Awareness Days - October 2022

Editors Note:

• Some of the information (sourced from https://www.ourcommunity.com.au/calendar/) has been edited for length and clarity.

• This is not an exhaustive list of all the awareness days (we have chosen ones that are either relevant to Australia or observed globally).

• For the best formatting, this article is best viewed on a desktop computer or laptop.

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General Causes this Month

Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Girl's Night In - Pink Ribbon Breakfast Campaign	Dogtober
Great Cycle Challenge Australia	Spina Bifida Awareness Month
National Safe Work Month	Dyslexia Awareness Month LIR2022.pdf Download PDF • 826KB
OcSober	Walktober Walktober is an annual health awareness and fundraising event that challenges people to move for 31 minutes of every day for 31 days in October
Injury Free Day	Foot Health Month
Buy Nothing New Month	Nude Food Month

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Awareness Days

Saturday 1 October	World Vegetarian Day International Coffee Day International Day of Older Persons Kidney Health Red Socks Walk Pink Ribbon
Sunday 2 October	International Day of Non-Violence World Farm Animals Day
Monday 3 October	World Habitat Day
Wednesday 5 October	World Teachers Day
Monday 10 October	World Homeless Day National Hat Day World Mental Health Day
Thursday 6 October	World Cerebral Palsy Day
Friday 7 October	World Smile Day Odd Socks Day
Tuesday 11 October	International Day of the Girl Child
Wednesday 12 October	World Arthritis Day
	Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
Friday 14 October	Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Awareness Day
Saturday 15 October	International Day of Rural Women Global Handwashing Day International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
Sunday 16 October	World Food Day Poster contest (if you’re aged between 5 and 19). Use your imagination and create a poster showing a world where no one is left behind, and everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food.
Monday 17 October	National Edge Day National Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2022 Theme: Dignity for All in Practice
Tuesday 18 October	Fivers For Survivors Day
Thursday 20 October	GiveOUT Day World Osteoporosis Day Ride2Work/Uni Day
Friday 21 October	Loud Shirt Day
Monday 24 October	World Kangaroo Day There-Once-Was-a-kangaroo-4.pdf Download PDF • 1.45MB Diwali - Festival of Lights World Polio Day
Thursday 27 October	Blue Knot Day Big Cake Bake National Kidsafe Day
Friday 28 October	National Bandanna Day Day for Daniel - Wear Red! The colour that represents child safety and the Daniel Morcombe foundation
Monday 31 October	Howl-O-Ween

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Awareness Weeks

1-7 October	National Adoption Awareness Week Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week National Superhero Week - Muscular Dystrophy Australia Headspace Day
2-22 October	Go Dotty Day
3-9 October	National Amputee Awareness Week
4-5 October	Yom Kippur - Jewish day of atonement
4-10 October	World Space Week
9-15 October	National Carer's Week Fair Food Week Bleeding Disorders Awareness Week
16-22 October	Limb Difference Awareness Week
17-23 October	Aussie Backyard Bird Count Week Without Violence National Water Week Anti-Poverty Week Sock it to Suicide Week SOCK-IT-TO-SUICIDE-FLYER-REDUCED-FOR-WEB-25-JULY-2013.pdf Download PDF • 638KB
22-30 October	National Unity Week Children's Week

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