Key wellbeing dates May 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

International Mediterranean Diet Month
Maternal Mental Health Month
May Measurement Month
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
World Lupus Awareness Month

Specific Days and Weeks

1 May | International Labor Day
3 May | World Ankylosing Spondylitis Day
5 May | World Hand Hygiene Day
5 May | World Pulmonary Hypertension Day
6 May | World Asthma Day
6 May | World Maternal Mental Health Day
6 – 10 May | Viral Meningitis Awareness Week
8 May | World Ovarian Cancer Day
8 May | World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
10 May | World Lupus Day
12 May | World Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
12 May | International Nurses Day
12 May | ME Awareness Day
12 May | World Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day
12 – 18 May | International Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Week
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
23 – 28 May | World Myopia Awareness Week
24 May | World Schizophrenia Awareness Day
25 May | World Thyroid Day
28 May | World Blood Cancer 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

Heart Foundation – My Marathon Month

Specific Days and Weeks

4 – 10 May | NZ Sign Language Week
4 – 10 May | Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal Week
TBA | Hospice Awareness Week
15 May | Pink Shirt Day
TBA | Cystic Fibrosis Street Appeal

Australia+

Month-long health awareness themes

Brain Cancer Awareness Month
Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Month
Macula Month
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month

Specific Days and Weeks

4 – 10 May | National Heart Week
3 May| Canberra MS Walk Run + Roll
8 May | National Amyloidosis Day
16 May | Hae Day
17 – 23 May | National Eosinophil Awareness Week
24 – 30 May | Food Allergy Awareness Week
20 – 26 May | Spinal Health Week
22 – 28 May | National Palliative Care Week
26 May | National Sorry Day
27 May – 3 June | Reconciliation Week
31 May | Melbourne MS Walk Run + Roll

TBA | White Shirt Day – Ovarian Cancer Research

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

27 April – 3 May | National Gardening Week
1 – 8 May | Time for a Cuppa
4 – 10-May | Deaf Awareness Week
4 – 10-May | Dying Matters Week
4 – 10 May | Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week
10 May | National Children’s Day
11 – 17 May | Coeliac Awareness Week
11 – 17 May | ME Awareness Week
11 – 17 May | Mental Health Awareness Week
11 – 17 May | Salt Awareness Week
11 – 17 May | Sun Awareness Week
12 – 18 May | Food Allergy Awareness Week
16 May | Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day
18 – 24 May | Action for Brain Injury Awareness Week
18 – 24 May | Dementia Action/Awareness Week
18 – 22 May | Walk to School Week
20 May | Hats for Headway
25 – 31 May | National Epilepsy Week
26 May | Melanoma BRAF Awareness Day
26 May – 1 June | Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Week
TBA | National Celiac Disease Awareness Day
TBA | National Conversation Week

United States+

Month-long health awareness themes

ALS Awareness Month
Apraxia Awareness Month
Arthritis Awareness Month
Brain Cancer Awareness Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month
Food Allergy Awareness Month
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
Healthy Vision Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Melanoma and Skin Cancer Prevention Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
National Celiac Awareness Month
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
National Mobility Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
National Teen Self Esteem Month
National Women’s Health Month
Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Month
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Tourette’s Awareness Month
Williams Syndrome Awareness Month

Specific Days and Weeks

3 – 9 May | Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
4 – 10 May | North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
9 May | Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day
11 – 15 May | Food Allergy Awareness Week
11 – 15 May | Stuttering Awareness Week
11 – 17 May | National Women’s Health Week
12 May | ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day
15 May | Hyperemesis Gravidarum Awareness Day
18 May | HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
19 May | Hepatitis Testing Day
19 May | National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
22 May | Don’t Fry Day
27 May | National Senior Health Fitness Day
29 May | National Heat Awareness Day

Germany+

Month-long health awareness themes

None listed

Specific Days and Weeks

1 May | Labour Day
2 May | World Tuna Day
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
2 May | Day of Madrid
• 12 May | International Nurses Day
• 17 May | Galicia Literature Day