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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  1. Friday 1 July 2039

    • Swift Awareness Week

      Awareness25 June to 3 July 2039

      A week of walks, talks and events in late June and early July to help protect swifts, a declining summer visitor.

    • Co-op Fortnight

      Awareness27 June to 10 July 2039

      A fortnight celebrating co-operative businesses across the UK, running 22 June to 5 July in 2026.

    • Rabbit Awareness Week

      Awareness27 June to 1 July 2039

      A UK week promoting better welfare for pet rabbits, held 22 to 26 June in 2026.

    • Small Charity Week

      Awareness27 June to 3 July 2039

      A UK week in late June that celebrates and supports small charities, with 2026 activity running from 22 June.

    • Action Mesothelioma Day

      Awareness

      Action Mesothelioma Day is held in early July to remember people affected by mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer, held on Friday 3 July 2026.

    • Community Energy Fortnight

      Awareness1 to 14 July 2039

      A two week campaign in early July that showcases community owned renewable energy groups across the UK.

  2. Saturday 2 July 2039

    • International Day of Cooperatives

      AwarenessInternational

      The International Day of Cooperatives, on the first Saturday of July, celebrates member-owned businesses and their role in fair and inclusive economies.

    • National Meadows Day

      Awareness

      A Plantlife day on the first Saturday of July celebrating wildflower meadows and calling for their protection.

  3. Monday 4 July 2039

    • Alcohol Awareness Week

      Awareness4 to 10 July 2039

      A UK week run by Alcohol Change UK each July to get people thinking about alcohol and its effects.

    • Great British Pea Week

      Awareness4 to 10 July 2039

      An early July week marking the peak of the UK pea harvest, run by the Yes Peas! campaign to encourage people to cook with British peas.

  4. Wednesday 6 July 2039

    • National Kissing Day

      AwarenessInternational

      National Kissing Day is a light-hearted UK day on 6 July, with kissing tips, surveys and stories for radio, TV and online media.

    • World Rural Development Day

      AwarenessInternational

      World Rural Development Day on 6 July draws attention to sustainable development in rural areas, where much of the world lives and works.

    • World Zoonoses Day

      AwarenessInternational

      Held on 6 July, World Zoonoses Day raises awareness of diseases that pass between animals and people, marking Pasteur's first rabies vaccination in 1885.

  5. Thursday 7 July 2039

    • Cycle to Work Day

      Awareness

      A UK day on the first Thursday of July that encourages people to ride a bike to work.

    • World Kiswahili Language Day

      AwarenessInternational

      World Kiswahili Language Day on 7 July celebrates Kiswahili, spoken by more than 200 million people across East, Central and Southern Africa.

  6. Monday 11 July 2039

    • Bees' Needs Week

      Awareness11 to 17 July 2039

      A Defra led week in July that shows people simple ways to help bees and other pollinators.

    • International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica

      AwarenessInternational

      On 11 July the UN remembers the victims of the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica and works to counter denial and prevent future genocides.

    • Srebrenica Memorial Day

      Awareness

      A day on 11 July remembering the genocide of over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995.

    • World Horse Day

      AwarenessInternational

      World Horse Day on 11 July celebrates the long partnership between people and horses and calls attention to their welfare.

    • World Population Day

      AwarenessInternational

      World Population Day on 11 July focuses attention on population issues and their links to development, health and the environment.

  7. Tuesday 12 July 2039

  8. Wednesday 13 July 2039

    • Group B Strep Awareness Week

      Awareness13 to 19 July 2039

      Group B Strep Awareness Week raises awareness of group B strep infection in newborn babies, held from 8 to 14 July in 2026.

  9. Friday 15 July 2039

    • World Youth Skills Day

      AwarenessInternational

      World Youth Skills Day on 15 July highlights the value of giving young people skills for work, decent jobs and enterprise.

  10. Saturday 16 July 2039

    • Festival of Archaeology

      Religious and cultural16 to 31 July 2039

      A UK festival of archaeology events held over two weeks in July, which ran from 18 July to 2 August in 2026.

  11. Monday 18 July 2039

    • Farm Safety Week

      Awareness18 to 22 July 2039

      A five day July campaign by the Farm Safety Foundation to cut deaths and injuries on UK farms. In 2026 it ran 20 to 24 July.

    • Nelson Mandela International Day

      AwarenessInternational

      Nelson Mandela International Day on 18 July, his birthday, encourages people to take action in their communities in his honour.

  12. Wednesday 20 July 2039

    • International Moon Day

      AwarenessInternational

      International Moon Day on 20 July marks the first human landing on the Moon in 1969 and promotes sustainable lunar exploration.

    • World Chess Day

      AwarenessInternational

      World Chess Day on 20 July celebrates chess as a game that builds goodwill, dialogue and cooperation between people.

  13. Friday 22 July 2039

    • Love Parks Week

      Awareness22 to 31 July 2039

      A Keep Britain Tidy campaign celebrating parks and green spaces in England, held over about ten days from late July into early August.

    • World Brain Day

      AwarenessInternational

      A global day on 22 July that raises awareness of brain health and neurological conditions.

  14. Sunday 24 July 2039

    • International Bog Day

      AwarenessInternational

      A day on the fourth Sunday of July that raises awareness of peatlands, their benefits and the threats they face.

    • International Self-Care Day

      AwarenessInternational

      A global day on 24 July that promotes self-care as part of good health. The date reflects self-care being practised 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

    • Samaritans Awareness Day

      Awareness

      Samaritans Awareness Day falls on 24 July each year, a date chosen to reflect that Samaritans volunteers are there to listen 24/7.

  15. Monday 25 July 2039

  16. Tuesday 26 July 2039

  17. Thursday 28 July 2039

    • World Hepatitis Day

      AwarenessInternational

      World Hepatitis Day on 28 July raises awareness of viral hepatitis and calls for a stronger global response.

  18. Friday 29 July 2039

    • Global Tiger Day

      AwarenessInternational

      Held on 29 July, Global Tiger Day raises awareness of wild tigers and efforts to protect them and their habitats.

  19. Saturday 30 July 2039

    • International Day of Friendship

      AwarenessInternational

      The International Day of Friendship on 30 July celebrates friendship between people, cultures and countries as a foundation for peace.

    • National Marine Week

      Awareness30 July to 14 August 2039

      The Wildlife Trusts' 16-day celebration of UK seas and coastlines, held 25 July to 9 August in 2026.

    • World Day against Trafficking in Persons

      AwarenessInternational

      The World Day against Trafficking in Persons on 30 July raises awareness of human trafficking and calls for better protection of victims.

  20. Sunday 31 July 2039

    • World Ranger Day

      AwarenessInternational

      Held on 31 July, World Ranger Day honours rangers killed or injured on duty and recognises their work protecting nature and cultural heritage.