Awareness Days & Months

Dates for your diary.

February

  • Time To Talk (3 February)

  • Children Mental Health Week (7 - 13 February)

March

  • Down Syndrome Week (21 - 27 March)

  • World Down Syndrome Day (21 March)

  • World Autism Week (29 March - 4 April)

April

  • World Autism Day (2 April)

  • World Parkinson's Day (11 April)

  • MS Awareness Week (18 - 24 April)

May

  • Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (3 - 23 May)

  • Deaf Awareness Week (21 - 27 May)

  • Epilepsy Awareness Week (15 - 21 May)

  • Scottish Disability Week (2 - 8 May)

  • Mental Health Week (9 - 15 May)

  • National Epilepsy week (15 - 21 May)

June

  • Dementia Week (16 - 22 June)

  • Carers Week (7 - 13 June)

September

  • World Alzheimer Day (21 September)

October

  • Dyslexia Awareness Week (5 - 11 October)

  • Word Cerebral Day (6 October)

  • Hate Crime Awareness week (9 - 16 October)

  • World Mental Health Day (10 October)

  • World Sight Day (13 October)

November

  • Purple Tuesday (2 November)

December

  • International Day of People with a Disability (3 December)

  • Human Rights Day (10 December)