Awareness Days - September 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 as we have chosen ones that are either relevant to Australia or observed globally.

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General Causes this Month

Blue September (Australian Cancer Research Foundation) www.blueseptember.org.au
	Blood Cancer Awareness Month https://www.leukaemia.org.au
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month https://childhoodcancer.asn.au/
Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month www.savethebox.org.au https://cancerqld.org.au/blog/gynaecological-cancer-awareness-month	https://nationaltoday.com/gynecologic-cancer-awareness-month/
https://www.pcfa.org.au/get-checked	Prostate Cancer Awareness Month www.prostate.org.au/
	National Tick Awareness Month for Pets nexgard.com.au/
Dystonia Awareness Month www.dystonia.org.au/ australiandystoniasupportgroup.wordpress.com/events/dystonia-awareness-month/
	Save The Koala Month www.savethekoala.com/how-to-help/save-koala-month
Tour de Kids https://tourdekids.org.au/
	Liptember (for Women's Health) www.liptember.com.au

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Awareness Days

September 4	Father's Day (Australia) PKD Awareness Day pkdaustralia.org/pkd-awareness-day/ World Sexual Health Day www.worldsexology.org/news/world-sexual-health-day/
September 5	International Day of Charity www.un.org/en/observances/charity-day
September 7	World Duchenne (Muscular Dystrophy) Awareness Day www.worldduchenneday.org/ saveoursons.org.au/
September 8	International Literacy Day www.un.org/en/observances/literacy-day R U OK? Day www.ruokday.com/ Tara Day (Buddhism)
September 9	White Balloon Day (for Bravehearts) www.whiteballoonday.com.au Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) International Awareness Day fasday.com/
September 10	World Suicide Awareness & Prevention Day www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/wspd/en/ Out of the shadows and into the light (for Lifelife) www.outoftheshadows.org.au/
September 13	Roald Dahl Story Day Kids Take Over The Kitchen Day
September 15	World Lymphoma Awareness Day www.lymphoma.org.au/get-involved/lymphoma-awareness-month/world-lymphoma-awareness-day/
September 16	Clean Up The World Weekend (for Clean Up Australia) www.cleanuptheworld.org/ Pet Promise Day (Safe Pets Safe Families Inc) www.facebook.com/petpromiseday/ Lyme Gladiolus Day www.karlmcmanusfoundation.org.au
September 21	World Alzheimer's Day www.dementia.org.au/media-releases/2018/world-alzheimer%E2%80%99s-day-puts-the-focus-on-the-growing-number-of-people-developing-dementia World Gratitude Day & International Day of Peace www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-peace
September 1	National Wattle Day www.wattleday.asn.au/ Gold Bow Day thyroidfoundation.org.au/Gold-Bow-Day Indigenous Literacy Day www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/indigenous-literacy-day Footy Colours Day www.fightcancer.org.au/footy-colours-day
September 17	Australian Citizenship Day immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/celebrating-citizenship/australian-citizenship-day
​September 19	Talk Like A Pirate Day www.talklikeapirate.com/
September 22	World Car-Free Day www.worldcarfree.net/wcfd/ World Rhino Day www.worldrhinoday.org/
September 26	Mesothelioma Awareness Day www.asbestos.com/mesothelioma/awareness/ www.mesothelioma.com/
September 29	World Heart Day www.world-heart-federation.org/world-heart-day/ National Police Remembrance Day www.afp.gov.au/about-us/our-organisation/ceremonial-events-and-functions/ceremonial-events/national-police
September 2	Walk to Work Day (for Diabetes Australia) www.walk.com.au/wtw/how-to-participate.asp

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Awareness Weeks

September 5-10	Migraine Awareness Week https://www.migraine.org.au/mam2022 National Asthma Week www.asthma.org.au/ Women's Health Week www.jeanhailes.org.au/events/womens-health-week Idopathic Hyposomnia Awareness Week www.hypersomnolenceaustralia.org.au/ihawarenessweek Spinal Injury Awareness Week www.sciaw.com.au/
September 11-17	Foster Care Awareness Week https://www.fcav.org.au/news-events/foster-care-week-2022
September 12-17	Balance Awareness Week https://vestibular.org/article/baw/
September 13-18	Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Week
September 1-7	National Week of Deaf People deafaustralia.org.au/nwdp/ Include A Charity Week www.includeacharity.com.au/
September 1-8	Adult Learners Week ala.asn.au/adult-learners-week/
September 6-12	National eSmart Week (for The Alannah and Madeline Foundation) www.esmart.org.au/events/national-esmart-week/ National Child Protection Week napcan.org.au
September 25-27	Rosh Hashanah (Jewish holiday)
September 26 - October 2	​National Op-Shop Week OpShopWeek.com.au
26 September - 5 October	Navarati (Hindu festival)

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