Awareness

National Adoption Week

Monday, October 16, 2017 to Sunday, October 22, 2017

As in previous years, the need to find families for some of our most vulnerable children remains at the heart of this year’s event. It will also aim to encompass all aspects of adoption, to demystify and clarify the adoption process, reflect the challenges of adoptive parenting, share individual stories, showcase and signpost to best practice and invite anyone whose life or heart is touched by it to #SupportAdoption. Visit the website for more details.

Global Hand Washing Day

Sunday, October 15, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017

Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 

Saturday, October 14, 2017 to Saturday, October 14, 2017

A unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.

World Arthritis Day 

Thursday, October 12, 2017 to Thursday, October 12, 2017

Each year World Arthritis Day focuses on a different aspect of living with a rheumatic disease. Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more information.

World Sight Day

Thursday, October 12, 2017 to Thursday, October 12, 2017

World Sight Day is an international day of awareness, held annually on the second Thursday of October to focus attention on the global issue of avoidable blindness and visual impairment. It is an initiative of Vision 2020, the global campaign whose vision is to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020, led by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) of which the World Blind Union is a member. Visit the website for more details.

World Mental Health Day

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 to Tuesday, October 10, 2017

World Mental Health Day, hosted by the World Federation of Mental Health, is on 10 October each year. Visit the website for more details.

National Libraries Week

Monday, October 9, 2017 to Saturday, October 14, 2017

National Libraries Week is devoted to all libraries. A nation-wide celebration of libraries, librarians and library staff in all sectors.

Baby Loss Awareness Week

Monday, October 9, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017

Promote awareness and understanding of the impact of pregnancy and baby loss among health and social care workers and the community at large. Raising awareness events across the UK. Visit the website for more details.

Dyspraxia Awareness Week

Sunday, October 8, 2017 to Saturday, October 14, 2017

The Dyspraxia Foundation is calling on families to be alert to the early signs of the condition in their awareness week campaign.

Bipolar Awareness Day

Tuesday, October 3, 2017 to Tuesday, October 3, 2017

The aim of Bipolar Awareness Day is to raise awareness and understanding of bipolar and its prevalence in the UK.

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