Stress Awareness Month is observed every April. It’s designed to highlight the causes and effects of stress, promote healthy coping strategies, and raise awareness about mental wellbeing. It’s a perfect opportunity to create light-touch but impactful tenant engagement around mindfulness and self-care.  Promoting mental wellbeing, raising awareness of stress, and sharing strategies to manage it […]
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National Skipping Day
National Skipping Day is celebrated in the UK each spring (in 2025 it’s on Friday 28 March). It’s designed to get everyone active through skipping, but it’s also a brilliant, light-hearted way to encourage movement, fitness, and fun in the workplace. Promoting fitness, fun, and wellbeing through skipping. Cost-Neutral Skipping Challenge: Set a friendly challenge […] |
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International Dance Day
International Dance Day is celebrated on 29 April every year. Established by UNESCO’s International Dance Committee in 1982, it honours the power of dance as a universal language of expression, creativity, and cultural connection. It’s a brilliant one for workplace tenant engagement because it’s fun, energetic, and inclusive. Celebrating dance as creativity, wellbeing, and community […] |
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International Jazz Day
International Jazz Day is celebrated on 30 April each year. Created by UNESCO in 2011, it highlights jazz as a powerful art form that promotes peace, cultural dialogue, and creativity. In the workplace, it’s a great opportunity to bring atmosphere, relaxation, and culture to your tenants. Celebrating jazz as a global art form of creativity, […]
Stop Food Waste Day
Stop Food Waste Day is observed on 30 April each year. It’s a global awareness campaign to reduce food waste, promote better habits, and encourage sustainable consumption. It ties in really nicely with other sustainability days in your calendar (like Earth Day and World Refill Day). Raising awareness of food waste and promoting practical steps […] |
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Mental Health Awareness Month
Mental Health Awareness Month is observed throughout May in many countries, including the UK. It focuses on raising awareness of mental health, reducing stigma, and promoting wellbeing and support. Mental health awareness, wellbeing, reducing stigma, and promoting support resources. Cost-Neutral Awareness Posters & Screens: Share daily or weekly mental health tips, positive affirmations, or wellbeing […] |
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Star Wars Day
Star Wars Day is celebrated on May 4th each year with the fun slogan “May the Fourth be with you.” It’s a pop-culture celebration of the Star Wars franchise, perfect for lighthearted tenant engagement in offices. Celebrating Star Wars, pop culture, and fun community engagement. Cost-Neutral Hold a Star Wars Quiz Fun Posters Put up “May […] |
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Cinco De Mayo
Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on 5 May each year. It commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862 and has evolved into a broader celebration of Mexican culture, food, and heritage, especially in workplaces and communities. Celebrating Mexican heritage, culture, and community. Cost-Neutral Share Cinco de Mayo […]
Be a bookworm – Women’s Aid
Start a book club with your friends, family or colleagues and raise funds whilst encouraging the love of reading. Meet up once a month online to discuss the current book. Check out our free pack which has a list of books with a strong female leads, and you can ask members to donate each meeting! |
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World Ovarian Cancer Day
World Ovarian Cancer Day is observed globally on 8 May each year. It’s dedicated to raising awareness of ovarian cancer, supporting those affected, and encouraging early detection. For FOH reps, this one is about awareness, education, and showing solidarity. Raising awareness, supporting those affected, and encouraging early detection of ovarian cancer. Cost-Neutral Share facts and […] |
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World Cocktail Day
Every year on May 13, people around the world celebrate World Cocktail Day to appreciate and enjoy the diverse range of cocktails available. It’s a day for enthusiasts and professionals alike to experiment with new flavours and honour the historical significance of cocktails. Cost neutral: Halo, Bristol: 'We collaborated with Nightcap welcoming them to Halo […]
International Nurses Day
International Nurses Day is celebrated globally on 12 May each year. It honours the work of nurses, recognises their contribution to healthcare, and highlights the importance of patient care and wellbeing. Celebrating nurses, healthcare support, and wellbeing. Cost-Neutral Awareness: Share facts about nursing, inspirational quotes, or stories of nurses making a difference. Recognise nurses among […] |
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International Museum Day
International Museum Day is celebrated globally on 18 May each year. It highlights the importance of museums in cultural exchange, education, and the preservation of heritage. Celebrating museums, culture, education, and heritage preservation. Cost-Neutral  Share interesting facts about famous museums worldwide via screens or newsletters. Virtual Tours: Provide links to free online museum tours that […] |
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National Sandwich Week (19th-25th)
It’s a fun, lighthearted food-themed week celebrating sandwiches, lunchtime culture, and easy ways to bring people together. Celebrating sandwiches, lunchtime creativity, and community at work. Cost-Neutral Fun Facts & Trivia: Share sandwich trivia, history, or quirky facts on screens or newsletters. Digital Poll: Invite tenants to vote for their favourite sandwich or submit their own […] |
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World Bee Day
World Bee Day is 20th May. The public can help bees by planting bee friendly plants in their gardens and encouraging their councils to plant wildflower meadows and leave grass verges to allow wildflowers to bloom. Here in the UK May is a busy time for beekeepers who are tending their bees and watching them progress into […]
National Rescue Dog Day
International Rescue Dog Day is celebrated on 20th of May each year. It’s a day to recognise the work of rescue dogs, promote adoption, and highlight the amazing roles dogs play in rescue, therapy, and support. Promoting rescue dog adoption, celebrating their service, and raising awareness of animal welfare. Cost-Neutral Awareness Posters & Screens: Share stories […] |
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World Turtle Day
World Turtle Day is celebrated internationally on 23 May each year. It’s focused on raising awareness of turtles and tortoises, their habitats, and conservation efforts — perfect for eco-conscious tenant engagement. Conservation, protection of turtles and tortoises, and environmental awareness. Cost-Neutral Awareness Posters: Share facts about turtles, their habitats, and conservation tips. Quiz: Invite tenants to answer […] |
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Water Saving Week
Water Saving Week is an annual awareness campaign in the UK. The week focuses on promoting water efficiency, conservation, and sustainable usage — perfect for office buildings to tie into eco-friendly initiatives. Promoting water conservation, sustainability, and responsible usage. Cost-Neutral Tips & Posters: Share water-saving tips for tenants via newsletters, or posters. Challenge: Encourage tenants […]
National Geek Pride Day
Geek Pride Day is celebrated on 25 May each year. It originated in Spain in 2006 and has since grown globally as a fun day to celebrate geek culture, from sci-fi and fantasy to gaming, coding, comics, and technology. It’s a lighthearted, inclusive event that can spark creativity and community in the workplace. Celebrating geek […]
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Garden Wildlife Week
National Garden Wildlife Week is an annual celebration that encourages individuals and communities across the UK to connect with nature by transforming their gardens into wildlife-friendly habitats. Running from Monday 26th May to Sunday 1st June 2025, this week-long event highlights the vital role gardens play in supporting biodiversity and offers practical ways to make […] |
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National Biscuit Day
National Biscuit Day in the UK is celebrated annually on May 29th. It's a day to celebrate all things biscuit-related, from enjoying your favourite biscuits to baking your own. Mid-range: Give away biscuits to your tenants. Photo from Heathrow Approach Hold a biscuit decorating workshop |