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.

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January 2037

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Running all month

  1. Sunday 4 January 2037

    • World Braille Day

      AwarenessInternational

      World Braille Day on 4 January highlights braille as an essential means of communication for blind and partially sighted people.

  2. Tuesday 6 January 2037

    • Epiphany

      Religious and culturalInternational

      Epiphany on 6 January is the Christian feast marking the visit of the Magi and the revealing of Jesus to the wider world.

  3. Wednesday 14 January 2037

    • World Logic Day

      AwarenessInternational

      A UNESCO day on 14 January that celebrates logic and its place in science, technology and everyday reasoning.

  4. Sunday 18 January 2037

    • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

      Religious and culturalInternational18 to 25 January 2037

      Observed from 18 to 25 January, when churches of different traditions pray together for Christian unity.

  5. Monday 19 January 2037

    • Brew Monday

      Awareness

      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.

    • Cervical Cancer Prevention Week

      Awareness19 to 25 January 2037

      A UK week in January that promotes HPV vaccination and cervical screening as ways to prevent cervical cancer.

    • Energy Savers Week

      Awareness19 to 25 January 2037

      A January week run by the Energy Saving Trust and Citizens Advice with simple tips to cut home energy use and bills.

  6. Friday 23 January 2037

    • Big Garden Birdwatch

      Awareness23 to 25 January 2037

      The RSPB's annual weekend survey in late January when people count the birds in their garden or local green space for an hour.

  7. Saturday 24 January 2037

    • International Day of Education

      AwarenessInternational

      The International Day of Education on 24 January celebrates the role of education in peace, development and fairer societies.

  8. Sunday 25 January 2037

    • Burns Night

      Religious and culturalInternational

      An evening on 25 January celebrating Scotland's national poet Robert Burns with suppers, haggis and readings of his work.

    • St Dwynwen's Day

      Religious and cultural

      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.

    • World Leprosy Day

      AwarenessInternational

      An international day on the last Sunday of January that raises awareness of leprosy and the stigma faced by people affected by it.

  9. Monday 26 January 2037

    • International Day of Clean Energy

      AwarenessInternational

      The International Day of Clean Energy on 26 January calls for a fair and inclusive move away from fossil fuels towards clean energy.

  10. Tuesday 27 January 2037

  11. Wednesday 28 January 2037

    • Data Protection Day

      AwarenessInternational

      Marked on 28 January to raise awareness of personal data protection and privacy rights, and known in some countries as Privacy Day.

    • International Day of Peaceful Coexistence

      AwarenessInternational

      The International Day of Peaceful Coexistence on 28 January promotes tolerance, respect for diversity and peace through education and dialogue.

  12. Friday 30 January 2037

    • World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

      AwarenessInternational

      A global day on 30 January that calls for action to end neglected tropical diseases, which affect more than a billion people.

  13. Saturday 31 January 2037

    • National Storytelling Week

      Awareness31 January to 8 February 2037

      A UK celebration of oral storytelling that starts on the last Saturday of January, running from 31 January to 8 February in 2026.