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Safeguarding Awareness Calendar

This is a calendar of safeguarding awareness and related days for 2020.

There are events related in the calendar that relate to disability or to serious illness that are not strictly safeguarding awareness days. However, they have been included because research shows that people who have a disability, or who are suffering a serious illness, may be more likely to be subject to abuse. By raising awareness around those days, we can offer safeguarding support to those communities.

Click on the links below to access information for each day – how could you raise awareness in your parish?

There is also access to further resources on our Safeguarding 'Help and Support' page. You can also click on this link to download a copy of this calendar

If you would like to see an Awareness Day added to this list, please contact safeguarding@rcaol.co.uk

January
11^th	Step In A Puddle And Splash Your Friends Day 2020 Steps to Aging Happily and Gracefully?
30^th	Young Carers Awareness Day

February
3^rd-9^th	Children’s mental health week
3^rd-9th	Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week
4^th	World Cancer Day
6^th	International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
6^th	Time to Talk Day
7^th	Modern Slavery - Sat 8th February Feast Day of St Josephine Bakhita
11^th	Safer Internet Day
20^th	World Day of Social Justice

March
1^st	Self Harm Awareness Day
2^nd-8^th	Eating Disorders Awareness Week
8^th	International Women’s Day
18^th	Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day
24^th	International day for the right to the truth concerning Gross Human Rights violations and for the dignity of victims
30^th-5^th April	World Autism Awareness Week

April
	Stress Awareness Month
30^th March -5^th	World Autism Awareness Week
1^st	World Health Day
6^th-10^th TBC	National Stalking Awareness Week

May
4^th-10^th	Deaf Awareness Week
11^th-17^th	Dementia Action Week
17^th	National Children’s Day
18^th-24^th	Mental Health Awareness Week
25^th	International Missing Children’s Day

June
1^st-7^th	Child Safety Week
7^th	Tourette’s Awareness Day
15^th	World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
15^th-21st	Men’s Health Week
26^th	International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

July

August
12th	International Youth Day

September
10^th	World Suicide Prevention Day
21^st	World Alzheimer’s Day
27^th	Macmillan Coffee Morning

October
1^st	International Older Person’s Day
10^th	World Homeless Day
10^th	World Mental Health Day
10^th-17th	Stop Hate Crime week
17th	International eradication of poverty day

November
	Movember
11^th-17^th	Alcohol Awareness Week
19^th	International Men’s Day
20^th	Universal Children’s Day
25^th	White Ribbon Day International day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

December
10^th	Human Rights Day

Organisations yet to confirm their action days:

Domestic abuse https://uksaysnomore.org/
Mencap learning disability week https://www.mencap.org.uk/get-involved/learning-disability-week-2019
Gaslighting https://www.thrivetalk.com/gaslighting/