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