Healthy Workplace Ireland

World Suicide Prevention Day
2025-09-10 00:00 - 23:59 (Europe/Dublin)
10 September is World Suicide Prevention Day

World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is organized by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). WHO has been co-sponsor of the day. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness around the globe that suicide can be prevented.

World Sepsis Day
2025-09-13 08:00 - 17:00
World Sepsis Day is celebrated with countless events raising awareness of sepsis in all parts of the world on September 13 every year. There were events for medical professionals, sports activities, photo exhibitions, pink picnics, gala events, dinners, public events such as open days in hospitals and healthcare facilities, and of course online events and campaigns on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Periscope, Snapchat, Peach, and many more social networks.

World GO Day
2025-09-14 08:00 - 17:00
World Gynecologic Oncology Day is a worldwide awareness campaign. We raise awareness about prevention and lift the burden of stigma in gynecologic cancers.

Join us for the 7th World GO Day on September 20th 2025.

World Lymphoma Awareness Day
2025-09-15 00:00 - 23:59
15 September marks World Lymphoma Awareness Day (WLAD), and this year, we are focused on empowering people living with lymphoma and care partners approach tough conversations with greater confidence.

Being diagnosed with lymphoma or CLL can be overwhelming – physically, emotionally, personally and professionally. According to the Lymphoma Coalition’s 2024 Global Patient Survey, 67% of people living with lymphoma reported emotional effects like anxiety, depression and fear of the cancer coming back or getting worse. Yet many aren’t talking to their healthcare teams or seeking support.

World Patient Safety Day
2025-09-17 00:00 - 23:59
17 September is World Patient Safety Day

World Patient Safety Day calls for global solidarity and concerted action by all countries and international partners to improve patient safety.

The Day brings together patients, families, caregivers, communities, health workers, health care leaders and policy-makers to show their commitment to patient safety.

The resolution WHA 72.6 ‘Global action on patient safety’ recognizes patient safety as a global health priority and endorses the establishment of World Patient Safety Day to be observed annually on 17 September.

Culture Night
2025-09-19 00:00 - 23:59
Culture Night is an annual all-Ireland public event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts.

On Culture Night, arts and cultural organisations and venues of all shapes and sizes, including National Cultural Institutions, extend their opening hours to allow for increased access to the public.

Special and unique events and workshops are specifically programmed at participating locations and everything is available free of charge.

Mouth Cancer Awareness Day
2025-09-20 00:00 - 23:59
Mouth, head and neck cancer can present in a number of ways and can mimic some common complaints.

Symptoms of mouth, head and neck cancer include:

A sore or ulcer in your mouth that does not heal

White or red patches inside the mouth

A lump in the mouth or neck

Thickening or hardening of the cheek or tongue

Difficulty chewing, swallowing or moving the tongue

Numbness of the tongue or face

A persistent sore throat and hoarseness

Persistent nosebleeds and a stuffy nose

Unexplained loose teeth

Early detection saves lives. When in doubt, get it checked out. Remember that these symptoms can also be due to complaints other than cancer. However if you have any of these symptoms for more than three weeks, it is important that you seek advice immediately from a dentist or doctor.

Please do not present to either a Dental Hospital or a General Hospital without first speaking to your general dentist/doctor.

International Day of Peace
2025-09-21 00:00 - 23:59
In a world with rising geopolitical tensions and protracted conflicts, there has never been a better time to remember how the UN General Assembly came together in 1999 to lay out the values needed for a culture of peace. These include: respect for life, human rights and fundamental freedoms; the promotion of non-violence through education, dialogue and cooperation; commitment to peaceful settlement of conflicts; and adherence to freedom, justice, democracy, tolerance, solidarity, cooperation, pluralism, cultural diversity, dialogue and understanding at all levels of society and among nations.

The International Day of Peace has always been a time to lay down weapons and observe ceasefires. But it now must also be a time for people to see each other’s humanity. Our survival as a global community depends on that.

World Alzheimer's Day
2025-09-21 00:00 - 23:59
More than 55 million people worldwide live with Alzheimer’s

World Alzheimer’s Day, which takes place every Sept. 21, is a global effort to raise awareness and challenge the stigma around Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia. Join the Alzheimer’s Association as we recognize the more than 55 million people across the world who are affected by this terrible disease. Whether you fundraise for the cause, share information about Alzheimer’s or talk to a loved one about dementia, you can make a difference.

Mindful Walking Day
2025-09-22 00:00 - 23:59
As part of National Walking Week, rWe’re spotlighting the many benefits of connecting with nature and engaging in walking and rolling. Our video features Sarah Hourigan, National Lead for Woodlands for Health and founder of Nature Therapy Ireland.

Regitser your walk here!

National Walking Week
2025-09-22 00:00 - 2025-09-28 23:59
Each year we aim to make the event bigger and better by promoting and supporting more events nationally. We invite all stakeholders to collaborate to celebrate walking throughout our communities. A bank of assets will be provided early 2025 to help support local and national events and campaigns. If you require further information please contact us.

The dates of our week of celebrations in 2025 as part of European Week of Sport are:

Monday 22nd September – Mindful Walking Day

Tuesday 23rd September – Equality, Diversity & Inclusivity Day

Wednesday 24th September – Access for All Day

Thursday 25th September – Active Travel Day

Friday 26th September – Workplace Walking Day

Saturday 27th September – Happy Hiking Day

Sunday 28th September – National Walking Day

European Week of Sport
2025-09-22 00:00 - 2025-09-28 23:59
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the campaign that’s been getting Europe moving.

Are you a regular athlete or a weekend walker? Are you looking for a fresh start? Whatever your situation, this is your invitation to embrace an active lifestyle.

Since 2015, the Week has helped millions of Europeans discover the physical, mental and social benefits of sport and physical activity. Join us as we look back on a decade of progress and look ahead to an even more dynamic future.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusivity Day
2025-09-23 00:00 - 23:59
As part of National Walking Week, we’re spotlighting recovery hikes with John Boland who leads hikes supported by the HSE for clients in residential treatment or service users in the Dublin 15 area.

Register your walk here!

Workplace Walking Day
2025-09-24 00:00 - 23:59
We’re delighted to invite your workplace to actively participate in this initiative by encouraging staff to walk to and from work as well as fitting in walks throughout the day! Take some photos of your walks and use the hashtag #WorkplaceWalking throughout the day.

Register your walk here!

World Cancer Research Day
2025-09-24 00:00 - 23:59
Supporting cancer research awareness since 2016

Cancer has a profound impact on millions of lives across the globe, sparking widespread conversations about its challenges and implications. However, one essential aspect often receives less attention: research. Scientific advancements in cancer research pave the way for new treatments, improved patient outcomes, and ultimately, hope. This initiative established September 24th as a commemorative date to unite global efforts, foster collaboration, and accelerate progress in the fight against cancer.

Active Travel Day
2025-09-25 00:00 - 23:59
As part of National Walking Week, this year, we’re highlighting the many benefits of adding Active Travel into your day by walking as part of your commute to school. Check out our links below to register your school and download our Active Travel Day promotional assets pack!

Register your school here!

Access for All Day
2025-09-26 00:00 - 23:59
As part of National Walking Week this year, regardless of ability, everyone should have the opportunity to #WalkHikeRunPushRoll everyday. Special Olympic athletes join us in our video and inspire us by showing how we can all build strong friendships through our shared love of exploring nature in the mountains and hills!

Register your walk here!

Watch our videos!

National Walking Day
2025-09-28 00:00 - 23:59

World Heart Day
2025-09-29 00:00 - 23:59
This World Heart Day, we are telling the world:

Don’t miss a beat

Join our mission to make every heartbeat count, with better heart health and improved access to life-saving care.

Up to 80% of premature CVD deaths are preventable through affordable access to care, early screening, and more opportunities to make healthy choices in nutrition and stay active.

That’s why on World Heart Day, we unite across six continents to raise awareness, inspire action, and celebrate heart health.

Get Involved!

Positive Ageing Week
2025-09-30 00:00 - 2025-10-06 23:59
Positive Ageing Week 2025 celebrates ageing and the contribution and agency of older people.

Positive Ageing Week 2025 will carry on the theme of Challenging Ageism – Reframing How We Think, Feel and Act towards ageing and older persons.

Anyone and everyone can participate in PAW. We encourage community-based events, organised by groups or individuals as well as national events, in partnership with Age Action or not, to reflect the diversity of experience and situation of older people.

Find out more about Positive Ageing Week and ageism here

International Day of Older Persons
2025-10-01 00:00 - 23:59
On 14 December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly designated October 1 as the International Day of Older Persons (resolution 45/106). This was preceded by initiatives such as the Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing, which was adopted by the 1982 World Assembly on Ageing and endorsed later that year by the UN General Assembly.

In 1991, the General Assembly adopted the United Nations Principles for Older Persons (resolution 46/91). In 2002, the Second World Assembly on Ageing adopted the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, to respond to the opportunities and challenges of population ageing in the 21st century and to promote the development of a society for all ages.

The number of older people (defined as those aged 65 years or older) tripled from around 260 million in 1980 to 761 million in 2021. Between 2021 and 2050, the global share of the older population is projected to increase from less than 10% to around 17%.

Rapid growth in the number of people reaching older ages underscores the significance of promoting health, preventing, and treating illnesses throughout the entire course of life.

In societies with aging populations, it becomes imperative to adjust to the increasing number of elderly individuals who possess a diverse range of functional capacities. The capability to carry out essential functions and partake in everyday activities is influenced not solely by an individual’s inherent capacity but also by the social and physical environments in which they reside. Supportive environments play a pivotal role in assisting older individuals to maintain their activity levels and independence as they progress in age.

Change the Way You Think About Age!

Liver Cancer Awareness Month
2025-10-01 00:00 - 23:59
Following their mother Marie’s death from breast cancer in 1998, the Keating family promised to provide the people of Ireland with vital information, advice and support on the signs and symptoms of cancer and help to prevent cancer or detect it at its earliest stages. The Marie Keating Foundation was established in her memory and with this central ambition in mind.

The Foundation’s mission is to make cancer less frightening by enlightening and our aim is to live in a world free from the fear of cancer.

Today, the Marie Keating Foundation are one of the leading voices in Ireland for cancer prevention, awareness and support. We are committed to being there for people diagnosed with cancer, and their families at every step of this cancer journey, and our services reflect that. Through our information and support services, we reach thousands of people a year, giving education, information and advice focused on cancer prevention and early detection, as well as providing support services and financial assistance to those living with and beyond cancer.

Our team of 21 and our Board works tirelessly to ensure that the mission and legacy that the Keating Family established 26 years ago is fulfilled, and everyone in Ireland has access to trusted information on cancer prevention and early detection and that those on a cancer journey have the support they need to come through it.

Our Core Values

Prostrate Cancer Awareness Month
2025-10-01 00:00 - 23:59
About 4,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in Ireland.* This means that 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime.

National Breastfeeding Week
2025-10-01 00:00 - 2025-10-07 23:59
Advice and support on starting breastfeeding, hygiene tips and common breastfeeding questions answered.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
2025-10-01 00:00 - 2025-10-31 23:59
This October, we’re proving that Breast Cancer Isn’t Just Pink

Each year in Ireland, 3,704 people are diagnosed with breast cancer. That’s 3,704 unique journeys, thousands of treatment appointments, countless conversations, emotions and experiences and even more colours. Every. Single Year. So how could breast cancer be Just Pink?

This October, we are continuing a conversation we started last year, opening up Breast Cancer Awareness Month to be inclusive of all experiences and diagnosis, highlighting that it is ok to have good days and bad days, that no journey is the same and therefore breast cancer can’t be just one colour. Like every breast cancer journey, each breast cancer survivor is unique, and so, with the help of our sponsor Roche Products Ireland and partner Fleetwood Paints, we worked with a select group of women to show how a colour can articulate and represent the deeply personal, and unique experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer.

World Mental Health Day
2025-10-10 00:00 - 23:59
The overall objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health.

The Day provides an opportunity for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to talk about their work, and what more needs to be done to make mental health care a reality for people worldwide.

World Homeless Day
2025-10-10 00:00 - 23:59
World Homeless Day is observed internationally on the 10th of October, Every Year.

Purpose

This international day serves as a platform to celebrate good works, benchmark progress, advocate for improved policies and funding that can help prevent and end homelessness.

World Homeless Day also aims to raise awareness about the needs of people who currently experience homelessness and promote work in local communities to alleviate suffering and prevent death.

Ideas

Host a Housing & Homelessness Summit or Roundtable on or near the date

Set Goals /Benchmark Progress = by World Homeless Day next year, we aim to…

Celebrate what you have achieved since October 10th last year

Announce Policy Change

Repeal Laws that Criminalize aspects of Homelessness

Host your Housing / Homelessness Conference near or on the date

Launch a Fundraising Campaign

Release Major Reports

Disperse New Funds

Host a Guest Speaker

Highlight Local Issues in the Media

Acknowledge Staff & Volunteers

Help Promote the day by linking to the website www.worldhomelessday.org from yours & or Promoting it on Social Media

Launch New Services

Celebrate & Support Local Charities

Host a Health Clinic / Wellness Day

Hold a Public Rally / Protest (within local laws)

Appoint a new Patron / Ambassador

Invite Politicians to visit your support service to ‘Show and Tell’ them about your work / needs

Host a Memorial for those who have Died While Homeless

Install a ‘Pop-Up’ Public Work of Art about Homelessness

Host a Workshop or Training Day on Homelessness for Emergency Responders / Health Care Workers / other service providers

Have a Collection of Goods & or Funds at your School & or Workplace & or Place of Worship for a local Charity

Have a ‘Spring Clean’ of your Clothing / Household Items – Donate them to Charity

Host an Educational / Experiential event like a Sleep-Out, Screening of a Film with a Speaker

Write to your local Politicians about a Policy you want Changed

Issue a City / Province / State or National Proclamation in recognition of the day.

Rent a Spare room in your home to a Student (freeing up accommodation for others)

Develop or Update your Company Policy on Staff Allowances regarding Domestic Violence / Housing Distress

Or Your Unique Idea

World Sight Day
2025-10-10 00:00 - 23:59
The second Thursday of October is World Sight Day, an opportunity to highlight the importance of protecting our eyes and vision, raise awareness of vision impairment and blindness, and promote eye and vision care. On 10 October 2024, WHO/Europe draws specific attention to child eye health. Eye health services should be accessible, available and affordable for all children.

While uncorrected vision impairment may impact education and social inclusion, simple solutions such as spectacles can make a world of difference. In May 2024, WHO launched the global SPECS 2030 initiative to ensure access to quality, affordable spectacles and related people-centred services for everyone who needs them.

World Sight Day is also an opportunity to debunk myths regarding vision and move towards a world where all children are free from social stigma associated with wearing spectacles or other corrective interventions for their eyes and vision.

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
2025-10-12 00:00 - 23:59
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is an annual unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world.

WHPCD has been marked every year for the last 20 years. Join us on Saturday 11 October to advocate for better hospice and palliative care services around the world.

The theme for 2025 is Achieving the Promise: Universal Access to Palliative Care. This theme builds on last year’s campaign, where we marked 10 years since the World Health Assembly (WHO’s Governing Body) passed the only stand-alone resolution on palliative care, calling for all countries to “strengthen palliative care as a component of comprehensive care throughout the life course.” The aim is to achieve this promise.

World Thrombosis Day
2025-10-13 00:00 - 23:59
World Thrombosis Day, founded by the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), is a global initiative held annually on October 13th. Our mission is to raise awareness about thrombosis, a condition often underestimated and misunderstood. Your participation can help inspire positive change and ensure that more individuals are informed, protected and empowered against this often silent threat. Join us today and share your story to be a catalyst for a healthier and safer future for all.
