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
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11th |
Step In A Puddle And Splash Your Friends Day 2020 Steps to Aging Happily and Gracefully? |
30th |
Young Carers Awareness Day |
April |
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Stress Awareness Month |
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30th March -5th |
World Autism Awareness Week |
1st |
World Health Day |
6th-10th TBC |
National Stalking Awareness Week |
May |
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4th-10th |
Deaf Awareness Week |
11th-17th |
Dementia Action Week |
17th |
National Children’s Day |
18th-24th |
Mental Health Awareness Week |
25th |
International Missing Children’s Day |
June |
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1st-7th |
Child Safety Week |
7th |
Tourette’s Awareness Day |
15th |
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
15th-21st |
Men’s Health Week |
26th |
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking |
July
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August |
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12th |
International Youth Day |
September |
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10th |
World Suicide Prevention Day |
21st |
World Alzheimer’s Day |
27th |
Macmillan Coffee Morning |
October
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1st |
International Older Person’s Day |
10th |
World Homeless Day |
10th |
World Mental Health Day |
10th-17th |
Stop Hate Crime week |
17th |
International eradication of poverty day |
November
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Movember |
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11th-17th |
Alcohol Awareness Week |
19th |
International Men’s Day |
20th |
Universal Children’s Day |
25th |
White Ribbon Day International day for the Elimination of Violence against Women |
December
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10th |
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/