Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning – Since 1990, Macmillan Cancer Support have been organising a coffee morning to raise funds for the charity. The event grew from a local fundraising event in the first year to a countrywide event the following year. With over two thousand people registering to host an event in year two… Continue reading Fancy a coffee? Let’s make a date for the Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning 30 September 2016
Category: September
World Suicide Prevention Day 10 September annually
World Suicide Prevention Day was first observed in 2003 and it now takes place on 10 September each year. This year, 2016 marks the 14th anniversary of the awareness day and this year the theme is “Connect. Communicate. Care”. The World Health Organisation estimates that about one million people around the world die by suicide… Continue reading World Suicide Prevention Day 10 September annually
World School Milk Day 30 September annually
World School Milk Day – The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) is celebrating the 17th annual World School Milk Day on 30 September for school milk information, giving advice and help to countries who want to establish school milk programmes. A lack of information about different school milk systems among United… Continue reading World School Milk Day 30 September annually
Get out your oils and lotions and start rubbing those hands and feet it’s World Reflexology Week 19-25 September 2016
Running from 19-25 September 2016, World Reflexology Week aims to bring reflexologists around the world together to raise awareness and promote reflexology. Reflexology is a non-intrusive complementary health therapy, based on the theory that different points on the feet, lower leg, hands, face or ears correspond with different areas of the body. Reflexologists work holistically with… Continue reading Get out your oils and lotions and start rubbing those hands and feet it’s World Reflexology Week 19-25 September 2016
Get involved in an event on World Rabies Day 28 September annually
World Rabies Day is designed to raise awareness about both human and animal rabies. The theme this year is ‘Rabies: Educate. Vaccinate. Eliminate’. The day is also about teaching everyone about the impact of rabies, how to prevent it and how to eradicate sources of the disease across the world. Since it started the day… Continue reading Get involved in an event on World Rabies Day 28 September annually
Have a cuppa on World Lymphoma Day 15 September annually
World Lymphoma Day – If something goes wrong or someone needs to talk what do the Brits do best? Boil the kettle and make a cup of tea. I think tea has that lovely soothing effect and is the perfect refreshment to get rid of my woes. So why not turn a tea break… Continue reading Have a cuppa on World Lymphoma Day 15 September annually
Take care of your heart World Heart Day 29 September annually
World Heart Day was devised by the World Heart Federation to help people realise that the majority of these deaths could be avoided. Heart disease and stroke claims 17.3 million lives worldwide every year. The event was first created in 2000. Each year the organisers of the event focus on a theme and this year… Continue reading Take care of your heart World Heart Day 29 September annually
Go without your car on World Carfree Day 22 September annually
World Carfree Day – We all know about the dangers of too much pollution to our environment, yet every day we get in our cars and make the situation worse. This important awareness day aims to help highlight the pollution of the world caused by car use and persuade us to leave the car at… Continue reading Go without your car on World Carfree Day 22 September annually
Organisations across the world unite for World Alzheimer’s Month every September
The fourth World Alzheimer’s Month takes place every September 2015 with awareness raising events taking place worldwide. The theme this year is ‘Remember Me’. Every year since 1994 Alzheimer organisations have observed World Alzheimer’s Day on 21 September and the day will continue to play an important and key role during the World Alzheimer’s Month events. Named after… Continue reading Organisations across the world unite for World Alzheimer’s Month every September
Too shy to talk about STIs and contraception? Get savvy during Sexual Health Week 12-18 September 2016
Sexual Health Week run by the FPA (Family Planning Association) throughout England, aims to keep us all informed about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and sexual health. The FPA, is a sexual health charity. They now been informing the general public for over 80 years, helping people to make the right choices for them when it… Continue reading Too shy to talk about STIs and contraception? Get savvy during Sexual Health Week 12-18 September 2016