You Wear Yours?
Since 2012, amazing people like you have put on their jazziest jumpers for one Friday in December, donated £2 to Save the Children and raised money to help protect the magic for children around the world.
Find out More – https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/christmas-jumper-day/about
#ChristmasJumperDay

International Volunteer Day
2021-12-05
The International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development (5 December), more commonly referred to as International Volunteer Day (IVD), is an international observance mandated by the UN General Assembly in 1985. It offers an opportunity for volunteer-involving organizations and individual volunteers to promote volunteerism, encourage governments to support volunteer efforts and recognize volunteer contributions to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at local, national and international levels.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Volunteer_Day

International Day of People with Disabilities
2021-12-03
Disability NO – Different Ability YES!
Disability equals diversity, not disadvantage.
To highlight this message, the UN has marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities since 1992, to spread the word on disability issues and mobilise support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities.
The day also aims to draw attention to the benefits to society as a whole of including persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.

Source: https://una.org.uk/get-involved/learn-and-teach/international-days/international-day-persons-disabilities

World Aids Day
2021-12-01
World AIDS Day takes place on 1 December each year. It’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Founded in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day.

Source: https://www.worldaidsday.org/about/

White Ribbon Day - 25th November
2021-11-25
White Ribbon Day is the start of 16 days of action to end violence against women. It is about asking people in their communities, organisations and workplaces, to come together, and say ‘no’ to violence against women.
‘All Men Can’ is the theme for this year and was chosen when the murder of Sarah Everard brought women’s experience of men’s violence to the forefront of everyone’s minds.*
#AllMenCan #MakeThePromise #NoExcuseForAbuse
*Source and find out more here: https://www.whiteribbon.org.uk/day

As always, please check on aDoddle as help and support, opportunities to volunteer or connect with others can often be found through local community organisations.
PS – If you are a local community organisation and haven’t already added your details to aDoddle – please do, it is totally free.

Transgender Day of Remembrance - 20th November
2021-11-20
Transgender Day of Remembrance has been observed annualy for over 20 years. It is a day to remember those who have been murdered as a result of Transphobia.
It is also a day to raise awareness of the fact that sadly violence and abuse is still happening today – it is time to change that. Every single person matters and abuse and violence are not acceptable in todays world.

As always, please check on aDoddle as help and support, opportunities to volunteer or connect with others can often be found through local community organisations.
PS – If you are a local community organisation and haven’t already added your details to aDoddle – please do, it is totally free.

International Men's Day - 19th November
2021-11-19
International Men’s Day (IMD) is an annual international event celebrated in over 80 countries including the UK. It is a global grassroots movement that invites every man, woman, girl and boy in the world to come together and celebrate men and boys in all their diversity.*
This year the themes for the day include:

Making a positive difference to the wellbeing and lives of men and boys
Promoting a positive conversation about men, manhood and masculinity

Find out more about International Men’s Day UK here:
About IMD UK

*Source: https://ukmensday.org.uk

As always, please check on aDoddle as help and support, opportunities to volunteer or connect with others can often be found through local community organisations.
PS – If you are a local community organisation and haven’t already added your details to aDoddle – please do, it is totally free.

Alcohol Awareness Week
2021-11-15 - 2021-11-22
The theme for this years Alcohol Awareness Week is Alcohol and relationships
Did you know that in 5 children in the UK are affected by their parents’ drinking?
Alcohol problems often become the family secret, hidden from the outside world. This leaves children isolated and alone with no one to turn to.
We are proud that Nacoa has added their profile to aDoddle’s community map – to find out mre about this amazing organisation please click the link below:
https://adoddle.org/app/projects/2926/nacoa
#AlcoholAwarenessWeek

You can find out more about the awareness week here:
https://alcoholchange.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/alcohol-awareness-week-1

As always, please check on aDoddle as help and support, opportunities to volunteer or connect with others can often be found through local community organisations.
PS – If you are a local community organisation and haven’t already added your details to aDoddle – please do, it is totally free.

Anti Bullying Week: 15th-19th November
2021-11-15 - 2021-11-19
One Kind Word is the theme for this years Anti Bullying Week.
The week is coordinated in England and Wales by the Anti-Bullying Alliance and it starts with ‘Odd Socks Day’ on 15th November.
Kindness is more important today than it has ever been. The isolation of the last year has underlined how little acts of consideration can break down barriers and brighten the lives of the people around us. This is one of the reasons, that ‘One Kind Word’ has been chosen as this years theme.*
Find out more here:
https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/anti-bullying-week/anti-bullying-week-2021-one-kind-word
#AntiBullyingWeek #OneKindWord
*Source: Anti-Bullying Alliance

As always, please check on aDoddle as help and support, opportunities to volunteer or connect with others can often be found through local community organisations.
PS – If you are a local community organisation and haven’t already added your details to aDoddle – please do, it is totally free.

Odd Socks Day!
2021-11-15
We are all unique and ‘Odd Socks Day’ is a great way to share that and at the same time reaise awareness of Anti Bullying Week which starts today – 15th November – and all you have to do to take part is wear odd socks to your school, at work or at home, it couldn’t be simpler!
#AntiBullyingWeek
#OneKindWord
Find out more about Odd Socks Day here:
https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/anti-bullying-week/odd-socks-day/what-odd-socks-day

As always, please check on aDoddle as help and support, opportunities to volunteer or connect with others can often be found through local community organisations.
PS – If you are a local community organisation and haven’t already added your details to aDoddle – please do, it is totally free.

Transgender Awareness Week
2021-11-13 - 2021-11-19
November 13th to 19th is Transgender Awareness Week.
This is a one week celebration prior to the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which remembers victims of transphobic violence.
Trans people are twice as likely to be victims of violence in the UK, so it’s important as ever to raise awareness of trans identities and issues facing the trans community.
#TransgenderAwareness

As always, please check on aDoddle as help and support, opportunities to volunteer or connect with others can often be found through local community organisations.
PS – If you are a local community organisation and haven’t already added your details to aDoddle – please do, it is totally free.

National Stress Awareness Day
2021-11-04
The 4th of November is National Stress Awareness Day.
The Stress Management Society’s recent study in partnership with Huawei, AppGallery, and Headspace ” identified that 65% of people in the UK have felt more stressed than ever before since the COVID-19 restrictions began in March 2020″.
The past year has given plenty of reason to be stressed, but fortunately, there are free resources available to help to manage this added stress:
https://www.stress.org.uk/free-resources-2021/
As always, please check on aDoddle as help and support, opportunities to volunteer or connect with others can often be found through local community organisations.
PS – If you are a local community organisation and haven’t already added your details to aDoddle – please do, it is totally free.

Movember
2021-11-01 00:00 - 2021-11-30 23:30 (Europe/London)
This month is Movember.
While renowned for an uptake in the popularity of moustaches, Movember is a time to raise awareness for men’s issues including mental health, suicide prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer.

As always, please check on aDoddle as help and support, opportunities to volunteer or connect with others can often be found through local community organisations.
PS – If you are a local community organisation and haven’t already added your details to aDoddle – please do, it is totally free.

Befriending Week: 1st-7th November
2021-11-01 - 2021-11-07
It is time to celebrate Befriending – Week 1-7 November 2021. A great time to raise awareness about all the amazing things #BefriendingIs.
What is Befriending?*
Everyone needs other people, but not everyone has someone.
Befriending offers supportive, reliable relationships through volunteer befrienders to people who would otherwise be socially isolated. Around the UK, there are befriending projects which organise effective support for children and young people, families, people with mental ill-health, people with learning disabilities and older people, amongst many others.
“The chances are we’ve all been affected by Loneliness, either directly or through someone close to us. We can all do more to try and make a difference and make our country a less lonely place.”
—Minister for Loneliness Baroness Diana Barran
Source: Befriending Networks – Please do check them out, find out more and maybe get involved
https://www.befriending.co.uk/about/what-is-befriending/
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As always, please check on aDoddle as help and support, opportunities to volunteer or connect with others can often be found through local community organisations.
PS – If you are a local community organisation and haven’t already added your details to aDoddle – please do, it is totally free.
