February
2-8 Children’s Mental Health Week
17 Care Day (looked after children) 2018
27 National Mental Capacity Action Day 2017
March
5-9 National Apprenticeship Week
6-12 National Conversation Week
12-18 Brain Awareness Week
12-18 NHS Nutrition & Hydration Week
26 -2 April Schools’ Autism Awareness Week
26 -2 April World Autism Awareness Week
31 International Transgender Day of Visibility
April
Bilingual Awareness Month
2 World Autism Awareness Day
7 World Health Day
10-16 Parkinson’s Awareness Week
16 World Voice Day
24-30 MS Awareness Week
May
Huntington Disease Awareness Month
Stroke Awareness Month
8-14 Action for Brain Injury (ABI) Week
14 Apraxia Awareness Day
14-20 Mental Health Awareness Week
14-22 Foster Care Fortnight
15-21 Deaf Awareness Week
21-27 Dementia Awareness Week
28 National Memory Day
30 World MS Day
June
Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Month
Learning Disability Week
National Aphasia Awareness Month
21 Motor Neurone Disease Global Awareness Day
July
National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month
24 International Self-Care Day
September
World Alzheimer’s Month
Neonatal Intensive Care Awareness
10 National Dementia Carers Day
18-22 European Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
18-24 National Eye Health Week
21 World Alzheimer’s Day
October
International AAC Awareness Month
Bilingual Child Month
Selective Mutism Awareness Month
2 World Sight Day
8-13 Mental Illness Awareness Week
10 World Mental Health Day
13 World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
17 World Prematurity Day
22 International Stammering Awareness Day
29 World Stroke Day
November
December
3 International Day of People with Disability