Key wellbeing dates September 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
- Blood Cancer Awareness Month
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Awareness Month
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- World Alzheimer’s Month
Specific Days and Weeks
- 5 September | International Day of Charity
- 8 September | International Literacy Day
- 9 September | Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders International Awareness Day
- 10 September | World Suicide Prevention Day
- 13 September | World Sepsis Day
- 15 September | World Lymphoma Day
- 16 September | International Day for The Preservation of The Ozone Layer
- 15 – 21 September | Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week
- 18 September | International Equal Pay Day
- 21 September |International Day of Peace
- 21 September | World Alzheimer’s Day
- 22 September – 5 October | FairTrade Fortnight
- 23 September | Bisexual Visibility Day
- 23 September | International Day of Sign Language
- 23 – 29 September | World Reflexology Week
- 25 September | International Ataxia Awareness Day
- 25 September | World Lung Day
- 26 September | World’s Biggest Coffee Morning Tea
- 26 September | World Contraception Day
- 28 September | International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI)
- 28 September | World Deaf Day
- 28 September | World Rabies Day
- 29 September | World Heart Day
New Zealand+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Blue September Prostate Cancer Month
- Breathe Better September
- Cervical Screening Awareness Month
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month
- Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month
- Steptember
Specific Days and Weeks
- 1 – 7 September | Conservation Week
- 1 September | Random Acts of Kindness Day
- 14 – 20 September | Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori/Māori Language Week
- 19 – 25 September | Clean Up Week (Keep New Zealand Beautiful)
- 19 September | Suffrage Day
- 28 September | Daylight Savings starts (NZ)
Australia+
Month-long health awareness themes
- 9K Per Day
- Biodiversity Month
- Supplier Diversity September
- Therapy Dog Awareness Month
Specific Days and Weeks
- 1 September | Gold Bow Day (Check Your Neck – Thyroid Awareness)
- 1 – 5 September | Women’s Health Week
- 4 September | Indigenous Literacy Day
- 6 – 12 September | Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness Week
- 11 September | R U OK? Day
- 15 – 21 September | Dementia Action Week
- 22 – 26 September | Headache and Migraine Week
- 22 – 27 September | Kids in Pain Week
- 22 – 28 September | National Week of Deaf People
United Kingdom+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- Oddfellows Friendship Month
- Organic September
- Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month
- Snack-tember (previously Health Eating Week)
- Urology Awareness Month
- Vascular Disease Awareness Month
Specific Days and Weeks
- 8 – 14 September |Know Your Numbers Week (Blood Pressure UK)
- 8 – 14 September | Sexual Health Week
- 14 – 20 September | Balance Awareness Week
- 14 – 21 September | National Eczema Week
- 15 – 21 September | Jeans for Genes Week
- 16 – 22 September | Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Week
- 19 September | Youth Mental Health Day
- 22 – 28 September | Migraine Awareness Week
- 22 – 28 September | UK Savings Week
- 22 – 26 September | Fire Door Safety Week
- 23 – 29 September | National Eye Health Week
- 22 – 27 September | Organ Donation Week
- 22 – 28 September | Migraine Awareness Week
- 26 September |National Doodle Day
- 29 September – 5 October | UK National Inclusion Week
- 30 September | National Non-Speaking/Non-Verbal Awareness Day
United States+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Blood Cancer Awareness Month
- Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month
- Healthy Aging Month
- National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
- National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
- National Cholesterol Education Month
- National Food Safety Education Month
- National ITP Awareness Month
- National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
- National Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness Month
- National Recovery Month
- National Sickle Cell Month
- National Yoga Awareness Month
- Newborn Screening Awareness Month
- Oddfellows Friendship Month
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- Pain Awareness Month
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Month
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- Sepsis Awareness Month
- Sexual Health Awareness Month
- STEPtember – Move for Cerebral Palsy
- Suicide Prevention Month
- Urology Awareness Month
Specific Days and Weeks
- 7 – 13 September | National Suicide Prevention Week
- 8 – 12 September | Malnutrition Awareness Week
- 17 September | National School Backpack Awareness Day
- 18 September | National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
- 19 September | Aortic Dissection Awareness Day
- 19 September | National Concussion Awareness Day
- 20 September | Usher Syndrome Awareness Day
- 22 September | Falls Prevention Day
- 24 September | National Women’s Health and Fitness Day
- 26 September| Sport Purple for Platelets Day
- 28 September | National Self Awareness Day
Germany+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Goldener September – Bewusstseinsmonat für Kinderkrebs
- Monat der Aufklärung über Prostatakrebs
Specific Days and Weeks
- 5. September | Bundesweiter Kopfschmerztag
- 5 September | Kopfschmerztag (Headache Day)
- 8 September | Europäischer Tag der Ersten Hilfe (European First Aid Day)
- 9 September | Tag des alkoholgeschädigten Kindes (Day of the Alcohol-Affected Child)
- 24 September | Aktionstag gegen Glücksspielsucht (Action Day Against Gambling Addiction)
- 25 September | Tag der Zahngesundheit (Dental Health Day)
- 25. September | Tag der Zahngesundheit
Spain+
Month-long health awareness themes
- Septiembre Dorado – Mes de la Concienciación sobre el Cáncer Infantil
- Mes de la Concienciación sobre el Síndrome de Ovario Poliquístico
- Mes de la Concienciación sobre el Cáncer de la Sangre
- Mes de la Concienciación sobre el Cáncer de Ovario
Specific Days and Weeks
- 25–29 de septiembre – Semana del Corazón
