Health Event |
Ribbon Colour |
Information Link |
1-28 Feb – Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late – Bowel Cancer Screening |
Apple Green |
https://www.bowelcanceraustralia.org/ |
1-28 Feb – International Childhood Heart Disease (CHD) Awareness Day |
Red |
https://www.heartkids.org.au/ |
14 Feb – Day of Hearts – Wear Red Day – Sweetheart Day by HeartKids |
Red |
https://www.heartkids.org.au/ |
4 Feb – World Cancer Day |
|
https://www.worldcancerday.org/ |
18 Feb – International Asperger’s Day |
|
https://asperger.asn.au/ |
23 Feb – Teal Ribbon Day – Ovarian Cancer (last Wed in Feb) |
Teal |
https://www.ovariancancer.net.au/ |
28 Feb – Rare Diseases Day |
|
https://www.rarediseasedayaustralia.com.au/ |
26 Mar – Purple Day |
Purple |
https://www.epilepsy.org.au/ |
3 Mar – World Hearing Day |
|
https://www.deafnessforum.org.au/world-hearing-day/ |
5 Mar – March in Yellow for endometriosis |
Yellow |
https://www.marchintoyellow.org.au/ |
10-14 Mar – World’s Greatest Shave – blood cancers |
|
https://worldsgreatestshave.com/ |
11 Mar – World Kidney Day |
|
https://worldkidneyday.org/ |
13-20 Mar – Coeliac Awareness Week |
|
https://www.coeliac.org.au/ |
21 Mar – World Down Syndrome Day |
|
https://www.downsyndrome.org.au/ |
2 Apr – Go Blue for Autism |
|
https://www.goblueforautism.com.au/home |
7 Apr – World Health Day |
|
https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/ |
11 Apr – World Parkinon’s Day |
|
https://shakeitup.org.au/pause4parkinsons/ |
13 Apr – Undiagnosed Children’s Awareness Day |
|
https://swanaus.org.au/ |
28 Apr – World Day for Safety & Health at Work |
|
https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/ |
1-31 May – Art for Epilepsy |
Purple |
https://www.epilepsy.org.au/art-in-action/ |
1-31 May – Ehlers-Danlos Awareness Month |
|
https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/ |
1-31 May – Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Month |
|
https://www.crohnsandcolitis.com.au/ |
5 May – World Asthma Day |
|
https://asthma.org.au/get-involved/what-is-on/world-asthma-day/ |
10 May – World Lupus Day |
|
https://worldlupusday.org/ |
25-31 May – Kidney Health Week |
|
https://kidney.org.au/get-involved/kidney-health-week |
30 May – World MS Day |
Orange |
https://www.msaustralia.org.au/ |
1-30 Jun – Bowel Cancer Awareness Month |
|
https://www.letsbeatbowelcancer.com.au/ |
13-19 Jun – World Allergy Week |
|
https://allergyfacts.org.au/ |
14 Jun – World Blood Donor Day |
|
https://www.donateblood.com.au/ |
14-20 Jun – International Men’s Health Week |
Light Blue |
http://menshealthweek.org.au/ |
16 Jun – Red Apple Day – Bowel Cancer Awareness Month |
|
https://www.bowelcanceraustralia.org/red-apple-day |
14-20 Jul – National Diabetes Week |
|
https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/ |
22-28 Jul – National Pain Week |
|
https://www.nationalpainweek.org.au/ |
26 Jul – Crazy Hair Day – Cystic Fibrosis |
|
http://crazyhair.com.au/ |
28 Jul – 4 Aug – DonateLife Week |
|
https://www.donatelife.gov.au/ |
1-31 Aug – MS Readathon – One Month Callenge Multiple Sclerosis |
|
https://www.msreadathon.org.au/ |
2 Aug – Jeans for Genes day |
|
https://fundraise.jeansforgenes.org.au/ |
8 Aug – Dying to Know Day – conversations about death, dying & bereavement |
https://www.gogentleaustralia.org.au/ |
14-21 Aug – Kidney Kar Rally |
|
https://www.kidneykarrally.org.au/ |
23 Aug – Daffodil Day – Cancer Council |
|
https://www.daffodilday.com.au/ |
27 Aug – Tracky Dack Day – sick kids |
|
https://trackydackday.com/ |
30 Aug – 5 Sep – National Stroke Week |
Red |
https://strokefoundation.org.au/ |
1 Sep – Footy Colours Day – Thyroid Cancer |
Light Blue |
https://www.fightcancer.org.au/footy-colours-day |
1-30 Sep – Childhood Cancer Awareness Month |
Gold |
https://www.thekidscancerproject.org.au/ |
1-30 Sep – Dementia Awareness Month |
|
https://dementia.com.au/ |
1-30 Sep – Big Heart Appeal |
Red |
https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/ |
1-30 Sep – Prostate Cancer Awareness Month |
Light Blue |
https://www.cancer.org.au/news/prostate-cancer-awareness-month-in-september |
1-30 Sep – Blue September – Mens Cancers |
Light Blue |
https://www.acrf.com.au/news/latest-news/blue-september-starts-this-fathers-day/ |
1 Sep – Gold Bow Day – Thyroid cancer |
Gold |
https://thyroidfoundation.org.au/Gold-Bow-Day |
1-7 Sep – National Asthma Week |
|
https://asthma.org.au/get-involved/what-is-on/asthma-week/ |
6-12 Sep – Spinal Injury Awareness Week |
Green |
https://www.spinal.com.au/awarenessweek/ |
7 Sep – World Duchenne Awareness Day |
|
https://www.worldduchenne.org/ |
9 Sep – R U OK Day – mental health |
Lime Green |
https://www.ruok.org.au/ |
13 Sep – Unity Walk & Run – Parkinson’s |
Silver/Grey |
http://unitywalk.com.au/ |
21 Sep – World Alzheimer’s day |
|
http://www.alz.org/au/dementia-alzheimers-australia.asp |
29 Sep – World Heart Day |
Red |
https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/ |
1-31 Oct – Breast Cancer Awareness Month |
Pink |
https://www.canceraustralia.gov.au/about-us/campaigns-events/breast-cancer-awareness-month |
1-31 Oct – Lupus Awareness Month |
Purple |
https://lupusnsw.org.au/ |
4-10 Oct – Mental Health Week |
Lime Green |
https://mentalhealthweek.org.au/ |
4-11 Oct – National Amputee Awareness Week |
|
https://www.limbs4life.org.au/ |
10 Oct – World Mental Health Day |
Lime Green |
https://mhaustralia.org/ |
10-16 Oct – Bleeding Disorders Awareness Week |
Red |
https://www.haemophilia.org.au/ |
10-16 Oct – National Carers Week |
|
https://carersweek.com.au/ |
12 Oct – World Arthritis Day |
Blue |
https://arthritisaustralia.com.au/ |
18-24 Oct – National Week of Deaf People (NWDP) |
|
https://nwdp.waad.org.au/ |
1-30 Nov – Movember – men’s health issues |
Light Blue |
https://au.movember.com/ |
1-30 Nov – Lung Cancer Awareness Month |
White |
https://lungfoundation.com.au/ |
14 Nov – World Diabetes Day |
|
https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/ |
18 Nov – World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day |
|
https://goldcopd.org/world-copd-day/ |
3 Dec – International Day of Persons with Disabilities |
|
https://www.idpwd.com.au/ |
10 Dec- Emergency ID Awareness Day |
|
https://www.emergencyid.com.au |