2023 Wellbeing Calendar
2023 Wellbeing Calendar
The 32 key dates to plan for when putting together your employee wellbeing, DEI, cultural and social event programme for 2023:
Here are some of the key dates to block out in your 2023 wellness calendar when planning your staff wellbeing and social programming. We have also included hashtags in case you also want to shout about what you’re doing! We hope this resource is really useful for HR, wellbeing and office managers, mental health ambassadors and employees who want to make a difference to wellness at the office. So without further ado, here’s the list:
January
1st – 31st Dry January #DryJanuary
16th Blue Monday (3rd Monday of January) #BlueMonday
February
2nd February 2023: Time to Talk Day #TimeToT
6th–12th February 2023: Children's Mental Health Awareness Week #CMHAW23
27th–5th March 2023: Eating Disorders Awareness Week #EDAW
March
1st March 2023: Self Injury Awareness Day #SIAD
3rd March 2023: University Mental Health Awareness Day #UniMentalHealthDay
13th–19th March 2023: Neurodiversity Celebration Week #NeuroDiversityCelebrationWeek
17th March 2023: World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
20th March 2023: International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayOfHappiness
27th–2nd April March 2023: World Autism Acceptance Week #AutismAcceptanceWeek
30th March 2023: World Bi-Polar Awareness #WorldBipolarDay
April
1st-30th April 2023: Stress Awareness Month #StressAwarenessMonth2023
1st-30th April 2023: World Autism Month #WorldAutismMonth
2nd April 2023: World Autism Awareness Day #WorldAutismDay
7th April 2023: World Health Day #WorldHealthDay
28th April 2023: World Health and Safety at Work Day #HealthAtWork
May
1st-31st May 2023: National Walking Month #WalkThisMay
2nd–8th May 2023: Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week #MaternalMHMatters
12th May 2023: ME Awareness Day #MEAwarenessDay
15th–21st May 2023: Mental Health Awareness Week #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
21st May 2023: World Meditation Day #WorldMeditationDay
June
1st-30th June 2023: International Men’s Health Month #MensHealthMonth
12th–18th June 2023: Men’s Health Week #MensHealthWeek
21st June 2023: Father’s Mental Health Awareness Day #FathersMentalHealthAwareness
July
24th July 2023: Samaritans Awareness Day #SamaritansAwarenessDay
September
10th September 2023: World Suicide Prevention Day #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
18th-24th September 2023: Happiness at Work #HappinessAtWorkWeek
October
10th October 2023: World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHealthDay
30th October – 3rd November 2023 – Stress Awareness Week #StressAwarenessWeek
November
1st November 2023: Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay (First Wednesday of November)
December
5th December 2023: International Volunteer Day #IVD2023
24th December 2023 - 1st January 2024: Deck The Halls #ChristmasBreak (Well done if you made it this far! The year is almost done! It’s not official, but why not consider closing the office and giving everyone a much needed break?)
This is an evolving list. If we’ve missed an important date, please let us know!
Want to plan something?
Many organisations ask us to organise employee wellness events to celebrate and recognise particular wellbeing and D&I days in the wellbeing calendar. Chat to us about what we can do for your team. Levitate offers a wide variety of activities designed to nurture your employees’ mental, emotional, physical and social wellbeing. For help with ideas and planning, take a look at our current offering or get in touch!