Everyone is passionate about something!
Here is a calendar of Awareness Weeks/Days to suit all interests, allowing you to find out more or possibly get involved. Keep looking as the year progresses; there's bound to be something for everyone.
Sickle Cell Disorders Awareness Month
01 - 31 July 2008
Campaigning to raise both awareness about Sickle Cell Anaemia and vital funds for research.
19 - 27 July 2008
A celebration of Angling - to encourage anyone interested to give fishing a try.
28 July - 03 Aug 2008
Reminding people that these amazing open air spaces exist and that there's nothing more enjoyable than recharging your batteries by packing up a picnic with friends and family and heading out to one of the National Parks to enjoy some fresh air.
01 - 31 Aug 2008
Highlighting the huge death toll witnessed every day on our roads and the need to make these safer.
01 - 07 Aug 2008
World Breastfeeding Week - the greatest outreach vehicle for the breastfeeding movement, being celebrated in over 120 countries.
04 - 17 Aug 2008
Celebrating the UK's amazing sea animals and plants throughout August.
04 - 10 Aug 2008
Campaigning to influence health professionals, the public and the media about a key topic in sexual health.
06 Aug 2008
The annual celebration of the child's right to play.
09 Aug 2008
Observed on this Day every year during the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (2005-2014).
11 - 17 Aug 2008
A week to promote awareness and availability of allotments both locally and nationally as well as showing the public and the local authorities the strength of support and interest for the heritage of allotment culture. 12 Aug 2008
In 1999 the UN General Assembly endorsed a recommendation, originally proposed by young people, that this Day be declared International Youth Day.
International Left Handers Day
13 Aug 2008
Raising awareness of left-handedness and the challenges caused by living in such a right-handed world.
15 - 25 Aug 2008
Manchester Pride is Manchester's annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) festival, traditionally held over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
22 - 24 Aug 2008
Bats make up a third of the UK's mammal population - of the 16 species of bat in this country, two are endangered and nine are threatened.
25 Aug 2008
Organised each year for the last eight years - one of two days on which the Captive Animals' Protection Society highlight the cruelty of the zoo industry.