If you’re looking to put on some employee wellbeing sessions around relevant awareness days and periods in 2026, our handy guide should help! We have sessions to coincide with such awareness days, weeks and months, and open webinars, around many of these important topics and events.
January 2026
- 19th: Brew or Blue Monday
- 30th: Parent Mental Health Day
February 2026
- 6th: Time to Talk Day
- 17th: Random Acts of Kindness Day
The month starts with Time to Talk Day, the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. A great way to mark this day could be by running our Employee Mental Health Awareness webinar, or How to Talk About Mental Health at Work. On Random Acts of Kindness Day, consider hosting one of our newest webinars – The Power of Kindness – and How it Boosts Our Wellbeing.
March 2026
- 8th: International Women’s Day
- 13th: World Sleep Day
- 16 – 22nd: Nutrition & Hydration Week
- 20th: International Day of Happiness
March sees the above days and week you may wish to activate around, starting with International Women’s Day. Another recent addition to our line-up is Women’s Mental Health and Wellbeing, which highlights the issues women should be aware of, and ways to stay mentally healthy and positive. Our How to Get a Better Night’s Sleep webinar is a client favourite, delivered by a leading expert on the subject.
April 2026
- Stress Awareness Month
- 3rd: Walk to work day
- 7th: World Health Day
- 28th: World Day of Safety & Health in the Workplace
Throughout April it’s Stress Awareness Month, for which our Stress – the good and the bad session is perfect for. On or around World Health Day, consider offering Exercise – the Ultimate Wonder Drug to your staff. At the end of the month you have the opportunity to cover a range of topics relating to Health in the workplace. . Perhaps explore our Overcoming Imposter Syndrome webinar or Healthy Digital Habits to boost wellbeing.
May 2026
- 11th – 17th: Mental Health Awareness Week
- 15th: International Day of Families
- 21st: World Meditation Day
- 28th: World Nutrition Day
The main focus this month is Mental Health Awareness Week. You could run any of our mental health focused sessions and/or join our Mental Health Awareness Workshop, which we’ll be running during this week. This workshop is designed for managers, ‘Mental Health Champions’ and/or any employee who is responsible for supporting the wellbeing of colleagues, and creating the working conditions under which every individual can thrive.
June 2026
- 10-14th: Healthy Eating Week
- 15-21st: Men’s Health Week
- 15t-21st: Loneliness Awareness Week
- 24-30th: World Wellbeing Week
One of the busiest ‘wellbeing’ months of the year: The British Nutrition Foundation’s Healthy Eating Week starts on the 10th, as does Men’s Health Week. Combatting the Loneliness Epidemic is a presentation we launched in response to concerns around the growing number of people feeling lonely – June could be the perfect time to run this at your organisation. The month concludes with World Wellbeing Week, during which you could run any of our webinars!
July 2026
- 18th: World Listening Day
- 24th: International Self Care Day
A slightly quieter month with just two key wellbeing days. World Listening Day could be a good time to offer our Active Listening in the Workplace presentation, while Self Care Day provides a choice of options, such as Boost Your Mental Health While Working From Home or Healthy Digital Habits.
September 2026
- 10th: World Suicide Prevention Day
- 12th: Mindfulness Day
- 16th: National Fitness Day
- 21-25th: International Week of Happiness at Work
If you think your employees would benefit from knowing more about Mindfulness, our Intro to Mindfulness is the perfect session to run around Mindfulness Day. One of our favourite awareness days is National Fitness Day – ‘a chance to highlight the role physical activity plays across the UK, helping us raise awareness of its importance in assisting us to lead healthier lifestyles’. Our How to Exercise More (Without Really Trying) webinar is the perfect session to run around this day!
October 2026
- 10th: World Mental Health Day
- 18th: World Menopause Day
October sees one of the biggest days in the wellbeing calendar – World Mental Health Day. You could run any number of our mental health related sessions around this date. The following week it is World Menopause Day with our Talking Menopause in the Workplace a suitable accompaniment to run then.
November 2026
- 5th: National Stress Awareness Day
- 13th: World Kindness Day
- 18 – 24th: National Self Care Week
- 19th: International Men’s Day
World Kindness Day brings another opportunity to perhaps run our The Power of Kindness webinar. Although there is no specific day for this, as winter approaches we would suggest running our Coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder session during November or December. Or consider our Men’s Mental Health focused session.
Hopefully we have covered all of the relevant Wellbeing Awareness Days 2026 above, however we will add to this list if we come across any more during the course of the year!