Awareness Days

We are inviting members of the Society to get in touch to showcase your achievements on a specific equality, diversity and inclusion focused awareness day, week or month to help support and encourage the community. Whether it’s showcasing your research, an ongoing project or specific work as part of a collaborative scientific endeavour, we invite you to share your story.

View our previous equality, diversity and inclusion focused awareness day blog content.

Below are some days you may wish to write a blog or take part in an interview for:

February

  • LGBTQ+ History Month
  • 1 February – World Hijab Day
  • 6–12 February – Race Equality Week
  • 11 February – International Day of Women and Girls in Science 

March

  • 8 March – International Women’s Day 
  • 13–19 March – Neurodiversity Celebration Week
  • 21 March – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  • 31 March – International Transgender Day of Visibility 

April

  • 6 April – International Asexuality Day
  • 24–30 April – Lesbian Visibility Week

May

  • Face Equality Week (dates TBC)
  • 1–7 May – Deaf Awareness Week
  • 17 May – International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia
  • 18 May – Global Accessibility Awareness Day

June

  • Pride Month
  • Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month
  • 6–2 June – Carers Week 
  • 20 June – World Refugee Day
  • 22 June – Windrush Day

July

  • Disability Pride Month
  • 5 July – NHS Establishment Anniversary
  • 14 July – International Non-Binary People’s Day
  • 18 July – 17 August – South Asian Heritage Month

August

  • 12 August – International Youth Day

September

  • 23 September – Celebrate Bisexuality Day

October

  • Black History Month
  • 1 October – International Day of Older Persons
  • 2–8 October – Dyslexia Awareness Week
  • 18 October – International Pronouns Day
  • 26 October – Intersex Awareness Day

November

  • Islamophobia Awareness Month
  • 17 November – International Students Day
  • 18 November – LGBTQ+ STEM Day
  • 19 November – International Men’s Day
  • 16 November – 16 December – Disability History Month

December

  • 3 December – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
  • 5 December – International Volunteer Day
  • 18 December – International Migrants Day

If you’d like to showcase your work on our website during a specific awareness day, week or month, please contact our team via [email protected].