Key wellbeing dates March 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
- 5 March – 17 April | Lent
Specific Days and Weeks
- 28 February – 29 March | Ramadan
- 1 March | International Wheelchair Day
- 1 March | Self injury/Harm Awareness Day (SIAD)
- 1 March | World Compliment Day
- 1 March | Zero Discrimination Day
- 8 March | International Women’s Day
- 14 March | Holi (also known as Festival of Colours)
- 14 March | World Sleep Day
- 17 – 23 March | Neurodiversity Celebration Week
- 18 March | Global Recycling Day
- 20 March | International Day of Happiness
- 21 March | Race Relations Day
- 25 March | Baháʼí Naw-Rúz
- 26 March | Purple Day/Epilepsy Awareness
- 31 March | International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV)
New Zealand+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Endometriosis Awareness Month
- Hearing Awareness Month
- National Kidney Month
- Neighbours Aotearoa
- Red Cross Annual Appeal and Street Collection
- Relay for Life – events across NZ during March and April
- Ōtautahi/Christchurch Pride Month
Specific Days and Weeks
- 1 – 9 March | Sea Week
- 2 March | National Children’s Day
- 3 – 9 March | Foster Care Awareness Week
- 8 March | Wellington Pride Parade
- 10 – 16 March | Brain Awareness Week
- 15 March | Christchurch Pride
- 15 March | Christchurch Terror Attacks Anniversary
- 21 March Little Heart Day
- 26 March | Purple Day (Epilepsy)
Australia+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Australian Women’s History Month
- Endometriosis Awareness Month and EndoMarch
- Epilepsy Awareness Month/Make March Purple
- March into Yellow
- Melanoma March
- One Walk (JDRF – for a world without Type 1 Diabetes)
- The March Charge
- The Water Challenge
- World’s Greatest Shave
Specific Days and Weeks
- 1 March | Zero Discrimination Day
- 1 – 7 March | Hearing Awareness Week
- 2 March | Clean Up Australia Day
- 10 – 16 March | Brain Awareness Week
- 17 – 23 March | Cultural Diversity Week
- 17 – 23 March | Neurodiversity Celebration Week
- 17 March – 18 April | A Taste of Harmony
- 21 March | Harmony Day
- 21 March | National Close The Gap Day
- 26 March | Purple Day (Epilepsy)
United Kingdom+
Month-long health awareness themes
- 100 Miles in March for Mind
- Brain Tumour Awareness Month
- Colon Cancer Awareness Month
- Dechox
- Endometriosis Awareness Month
- Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal
- National Bed Month
- National Nutrition Month
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- Walk all over Cancer
Specific Days and Weeks
- 2 March | National Old Stuff Day
- 2 – 8 March | No More Week
- 4 March | Endo the Night
- 9 March | National Day of Reflection
- 11 – 17 March | Nutrition and Hydration Week
- 12 March | National No Smoking Day
- 16 March | Disabled Access Day
- 17 – 23 March | Debt Awareness Week
- 17 – 23 March | Neurodiversity Celebration Week
- 26 March | Purple Day
- 28 March | Wear a Hat Day
United States+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Developmental Disabilities Month
- Gender Equality Month
- Mustache March
- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- National Endometriosis Awareness Month
- National Nutrition Month
- National Save your Vision Month
- National Women’s History Month
- Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Specific Days and Weeks
- 7 March | Employee Appreciation Day
- 9 – 15 March | National Sleep Awareness Week
- 10 – 16 March | Brain Awareness Week
- 15 March | Equal Pay Day
- 15 March | National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence
- 25 March | American Diabetes Alert Day
- 26 March | Purple Day/Epilepsy Awareness Day
Germany+
Month-long health awareness themes
- None listed
Specific Days and Weeks
- 3 March | Rosenmontag (Rose Monday)
- 7 March | World Day of Prayer
- 10 March | International Bagpipe Day
- 12 March | World Glaucoma Day
Spain+
Month-long health awareness themes
- None listed
Specific Days and Weeks
- 1 March | Día de las Islas Baleares (Balearic Islands Day)
- 1 March | Día de Andalucía (Andalusia Day)
- 6 March | Día de la Constitución de la Comunidad Valenciana (Valencian Community Constitution Day)
- 8 March | Día de la Mujer Trabajadora (Working Women’s Day)
