World Hand Hygiene Day

Clean care for all – it's in your hands Each year the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign aims to progress the goal of maintaining a global profile on the importance of hand hygiene in health care and to ‘bring people together’ in support of hand hygiene improvement globally. WHO calls on everyone to be inspired by the global […]

International Stress Awareness Week 1-5 November 2021

International Stress Awareness Week was created in 2018 to raise awareness about stress prevention, and this year marks 23 years since the establishment of Stress Awareness Day, the highlight of the Week, in 1998. International Stress Awareness Week has developed as a major annual event focusing on stress management and campaigning against the stigma associated with […]

Road Safety Week 2021

Road Safety Week is the UK's biggest road safety event. Every year, millions of people around the UK get involved to take action for safer roads. Road Safety Week inspires thousands of schools, organisations and communities to take action on road safety and shout out for our right to make safe and healthy journeys every […]

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

Last year we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the international observance of this Day dedicated to remembering the many millions of road traffic victims throughout the world – begun by the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims (FEVR) in 1995 and adopted by the UN General Assembly Resolution 60/5 on 26th October 2005 as an “appropriate […]

UK National Workplace Day of Remembrance

Established in 2019, the UK National Workplace Day of Remembrance takes place on December 12th each year. It's a time to remember everyone who lost their lives at work, whatever their job, whatever their level, whatever their industry, whatever their politics  - they served and sacrificed in our economy. Show them your respect by stopping […]

Time to Talk Day

Time to Talk Day is taking place this year on February 4th. Its aim is to get people to choose to talk about mental health and by doing so help change lives. It’s a chance for all of us to open up to mental health — to talk, to listen, to change lives. Mental Health […]

National Feet Week

National Feet Week takes place every year and asks everyone to prioritise their foot health. If you have a toothache, you would visit the dentist, if you had trouble with your vision then you would automatically call on an optician. What about your feet? Many people ignore common foot complaints or indeed serious pain rather than go to […]

National Heat Awareness Day

Various measures are to be taken to cope up with the rising temperature and humidity since the heat waves costs more lives in the United States in recent decades. The deadliest out of all is in 2003, August in which the heat waves claimed more than 50000 lives in Europe and termed as the deadliest […]

Farm Safety Week

Farming accounts for 1% of the working population but an alarming 18% of all workplace deaths (HSE Fatal Injuries in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing Report in GB 2021/2022) A total of 22 farm workers lost their lives on GB farms over the past year. The picture is similar in Northern Ireland where farming accounted for 33% (6 of the 18) […]

National Food Safety Month

National Food Safety Education Month is in September. It is a great awareness movement to educate oneself and others about food safety and about preventing food poisoning. Did you know that there are a lot more foodborne illnesses than you can think of? According to medical professionals, there are more than 250 foodborne diseases, all […]