UK awareness days and key dates
Awareness days, weeks and months, with bank holidays and the big commercial dates. Pick a country and the types you need, then subscribe in your own calendar.
Running all month
- Buy Nothing New Month 1 to 31 January 2020
- Dry January 1 to 31 January 2020
- Love Your Liver Awareness Month 1 to 31 January 2020
- RED January 1 to 31 January 2020
- Veganuary 1 to 31 January 2020
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Saturday 4 January 2020
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World Braille Day
World Braille Day on 4 January highlights braille as an essential means of communication for blind and partially sighted people.
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World Braille Day
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Monday 6 January 2020
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Epiphany
Epiphany on 6 January is the Christian feast marking the visit of the Magi and the revealing of Jesus to the wider world.
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Epiphany
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Tuesday 14 January 2020
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World Logic Day
A UNESCO day on 14 January that celebrates logic and its place in science, technology and everyday reasoning.
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World Logic Day
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Saturday 18 January 2020
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Observed from 18 to 25 January, when churches of different traditions pray together for Christian unity.
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
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Monday 20 January 2020
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Brew Monday
A UK day on the third Monday of January that encourages people to meet for a cup of tea and talk, in place of so-called Blue Monday.
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Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
A UK week in January that promotes HPV vaccination and cervical screening as ways to prevent cervical cancer.
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Energy Savers Week
A January week run by the Energy Saving Trust and Citizens Advice with simple tips to cut home energy use and bills.
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Brew Monday
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Friday 24 January 2020
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Big Garden Birdwatch
The RSPB's annual weekend survey in late January when people count the birds in their garden or local green space for an hour.
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International Day of Education
The International Day of Education on 24 January celebrates the role of education in peace, development and fairer societies.
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Big Garden Birdwatch
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Saturday 25 January 2020
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Burns Night
An evening on 25 January celebrating Scotland's national poet Robert Burns with suppers, haggis and readings of his work.
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National Storytelling Week
A UK celebration of oral storytelling that starts on the last Saturday of January, running from 31 January to 8 February in 2026.
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St Dwynwen's Day
Celebrated in Wales on 25 January, St Dwynwen's Day honours the Welsh patron saint of lovers and is often called the Welsh Valentine's Day.
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Burns Night
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Sunday 26 January 2020
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International Day of Clean Energy
The International Day of Clean Energy on 26 January calls for a fair and inclusive move away from fossil fuels towards clean energy.
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World Leprosy Day
An international day on the last Sunday of January that raises awareness of leprosy and the stigma faced by people affected by it.
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International Day of Clean Energy
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Monday 27 January 2020
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Holocaust Memorial Day
A day on 27 January to remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust and the victims of Nazi persecution and later genocides.
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International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
On 27 January the UN remembers the victims of the Holocaust, marking the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945.
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Holocaust Memorial Day
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Tuesday 28 January 2020
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Data Protection Day
Marked on 28 January to raise awareness of personal data protection and privacy rights, and known in some countries as Privacy Day.
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International Day of Peaceful Coexistence
The International Day of Peaceful Coexistence on 28 January promotes tolerance, respect for diversity and peace through education and dialogue.
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Data Protection Day
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Thursday 30 January 2020
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World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day
A global day on 30 January that calls for action to end neglected tropical diseases, which affect more than a billion people.
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World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day