Key wellbeing dates March 2026
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
- None listed
Specific Days and Weeks
- 17 February – 19 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
- 3 March | World Hearing Day
- 4 March | International HPV Awareness Day
- 4 March | World Obesity Day
- 6 – 12 March | International Parental Mental Health Awareness Week
- 8 March | International Women’s Day
- 8 – 14 March | World Glaucoma Week
- 11 March | International Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day
- 13 March | World Kidney Day
- 13 March | World Sleep Day
- 14 March | Holi
- 15 March | International Long Covid Awareness Day
- 16 – 20 March | Neurodiversity Celebration Week
- 16 – 22 March | Brain Awareness Week
- 16 – 22 March | Nutrition and Hydration Week
- 17 March | World Social Work Day
- 18 March | Global Recycling Day
- 20 March | International Day of Happiness
- 20 March | World Oral Health Day
- 21 March | Baháʼí Naw-Rúz
- 21 March | Race Relations Day
- 21 March | World Down Syndrome Day
- 22 March | World Water Day
- 24 March | World Tuberculosis Awareness Day
- 26 March | Purple Day/Epilepsy Awareness
- 28 March | Earth Hour
- 30 March | World Bipolar Day
- 31 March | International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV)
New Zealand+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Ōtautahi/Christchurch Pride Month and Festival
- 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
- Whangarei Pride Festival
Specific Days and Weeks
- 28 Feb – 8 March | Sea Week
- 1 March | National Children’s Day
- 6 – 22 March | Wellington Pride Festival
- 7 March | Wellington Pride Parade
- 10 – 16 March | Brain Awareness Week
- 15 March | Christchurch Terror Attacks Anniversary
- 20 March | Little Heart Day
- 26 March | Purple Day (Epilepsy)
- TBC | Foster Care Awareness Week
Australia+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Australian Women’s History Month
- Endometriosis Awareness Month/March into Yellow
- Epilepsy Awareness Month/Make March Purple
- 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
- TBA | Hearing Awareness Week
- 1 March | Clean Up Australia Day
- 1 March | Zero Discrimination Day
- 9 March | The National Day of Women Living with HIV
- 10 – 16 March | Brain Awareness Week
- 15 – 22 March | Multiple Birth Awareness Week
- 16 – 20 March | Neurodiversity Celebration Week
- 16 – 22 March | National Advance Care Planning Week
- 19 March to 18 April | A Taste of Harmony
- 19 March | National Pet Adoption Day
- 19 March | National Close The Gap Day
- 20 March | Ride2School Day
- 21 March | Harmony Day
- 23 – 29 March | Cultural Diversity Week
- 25 March | FND (Functional Neurological Disorder) Australia Awareness Day
- 26 March | Purple Day (Epilepsy)
- 27 March | Walk to Work Day
- 29 March | Neighbour Day
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
- 3 March | Dyscalculia Awareness Day
- 4 March | Endo the Night
- 7 – 13 March | Endometriosis Awareness Week
- 9 – 13 March | HealthCare Science Week
- 11 March | National No Smoking Day
- 11 March | Young Carers Action Day
- 12 March | University Mental Health Day
- 16 March | Disabled Access Day
- 16 – 22 March | Debt Awareness Week
- 16 – 22 March | Nutrition and Hydration Week
- 16 March – 27 March | The Big Walk and Wheel
- 17 – 23 March | Neurodiversity Celebration Week
- 20 March | Sport Relief/Comic Relief/Red Nose Day
- 23 March | National Day of Reflection
- 25 March | FND Awareness Day
- 26 March | Purple Day
- 27 March | National Skipping Day
- 27 March | Wear a Hat Day
United States+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
- Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Developmental Disabilities Month
- DVT Awareness Month
- Gender Equality Month
- Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
- Mustache March
- National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- National Endometriosis Awareness Month
- National Kidney Month
- National March into Literacy Month
- National Nutrition Month
- National Save your Vision Month
- National Women’s History Month
- Trisomy Awareness Month
- Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Specific Days and Weeks
- 2- 6 March | National School Breakfast Week
- 2 – 6 March | Read Across America Week
- 3 March | Caregiver Appreciation Day
- 6 March | Dentist’s Day
- 7 March | Employee Appreciation Day
- 8 – 14 March | National Sleep Awareness Week
- 8 – 14 March | Patient Safety Awareness Week
- 9 March | Panic Day
- 10 March | National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- 13 March | K9 Veterans Day
- 10 – 16 March | Brain Awareness Week
- TBA | Equal Pay Day
- 16 – 22 March | National Poison Prevention Week
- 17 – 23 March | National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week
- 20 March | National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- 25 March | American Diabetes Alert Day
- 26 March | Purple Day/Epilepsy Awareness Day
Germany+
Month-long health awareness themes
- 6 March | World Day of Prayer
- 8 March | International Women’s Day
- 10 March | International Bagpipe Day
- 12 March | World Glaucoma Day
Specific Days and Weeks
- 16 February | Rosenmontag (Rose Monday)
Spain+
Month-long health awareness themes
- None listed
Specific Days and Weeks
- 1 March | Día de las Islas Baleares (Balearic Islands 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)
