Key wellbeing dates May 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
- International Mediterranean Diet Month
- Maternal Mental Health Month
- May Measurement Month
- Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Specific Days and Weeks
- 3 May | World Ankylosing Spondylitis Day
- 5 May | World Hand Hygiene Day
- 5 May | World Pulmonary Hypertension Day
- 6 May | World Asthma Day
- 6 – 10 May | Viral Meningitis Awareness Week
- 7 May | World Maternal Mental Health Day
- 8 May | World Ovarian Cancer Day
- 8 May | World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
- 10 May | World Lupus Day
- 12 May | International Nurses Day
- 12 May | ME Awareness Day
- 12 – 18 May | International Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Week
- 12 May | World Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day
- 12 May | World Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
- 15 May | International Day of Families
- 15 May | Tuberous Sclerosis Global Awareness Day
- 16 May | Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- 16 May | International Coeliac Day
- 17 May | International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
- 17 May | World Hypertension Day
- 18 May | World AIDS Vaccine Day
- 18 May | World Eosinophilic Disease Day
- 19 May | World IBD Day
- 20 May | World Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Arthritis Day
- 21 May | World Day for Cultural Diversity
- 22 May | World Preeclampsia Day
- 24 May | World Schizophrenia Awareness Day
- 28 May | World Hunger Day
- 29 May | World Digestive Health Day
- 30 May | World MS Day
- 31 May | World Smokefree Day / No Tobacco Day
New Zealand+
Month-long health awareness themes
- None listed
Specific Days and Weeks
- 5 – 11 May | NZ Sign Language Week
- 5 – 11 May | Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal Week
- 12 – 18 May | Hospice Awareness Week
- 16 May | Pink Shirt Day
- 27 – 28 May | Cystic Fibrosis Street Appeal
Australia+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Month
- Macula Month
- Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
Specific Days and Weeks
- 3 May | White Shirt Day – Ovarian Cancer Research
- 6 May | Canberra MS Walk Run + Roll
- 8 May | National Amyloidosis Day
- 11 – 17 May | National Palliative Care Week
- 16 May | Hae Day
- 18 May | Melbourne MS Walk Run + Roll
- 19 May | National Eosinophil Awareness Week
- 25 – 31 May | Food Allergy Awareness Week
- 26 May – 1 June | Spinal Health Week
- 26 May | National Sorry Day
- 27 May – 3 June | Reconciliation Week
United Kingdom+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Big Asthma Bake Sale
- Coeliac Awareness Month
- Make May Purple/Action on Stroke Month
- National Smile Month (12 May – 12 June)
- National Walking Month
Specific Days and Weeks
- 29 April – 5 May| Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week
- 1 – 7 May| National Gardening Week
- 1 – 8 May | Time for a Cuppa
- 12 – 18 May| Mental Health Awareness Week
- 12 – 18 May| Sun Awareness Week
- 24 May| Hats for Hedway
- 24 – 30 May| National Conversation Week
United States+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Brain Cancer Awareness Month (Go Gray in May)
- Better Hearing and Speech Month
- Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
- Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Specific Days and Weeks
- 5 – 10 May | North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
- 11 – 17 May | National Women’s Health Week
- 23 May | Don’t Fry Day
- 28 May | National Senior Health Fitness Day
Germany+
Month-long health awareness themes
- None listed
Specific Days and Weeks
- 1 May | Labour Day (Tag der Arbeit)
- 2 May | World Tuna Day (promoting sustainable fishing practices)
- 4 May | World Laughter Day
- 5 May | World Hand Hygiene Day
- 5 May | World Pulmonary Hypertension Day
- 8 May | Anniversary of the End of World War II
- 23 May | Constitution Day
Spain+
Month-long health awareness themes
- None listed
Specific Days and Weeks
- 1 May | Labour Day (Día del Trabajador)
- 2 May | Day of Madrid
- 12 May | International Nurses Day
- 17 May |Galicia Literature Day
