Health Campaigns

Promote healthy lifestyles and your pharmacy through effective health campaigns...

Healthy Living Pharmacies are required to deliver a minimum of six health campaigns a year and should also run one of these out in the community. Campaign materials can be sourced from many places including charities, self-help groups and Public Health England. Pharmacy Complete offer a Health Campaign Subscription service and our Championing Health Knowledge and Sensitive Conversation Cards which support Health Champions to proactively promote healthy lifestyles.

We have prepared a list of some of the 2020 national health campaigns to help you plan your own campaign programme. Please note that these health campaign dates are based on available information at the time.

We have created a Health Champion Community on Facebook where you can hear the latest news and share and learn from each other.

January

• 1-31 Dry January (www.alcoholchange.org.uk/)
• 13-19 National Obesity Awareness week (www.nationalobesityforum.org.uk)
• 20-26 Cervical Cancer Prevention week (www.jostrust.org.uk/get-involved/campaign/cervical-cancer-prevention-week)
• 20-26 Sugar Awareness week (www.actiononsugar.org/sugar-awareness-week/)

February

• 1-28 National Heart month (www.bhf.org.uk)
• 3-9 Children's Mental Health week (www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/about-the-week/)
• 4 World Cancer day (www.worldcancerday.org/)
• 6 Time to Talk day (www.time-to-change.org.uk/get-involved/time-talk-day)

March

• 1-31 Ovarian Cancer Awareness month (Ovarian Cancer Action)
• 2-8 Eating Disorders week (www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/edaw)
• 2-8 Endometriosis Awareness week (www.endo.org.uk)
• 4-10 National Salt Awareness week (Action on Salt)
• 8 International Women's day (www.internationalwomensday.com/)
• 9-15 National Multiple Sclerosis week (MS Society)
• 11 National No-smoking day (NHS.UK Live Well)
• 16-22 Nutrition and Hydration week (Nutrition and Hydration)
• 20 World Oral Health day (www.worldoralhealthday.com/)
• 26 Epilepsy Awareness day (www.epilepsy.org.uk/purple)

April

• 1-30 Stress Awareness month (British Heart Foundation)
• 1-30 IBS Awareness month (About IBS)
• 1-30 Bowel Cancer Awareness month (www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/)
• 6-12 Orchid Male Cancer Awareness week (Orchid Cancer)
• 6-12 Bee Active, Bee Healthy, Bee Happy week (Running Bee Foundation)
• 8-14 Parkinson's Awareness week (www.parkinsons.org.uk/)
• 20-26 World Immunisation week (WHO)
• 25-31 MS Awareness week (MS Trust)

May

• 1-31 National Walking month (www.livingstreets.org.uk/national-walking-month/get-your-free-national-walking-month-resources)
• 1-31 Action on Stroke month (www.stroke.org.uk/fundraising/what-make-may-purple-stroke)
• 1-31 Skin Cancer Awareness month (
• 2-8 National Viral Meningitis week (www.meningitisnow.org/support-us/news-centre/news-stories/viral-meningitis-week-top-5-facts)
• 7 World Asthma day (www.worldasthmaday.org/)
• 18-24 Mental Health Awareness week (Mental Health Awareness)
• 4-10 Sun Awareness week (BAD)
• 11-17 Coeliac Awareness week (www.coeliac.org.uk/)
• 11-17 Arthritis Care week (Arthritis Care)
• 18-24 Dementia Action week (Alzheimers Society)
• 18-24 National Epilepsy week (Epilepsy Society)
• 31 World No Tobacco Day (www.who.int/tobacco/wntd/en/)

June

• 1-30 National Osteoporosis month (NOS)
• 1-30 March for Men: Prostate Cancer UK (www.prostatecanceruk.org/get-involved/march-for-men/)
• 3-9 Heart Rhythm week (www.heartrhythmalliance.org/aa/uk/heart-rhythm-week)
• 3-9 Glaucoma Awareness week (www.glaucoma-association.com/about-the-iga/what-we-do/campaigns/)
• 10-16 Healthy Eating week (www.foodafactoflife.org.uk)
• 10-16 Diabetes Week (www.diabetes.co.uk)
• 12-18 Cervical Screening Awareness week (www.jostrust.org.uk/resourcecentre)
• 14-20 Diabetes Awareness week (www.diabetes.org.uk/Get_involved/Diabetes-Week)
• 15-22 Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness week (www.nras.org.uk/)

July

• 6-12 National Childhood Obesity week (www.whathealth.com/awareness/event/obesity.html)

August

• 1-6 World Breastfeeding week (www.worldbreastfeedingweek.org/)
• 8 Cycle to Work day (www.cycletoworkday.org/)

September

• 1-30 World Alzheimer's month (Alzheimer's Society)
• 6-12 Migraine Awareness week (www.migrainetrust.org)
• 10 World Suicide Prevention day (www.iasp.info/wspd/index.php)
• 9-15 Know Your Numbers week (www.bloodpressureuk.org)
• 13 World Sepsis day (www.worldsepsisday.org/)
• 14-20 National Eczema week (Eczema Society)
• 16-22 Sexual Health week (www.fpa.org.uk)
• 16-22 Meningitis Awareness (www.meningitis.org/)
• 23-29 National Eye Health week (www.visionmatters.org.uk/)
• 25 National Fitness day (www.nationalfitnessday.com/)
• 26 World Contraception day (Your Life)

October

• 1-31 Stoptober (www.nhs.uk/oneyou/be-healthier/quit-smoking/stoptober/)
• 1-31 Go Sober for October (www.gosober.org.uk/about)
• 1-31 Breast Cancer Awareness month (www.breastcancercare.org.uk/)
• 10 World Mental Health day (www.mind.org.uk)
• 11 World Obesity day (www.obesityday.worldobesity.org/)
• 19 Wear it Pink day (http://wearitpink.org/)
• 29 World Stroke day (www.worldstrokecampaign.org/)

November

• 1-30 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Turn it Purple campaign (www.panact.org/TIPPharmAward)
• 1-30 Movember (Men's Health) (uk.movember.com/)
• 1-30 Lung Cancer Awareness month (www.roycastle.org/)
• 1-30 COPD Awareness month (www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/copd/event-listing/awareness-month/materials-resources.htm)
• 11-17 World Antibiotic Awareness week (www.who.int/campaigns/world-antibiotic-awareness-week/en/)
• 11-17 Alcohol Awareness week (www.alcoholchange.org.uk)
• 14 World Diabetes day (www.diabetes.org.uk/Get_involved/World-Diabetes-Day)
• 16-22 Self Care Week (www.selfcareforum.org/events/self-care-week/)
• 18 Antibiotic Awareness day (https://antibiotic.ecdc.europa.eu/en)
• 19 International Mens day (http://ukmensday.org.uk/)
• 18-24 Global AF Aware week (www.heartrhythmalliance.org/afa/uk/af-aware-week)

December

• 1 World AIDS day (www.worldaidsday.org/)