Key wellbeing dates January 2025
Looking to support a cause, raise awareness, or plan your wellbeing initiatives around key dates in your workplace? Below you’ll find a regularly updated list of health and wellbeing charity days, weeks, and month-long observances, handily organised by country.
World+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Walk Your Dog Month
- Veganuary
Specific Days and Weeks
- 1-3 January |Gantan-Sai/Ganjitsu
- 1 January | World Day of Peace
- 2 January | World Introvert Day
- 4 January | World Braille Day – 4 January
- 11 January | International Parity at Work Day
- 11 January | International Thank You Day
- 26 January | International Environmental Education Day
- 27 January | International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- 28 January | World Leprosy Day
- 29 January | Chinese New Year
New Zealand+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Dry January
Specific Days and Weeks
- 29 January | Chinese New Year
Australia+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Dry January
- Veganuary
Specific Days and Weeks
- 22 – 24 January | Aboriginal Cultural Showcase
- 26 January | Tandanya Survival Day
- 26 January | Belgrave Survival Day
- 27 January | Holocaust Remembrance Day
- 29 January | Chinese New Year
United Kingdom+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
- Dry January
- Red January (Beat the Winter Blues)
- Walk Your Dog Month
Specific Days and Weeks
- 3 January | Festival of Sleep Day
- 20 January | Blue Monday
- 20 January | Brew Monday
- 21 – 28 January | Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
- 21 January | National Hug Day
- 24 January | National Compliment Day
- 31 January | National Bug Busting Day
United States+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Cervical Health Awareness Month
- National Blood Donor Month
- National Radon Action Month
- Thyroid Awareness Month
Specific Days and Weeks
- 3 January | Festival of Sleep Day
- 11 January | National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
- 20 January | Martin Luther King Jr Day
- 24 January |National Compliment Day
Germany+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Veganuary
Specific Days and Weeks
- 17 – 26 January | Internationale Grüne Woche (Green Week)
- 27 January | Anti-Hate Campaign (Public Awareness & Education Events to observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day)
Spain+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Dry January
Specific Days and Weeks
- 6 January | Epiphany (Día de los Reyes Magos)
- 11 January | Human Trafficking Awareness Day
