Jot these 2024 UK awareness days into your calendar and add some sauce to your social media marketing.
Knowing what to post on social media is no cakewalk. But with the right UK awareness days up your sleeve, you can create content with that extra touch of meaning and relatability.
To get you started, we’ve listed 95 (yes, really) key dates to add to your social media calendars.
What is an awareness day?
An awareness day is a date designed to bring attention to critical causes, events and random topics.
Much like the famous Red Nose Day and the much-loved Valentine’s Day, there is pretty much an awareness day for everything.
For example, there is a National Chocolate Cake Day in January. Any excuse, eh?
An awareness day can be based on something small and light-hearted, simply for a bit of fun, or it can be part of a much bigger, deeper conversation.
Why do we have awareness days?
The main reason for awareness days, weeks and months is to encourage people to take action and drive change in some way.
Awareness days are created by individuals, organisations, or charities to mark a particular event, time, or object.
Why awareness days are important for social media marketing
When looking for content ideas, awareness days are an easy place to start.
The beauty of these awareness days is that they become a popular talking point on social media.
The day often comes with its own hashtag that trends because of the popularity and sheer quantity of posts going out on that given day.
Awareness days, weeks, and months count for timely social content that you can plan well in advance. They’re also a fantastic way of taking a trending topic and highlighting your view or efforts as a brand.
Top UK awareness days in 2024 for social media
Awareness days in January 2024
🫑 Veganuary month
🍺 Dry January
🎉 1st – New Year’s Day
🧘♀️3rd – International Mind-Body Wellness Day
👂 4th – World Braille Day
🐓 5th – National Bird Day
🌜 5th – Twelfth Night
💙 15th – Blue Monday
☕ 15th – Brew Monday
🫂 21st – National Hug Day
🔥 25th – Burns Night
🍫 27th – Chocolate Cake Day
Awareness days in February 2024
💗 4th – World Cancer Day
🥜 5th – World Nutella Day
💻 6th – Safer Internet Day
🧪 11th – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
📗 12th – Darwin Day
📻 13th – Shrove Tuesday
💘 14th – Valentine’s Day
🤗 17th – Random Acts of Kindness Day
🥞 20th – National Love Your Pet Day
💭 22nd – World Thinking Day
📆 29th – Leap Year Day
Awareness days in March 2024
🤝 1st – Employee Appreciation Day
🐛 3rd – World Wildlife Day
📖 7th – World Book Day
💪 8th – International Women’s Day
👩👦 10th – Mother’s Day
🍀 17th – St Patrick’s Day
😁 20th – International Day of Happiness
✍️ 21st – World Poetry Day
🥚 31st – Easter Sunday
Awareness days in April 2024
😂 1st – April Fool’s Day
📖 2nd – Autism Awareness Day
🥳 3rd – World Party Day
❤️🩹 7th – World Health Day
👯 10th – National Siblings Day
🧠 13th – National Scrabble Day
🚲 19th – Bicycle Day
🍵 21st – National Tea Day
🌎 22nd – Earth Day
⛑️ 23rd – World Day for Health and Safety at Work
🕺 29th – International Dance Day
Awareness days in May 2024
🚶🏻 National Walking Month
🐟 2nd – World Tuna Day
📰 3rd – World Press Day
⭐ 4th – Star Wars Day
😆 5th – World Laughter Day
🍪 29th – National Biscuit Day
Awareness days in June 2024
🏳️🌈 Pride Month
👨👩👦 1st – Global Day of Parents
🌳 4th – World Environment Day
🩸 14th – World Blood Donor Day
🧘♂️21st – International Day of Yoga
🎪 26th – Glastonbury Festival Starts
Awareness days in July 2024
♻️ Plastic Free July
🎆 4th – Independence Day (America)
😀 17th – World Emoji Day
♟️ 20th – International Chess Day
👩🏻🤝👩🏻 30th – International Day of Friendship
Awareness days in August 2024
🚲 1st – Cycle to Work Day
😺 8th – International Cat Day
📸 19th – World Photography Day
♀️ 26th – Women’s Equality Day
Awareness days in September 2024
World Alzheimer’s Month
❤️🩹 10th – World Suicide Prevention Day
🪖 11th – Remembrance Day
👋🏻 23rd – International Day of Sign Languages
🛌 25th – World Dream Day
🎧 30th – International Podcast Day
Awareness days in October 2024
🧠 World Mental Health Month
🥒 1st – World Vegetarian Day
🎞️ 3rd – Mean Girls Day
🐘 4th – World Animal Day
👴🏻 6th – Grandparents’ Day
🧑🦼 6th – World Cerebral Palsy Day
🧠 10th – World Mental Health Day
🌈 11th – National Coming Out Day
🤰 15th – Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
🍔 16th – World Food Day
♀️ 18th – World Menopause Day
🎃 31st – Halloween
Awareness days in November 2024
🧔 Movember month
🥕 1st – World Vegan Day
🥪 3rd – World Sandwich Day
🔥 5th – Bonfire Night
🔭 10th – World Science Day
❤️ 11th – Remembrance Day
😊 13th – World Kindness Day
🧑🏻🤝🧑🏼 14th – World Diabetes Day
♂️ 19th – International Men’s Day
📺 21st – World Television Day
🖤 29th – Black Friday
Awareness Days in December 2024
🤝 1st – World Aids Day
♿ 3rd – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
🙋♀️5th – International Volunteer Day
🎄 24th – Christmas Eve
🎅 25th – Christmas Day
📦 26th – Boxing Day
🎇 31st – New Year’s Eve
Need a social media manager?
This guide to UK awareness days in 2024 is a good start. But if you don’t have the time to keep track of or maximise the potential of your online presence, it might be time to outsource your social to an expert.
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Written by Eirian Williams & Holly Ostle
