This week is Dementia Action Week, and the theme again this year is diagnosis. According to The Alzheimer's Society, the biggest barrier to early diagnosis of dementia is the misconception that memory loss is a normal sign of ageing. This Dementia Action Week, take the time to learn the signs of dementia. According to the […]
It's #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay! We're in the process of forging a new digital world, and making it accessible for everyone is as important as ever. Every user deserves a first-rate digital experience on the web. Someone with a disability must be able to experience web-based services, content and other digital products with the same successful outcome as […]
It's World Hunger Day on 28th May. Hunger is not inevitable. It is created by systems we have the power to change. Every day, people around the world are proving that transformation is possible: farmers regenerating their land, women leading local governments, youth launching climate-smart innovations and communities organizing for their own development. This year’s […]
WDHD 2026 Your Digestive Health: Chronic Diarrhea: Don't Flush the Signs Away Each year, the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) celebrates World Digestive Health Day (WDHD) with a global public health campaign to raise awareness about the prevention, prevalence, diagnosis, management, and treatment of digestive diseases and disorders. Chronic diarrhea is an often underreported and misunderstood […]
Neighbourhood Watch Week is a time of celebration and connection. We celebrate our togetherness and how for over 40 years, the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme have been making better places to live - together. They celebrate it in June - now termed the Month of Community. The Month of Community is when we come together to […]
Volunteers Week takes place in June every year. It's a chance to recognise the fantastic contribution volunteers make to our communities and say thank you. Volunteers’ Week is supported and celebrated by small grassroots organisations as well as larger, household-name charities. Together they run hundreds of activities across the UK, which showcase and celebrate volunteers […]
Today is World Environment Day! #WorldEnvironmentDay happens on 5th June every year. Every year there is a different theme for World Environment Day. This year, the theme is #NowForClimate The planet doesn’t argue. It doesn’t negotiate. It sends signals—rising seas, raging wildfires, heatwaves, melting glaciers. We said 1.5°C was the limit. We are crossing it. For […]
World Oceans Day is celebrated on 8 June. We currently face one of the greatest threats ever to our blue planet and all its inhabitants: the climate crisis. It is all too clear that we need a healthy ocean for a healthy climate, and vice versa, and we need significantly stronger local, national, and international […]
