Key wellbeing dates September 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

Blood Cancer Awareness Month
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Awareness Month
World Alzheimer’s Month
World Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Specific Days and Weeks

5 September | International Day of Charity
8 September | International Literacy Day
9 September | Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Int’l Awareness Day
10 September | World Suicide Prevention Day
13 September | World Sepsis Day
-14 – 20 September | World Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week
15 September | World Lymphoma Day
16 September | Int’l Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
18 September | International Equal Pay Day
21 September | International Day of Peace • 21 September | World Alzheimer’s Day
21 September – 4 October | FairTrade Fortnight
21 – 27 September | World Reflexology Week
23 September | Bisexual Visibility Day
23 September | International Day of Sign Languages
25 September | International Ataxia Awareness Day
25 September | World Lung Day
26 September | World Contraception Day
27 September | World Deaf Day
28 September | International Day for Universal Access to Information
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 Awareness Month
Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month
Steptember

Specific Days and Weeks

1 September | Random Acts of Kindness Day
18 – 25 September | Clean Up Week (Keep NZ Beautiful)
14 – 20 September | Te Wiki o te Reo Māori / Māori Language Week
19 September | Suffrage Day
27 September | Daylight Saving starts (NZ)

Australia+

Month-long health awareness themes

9K Per Day (9ksteps/day)
Biodiversity Month
Supplier Diversity September
Therapy Dog Awareness Month

Specific Days and Weeks

1 September | Gold Bow Day (Thyroid Awareness)
2 September | Indigenous Literacy Day
7 – 11 September | Women’s Health Week
7 – 13 September | Body Image & Eating Disorders Awareness Week
10 September | R U OK? Day
21 – 27 September | Dementia Action Week
22 – 28 September | Kids in Pain Week (KIDS)
TBC
21 – 27 September | National Week of Deaf People (Council for Deaf AU)
September | Headache & Migraine Awareness Week

United Kingdom+

Month-long health awareness themes

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Oddfellows Friendship Month
Organic September
Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month
Snack-tember (Healthy Eating Week renamed)
Urology Awareness Month
Vascular Disease Awareness Month

Specific Days and Weeks

7 – 13 September | Know Your Numbers Week (BP UK)
13 – 19 September | Balance Awareness Week
14 – 20 September | Sexual Health Week
14 – 20 September | National Eczema Week
14 September – 20 September | National Inclusion Week
15 – 21 September | Jeans for Genes Week
16 – 22 September | Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Week
18 September | Youth Mental Health Day
21 – 27 September | Migraine Awareness Week (Headache UK)
21 – 27 September | UK Savings Week
21 – 25 September | Fire Door Safety Week
21 – 27 September | National Eye Health Week
25 September | Macmillan Coffee Morning (previously World’s Biggest Coffee Morning)
25 September | National Doodle Day
30 September 2026 | National Non-Speaking/Non-Verbal Awareness Day

United States+

Month-long health awareness themes

Alopecia Awareness Month
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 (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 (nonprofit awareness)
Suicide Prevention Month
Urology Awareness Month

Specific Days and Weeks

13 – 19 September | National Suicide Prevention Week
14 – 18 September | Malnutrition Awareness Week
17 September | National School Backpack Awareness Day
18 September | National Concussion Awareness Day
18 September | National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
19 September | Aortic Dissection Awareness Day
19 September | Usher Syndrome Awareness Day
22 September | Falls Prevention Awareness Day (United for Injury Control)
25 September | Sport Purple for Platelets Day
28 September | National Self Awareness Day
30 September | National Women’s Health and Fitness Day

Germany+

Month-long health awareness themes

Goldener September (Childhood Cancer Awareness Month)
Monat der Aufklärung über Prostatakrebs (Prostate Cancer Awareness Month)

Specific Days and Weeks

5 September | Bundesweiter Kopfschmerztag (German Headache Day)
5 September | Kopfschmerztag (European Headache Day)
8 September | Europäischer Tag der Ersten Hilfe (European First Aid Day)
9 September | Tag des alkoholgeschädigten Kindes (FASD Day)
25 September | Tag der Zahngesundheit (National Dental Health Day)
30 September | Aktionstag gegen Glücksspielsucht (Gambling Addiction Awareness Day)

Spain+

Month-long health awareness themes

Septiembre Dorado (Childhood Cancer Awareness Month)
Mes de la Concienciación sobre el Síndrome de Ovario Poliquístico (PCOS Month)
Mes de la Concienciación sobre el Cáncer de la Sangre (Blood Cancer Month)
Mes de la Concienciación sobre el Cáncer de Ovario (Ovarian Cancer Month)

Specific Days and Weeks

25–29 September | Fundación Española del Corazón (Heart Week)