Category: British Awareness Days

Orchid Male Cancer Awareness Week

Orchid Male Cancer Awareness Week
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You can't run from your problems but, you can run towards beating them! Orchid Male Cancer Awareness Week 9-15 April 2018 Orchid Male Cancer Awareness Week is celebrating it's 10th year!  The week aims to highlight the warning signs and symptoms and encourage self-checks for early diagnosis. Every year more than 37,000 men will find… Continue reading Orchid Male Cancer Awareness Week

National Stop Snoring Week

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Sleep is a time for peace and quiet try telling that to your nose! National Stop Snoring Week 23-27 April 2018 National Stop Snoring Week has been launched by the British Snoring and Sleep Apnoea Association to draw attention and raise awareness to solving a huge problem. We all know how annoying it is, but… Continue reading National Stop Snoring Week

National Stationery Week

National Stationery Week
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From school to the workplace are you pacing the most stylish pencil case? National Stationery Week 23-29 April 2018 Heard of National Stationery Week?  Its all just beginning and you can be a part of it! National Stationery Day was launched by the Stationery Show in 2012, and it is part of a campaign to… Continue reading National Stationery Week

National Pet Month

National Pet Month
Show your furry friends how much you love them this National Pet Month 1 April - 7 May 2018 It's National Pet Month from 1 April to 7 May 2018, your chance to show the special creature in your life just how much you love them! The event is now in its 27th year and… Continue reading National Pet Month

National Gardening Week

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Art, beauty and science ... Yes, I'm talking about gardening! National Gardening Week 30 April - 6 May 2018 National Gardening Week 2018 will aim to encourage everyone to get involved in gardening as an on going hobby - or for the first time! Gardens have been around for a really long time!   It… Continue reading National Gardening Week

MS Awareness Week

MS Awareness Week
Being blue will take on a whole new meaning for you! MS Awareness Week 23-29 April 2018 MS Awareness Week is about encouraging people like me and you to give people with multiple sclerosis a chance.  So what is it exactly? In short: a progressive disease affecting the brain and spinal chord.  The effects can… Continue reading MS Awareness Week

British Yorkshire Pudding Day

British Yorkshire Pudding Day
A celebration of Yorkshire's best British Yorkshire Pudding Day 2 February 2020 British Yorkshire Pudding Day - each February, the first Sunday of the month is designated British Yorkshire Pudding Day.  In 2020 the day will be celebrated on 2 February. Being a Yorkshire lass this is really a day that could not pass without celebration. … Continue reading British Yorkshire Pudding Day

Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 24-30 January 2016

This January the European Cervical Cancer Association (ECCA) runs Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.   Over six days, the organisation wants to draw awareness to cervical cancer by providing information on the development of the disease and prevention. Did you know that it is preventable?   Yet 20% of women in the UK decline the invite… Continue reading Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 24-30 January 2016

Drive it Day

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Let's take inspiration from the Thousand Mile Trial and ride out in style! Drive it Day 21 April 2018 Every year Drive It Day is purposefully held on the Sunday nearest to 23 April.  Why?  Because it . The Royal Automobile Club Thousand Mile Trial started in London and passed through Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester - travelled… Continue reading Drive it Day