Awareness days draw attention to specific issues, causes, illnesses, and events. They allow audiences to explore a specific topic, encourage research into a specific issue, and provide people with the opportunity to develop, demonstrate, or simply reaffirm their support.
Awareness days allow us to learn, reflect, and contribute. And an awareness of awareness days helps your organisation with planning. With that in mind, we have put together an extensive awareness days calendar for 2025, covering the most important days, months, and weeks of the year ahead.
Awareness days in January 2025
01 to 31 January
#DryJanuary
01 to 31 January
#Veganuary
02 January
04 January
#WorldBrailleDay
11 January
Human Trafficking Awareness Day
#HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay
19 January
#WorldReligionDay
20 January
#MLKDay
20–26 January
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
#CervicalCancerPrevent
24 January
International Day of Education
#InternationalDayOfEducation
25 January
Burns Night
30 January
#WorldLeprosyDay
27 January
#HolocaustMemorialDay and #LightTheDarkness
29 January
Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year
Awareness days in February 2025
01 February to 01 March
Black History Month (US)
01 February to 01 March
#LGBTPlusHM
04 February
#WorldCancerDay
04 February
International Day of Human Fraternity
03–09 February
04 February
Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)
#PancakeDay
05 February
06 February
#ReclaimSocial
06 February
#SaferInternetDay and #SID2025
06 February
International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM
06 February
#TimeToTalk
10–16 February
#NAW2025
13 February
Galentine’s day
14 February
14 February
International Book Giving Day
20 February
National Love Your Pet Day
#LoveYourPetDay
20 February
#WorldSocialJusticeDay
28 February
28 February
Awareness days in March 2025
01 to 31 March
#WomensHistoryMonth
01 March
01 March
03 March
#WorldHearingDay
03 March
#WorldWildlifeDay
06 March
08 March
#IWD23
09–15 March
14 March
16 March
Disabled Access Day
20 March
International Day of Happiness
#InternationalDayOfHappiness
20 March
21 March
22 March
#WorldWaterDay
22 March
#EarthHour
29 March
Good Friday
30 March
Mother’s Day (UK)
#MothersDay
30 March
31 March
International Trans Visibility Day
#TransDayOfVisibility
31 March to 06 April
Awareness days in April 2025
01 April
#AprilFools
02 April
#WAAD or #WorldAutismDay
02 April
International Children’s Book Day
07 April
#WorldHealthDay
10 April
Siblings Day
#SiblingsDay
11 April
#WorldParkinsonsDay
12 April
15 April
21 April
22 April
#EarthDay
22 April
22 April
Lesbian Visibility Week
#LVW23, #LesbianVisibilityWeek, #LwiththeT
23 April
25 April
#EndMalariaForGood
Awareness days in May 2025
01 May to 31 May
01 May
03 May
#WPFD2025
04 May
#StarWarsDay
04 May
International Family Equality Day
05 May
05 May
08 May
10 May
#WorldLupusDay
10 May
#FairTradeDay
12 May
#InternationalNursesDay
12 May
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
15 May
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
#GAAD
17 May
Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
#IDAHOT2022
17 May
#EndangeredSpeciesDay
18 May
#InternationalMuseumDay
20 May
#NationalRescueDogDay
24 May
#WorldSchizophreniaDay
25 May
International Missing Children’s Day
28 May
World Blood Cancer Day
#WBCD2025
30 May
#MSConnections
Awareness days in June 2025
01 to 30 June
#Pride
01 June
01 June
National Cancer Survivor’s Day
02 June
#Volunteers Week
05 June
#WorldEnvironmentDay
06 June
08 June
#WorldOceansDay
08 June
Parents’ Day
14 June
07 June
Eid Al-Adha
15 June
Fathers’ Day
16 June
Learning Disability Week
#LDAW23 and #LDWeek22
18 June
Autistic Pride Day
#AutisticPrideDay
20 June
#WithRefugees
22 June
#WorldRainforestDay
23 June
International Women in Engineering Day
#INWED25
27 June
Awareness days in July 2025
01 July
International Joke Day
11 July
17 July
#WorldEmojiDay
28 July
#HepatitisDay
30 July
International Friendship Day
#DayofFriendship
Awareness days in August 2025
08 August
International Cat Day
#InternationalCatDay
09 August
Book Lovers Day
09 August
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
12 August
#InternationalYouthDay
19 August
#WorldHumanitarianDay
22 August
International Day commemorating the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief
23 August
International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition
26 August
International Dog Day
#InternationalDogDay
27 August
31 August
International Overdose Awareness Day
#OverdoseAware or #EndOverdose
Awareness days in September 2025
01 September
04 September
#WorldSexualHealthDay
05 September
#CharityDay
05 September
#NationalFoodBankDay
08 September
#LiteracyDay
10 September
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay, #WSPD, #WSPD2025
12 September
#StandUpToCancer
18 September
20–26 September
International Week of the Deaf
21 September
#WorldAlzheimersDay
21 September
23 September
23 September
International Day of Sign Languages
26 September
World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
#MacmillanCoffeeMorning
29 September
#WorldHeartDay
29 September
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
Awareness days in October 2025
01 October
#LGBTHistory
01 October
#BlackHistoryMonth
01 October
#Stoptober
01 October
#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
01 October
01 October
01 October
02 October
International Day of Non-Violence
#InternationalDayofNonViolence
04 October
#WorldAnimalDay
05 October
#WorldTeachersDay
06 October
09 October
10 October
#WorldMentalHeathDay
10 October
#WorldHomelessDay
11 October
#DayOfTheGirl
11 October
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
13 October
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
16 October
#FoodDay
17 October
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
#EndPoverty
20 October
24 October
29 October
#WorldStrokeDay
31 October
#Halloween
Awareness days in November 2025
01 November
#Movember
01 November
World Vegan Day
#WorldVeganDay
03 November
#TrusteesWeek
05 November
05 November
World Tsunami Awareness Day 2025
09 November Day
09 November
#RemembranceSunday
11 November
13 November
#WorldKindnessDay
14 November
#WDD
15 November
16 November
International Day for Tolerance
#InternationalDayForTolerance
20 November
#UNChildrensDay
20 November
Transgender Day of Remembrance
25 November
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Awareness days in December 2025
01 December
#WAD2025
02 December
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
01 December
#CyberMonday
02 December
#GivingTuesday
03 December
International Day for Disabilities
#IDPWD
04 December
05 December
09 December
International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide
10 December
#HumanRightsDay
11 December
#ChristmasJumperDay
20 December
International Human Solidarity Day
25 December
25 December
26 December
Boxing Day
31 December
The above showcases some of the most important awareness days of 2025. Charities can use that information to stay ahead of trends, engage in the process of raising awareness, learn and reflect, and so much more. Please let us know below if you want us to include any other awareness days.
Source: Charity Digital UK.