Month-Long Observances

• Mental Health Month – Promotes mental wellbeing and reduces stigma
• Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Focuses on education and support for those affected
• ADHD Awareness Month
• National Safe Work Month – Encourages safer workplaces across Australia
• International Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month
• Walktober – Promotes physical activity and walking challenges
• Shocktober – Raises awareness about defibrillators and cardiac arrest
• Polio Awareness Month – Educates about the late effects of polio

Weekly and Daily Observances

1^st International Day of Older Persons

1 to 7 Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week

2^nd International Day of Non-Violence

3^rd World Smile Day

6^th World Cerebral Palsy Day

9^th World Sight Day

10^th World Mental Health Day

11th National Coming Out Day

12th World Arthritis Day

12 to 18 National Carers Week

12 to 18 OCD Awareness week

13th International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

15th Ride to Work Day

16th World Food Day

16th World Spine Day

17th Internation Day for the Eradication of Poverty

18 to 26 Children’s Week

18 World Menopause Day

19 to 25 Invisible Disabilities Week

20th World Osteoporosis day

20 to 26 International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

20 to 26 Ace Week – Asexual Awareness Week

20 to 26 Sock it to Suicide week

24th World Polio Day

25th World Pasta Day

26th Intersex Awareness Day

26th Grandparents Day