Health Awareness Days/Weeks and for the Month of November
Health Awareness for the month of November include:
Movember Awareness Month 1st November - 30th November. Fundraisers are a global community of fired up Mo Bros and Mo Sisters – aka rock stars making a difference in mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.
Movember is our time to unite. To take on mental health, suicide, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. And you coming along for the ride only makes us stronger
Your donation could help save a father, a brother, a son, a friend, a partner, a man’s life. You can sign up here and could do any other following -
Grow a Mo...Patchy, lopsided, itchy or epic – whatever Mo you grow this Movember, your face will raise funds and awareness for men’s health.
Move for Movember, Commit to running or walking 60km over the month, at your own pace. That’s 60km for the 60 men we lose to suicide every hour across the world.
Host a Mo-Ment, Rally a crew and do something fun and easy. Hosting is all about having a good time for a good cause.
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Mo Your Own Way by creating your own challenge – it can be anything. A gruelling test of physical endurance or something else entirely. Your epic efforts will help change the face of men’s health.
Lung Cancer Awareness Month - 1st-30th November - LCAM Coalition Bringing together a global coalition to transform lung cancer survival by amplifying the conversation and the importance of early detection, treatment and research.
The LCAM have year-round awareness to build public support for more research, more screening and better treatment options for people with lung cancer. Building partnerships around the world with patient advocacy organisations, health care NGOs and national ministries of health.
Raising awareness with health care professionals and the general public about how early detection can increase lung cancer survival.
Did you know that - Over 2.2 million people worldwide will get lung cancer annually, Lung cancer kills more people each year than any other cancer, Lung cancer screening saves lives, and More research = more treatments = better outcomes.
Share facts about lung cancer to raise awareness in your community.
LCAM write - Building public support for more research, more screening and better treatment options for people with lung cancer. Building partnerships around the world with patient advocacy organizations, health care NGOs and national ministries of health. Raising awareness with health care professionals and the general public about how early detection can increase lung cancer survival.
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month & World Pancreatic Cancer Day 16th November and for the month of November - Help them break through the silence this Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month - With pancreatic cancer, silence is deadly. It’s a disease that gets too little attention and funding, and far too many people are dying.
This November, we’re on a mission to double survival rates so that many more people survive to live long and well.
It’s up to us to speak up on behalf of those who have died from the deadliest common cancer and together fund the research breakthroughs that will transform the future.
The more people who join them, the louder we’ll be. We can’t be ignored and change will happen. On a mission to double survival rates so that many more people survive to live long and well.
There’s so many ways for you to get involved. Take on Challenge 24 by walking, jogging or cycling 24 miles in November or doing your own 24 themed fundraiser. Or you could fundraise your way and host a quiz night with your friends, hold a bake sale at work, dye your hair purple or take on something completely unique.
Your support means nurses can be there for those affected now and we can fund vital world-leading research and campaign for change.
It could be a sponsored head shave, giving up your favourite food, hosting a quiz night or holding a bake sale. However you chose to Do Your Own Thing this November, you’ll not only be raising vital funds, but helping to get pancreatic cancer noticed and fund research breakthroughs.
Shockingly, research into pancreatic cancer has been underfunded for decades, receiving only 3% of the UK cancer research budget, meaning survival has barely changed in the past 40 years.
Research will transform the future for pancreatic cancer. Our scientists are close to a breakthrough, but we need more funding to make this happen.
Get involved by lighting up your home or contacting a prominent landmark in your local area to light up purple on World Pancreatic Cancer Day (16th November), or throughout November.
Then raise your voice by telling your friends, family and the local media why you are lighting up.
By doing so you’ll be putting a spotlight on a disease that deserves more attention because right now people are diagnosed too late: too late for treatment, too late to survive. By 2026, it will become the fourth-biggest cancer killer.
White Ribbon Day Friday 25th November, 2023 - Support White Ribbon Day and make a difference towards ending violence against women and girls. Plan now to mark White Ribbon Day in your workplace, school, sports club, local pub and bars, and communities. There are ideas and resources free online. White Ribbons and lots more can be bought in the online shop here.Ending violence against women and girls starts when we #ChangeTheStory
This year, White Ribbon Day, 25th November,Culture change doesn’t happen overnight, but we can end men’s violence against women and girls in our lifetimes.
This year, we are encouraging individuals and organisations to make consistent choices and actions to #ChangeTheStory for women and girls, so that they may live their lives free from the fear of violence.
Violence experienced by women and girls takes many forms. Some behaviours and words may seem ‘harmless’ but normalising them ignores the short- and long-term effects on women and can lead to more extreme violence.
Together we can unite on White Ribbon Day, 25th November, to work towards ending violence against women and girls and achieve #ChangeTheStory
We’re calling on all organisations and individuals to #ChangeTheStory for women and girls. This starts with challenging the seemingly ‘harmless’ attitudes and behaviours that perpetuate violence for women and girls.
Here are some more ways you can #ChangeTheStory for women and girls. We want to reach as many men and boys as possible this White Ribbon Day, 25 November, so that we can build a better future together.
Start by making the White Ribbon Promise to never use, excuse or remain silent about men’s violence against women and girls. Making the White Ribbon Promise takes 30 seconds and symbolises your personal commitment to #ChangeTheStory for women and girls. If you’ve already made the White Ribbon Promise, encourage others in your life to do so too.
Wear a White Ribbon, the international symbol of ending men’s violence against women. You can White Ribbons in the Shop.
Fundraise to support White Ribbon UK, the leading charity working with men and boys to end men’s violence against women and girls. The work of the White Ribbon movement aims to empower men to challenge harmful cultures and restrictive gender norms so women can live full lives, unrestricted by the fear of violence. Providing spaces to talk about White Ribbon’s aims in schools, at work, and with your friends, is an incredibly powerful way to affect change.
If you’re looking for inspiration, check out our new #WhyIFundraise series to meet a few of the incredible people raising awareness and funds on behalf of White Ribbon UK in their communities.
Donate to White Ribbon UK. It’s a simple act and means we can carry on our important work to engage men and boys to transform harmful cultures for women and girls.
Become a change maker and join a diverse network of allies. White Ribbon Ambassadors and Champions are individuals who’ve decided to take their commitment to ending men’s violence against women and girls to the next level.
Get your organisation involved. Workpalces can affect real change for men and women by becoming White Ribbon Accredited and Supporter Organisations.
Diabetes World Awareness Day - 14th November, 2023 -
100 years ago, Frederick Banting and John Macleod won a Nobel Prize for discovering the treatment which has gone on to save millions of lives around the world - insulin.
Since then, our scientists have made incredible breakthroughs – from helping people with type 1 to make their own insulin, to putting type 2 into remission. And we’re getting closer to a cure every day.
All this has only been possible because of you. But there’s still more to do. This World Diabetes Day, will you help us stop diabetes forever?
Every year, on 14 November, we celebrate World Diabetes Day. This year is especially exciting, because it also marks 100 years since scientists Frederick Banting and John Macleod were awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition of the discovery of insulin.
So, for World Diabetes Day 2023, we’ll be celebrating this incredible breakthrough, the century of life-changing research it inspired, and our ambitions for the future - a world without diabetes.
Being diagnosed early is so important for all types of diabetes. It can save lives, prevent a medical emergency, and reduce the risk of life-changing complications later. That’s why we want to make sure everyone knows the signs to look out for – and knows their risk of developing type 2.
But we need your help.
There will be lots of different ways you can get involved for World Diabetes Day – watch this space for more information and resources coming soon.
National Stress Awareness Day - 1st November 2023 - 24 hours of reinforcing the fact that you’re not doing yourself a favor by stressing about situations you can’t control. In fact, according to science, chronic stress leads to impaired cognitive and physiological functions. Would you want to age before your time? Absolutely not! On this day, let’s learn together to hone our ability to choose one thought over another and let the stress ebb away.
National Stress Awareness Day is a sponsored event by the International Stress Management Association (ISMA), which is a registered charity promoting knowledge about stress, best practices for stress management, well-being, and performance that are recognized nationally and internationally as well.
To break the chain reaction, National Stress Awareness Day is a day-long event to take a deep breath and embrace peace. The day is celebrated mid-week on Wednesday (usually the most exhausting, stressful day) to remind individuals and companies that stress management is fundamental to optimum performance.
Millions around the UK experience stress and it is damaging to our health and wellbeing. For example, at some point in the last year, 74% of us have felt so stressed that we have felt unable to cope (Mental Health Foundation).
Stress is the feeling of being under too much mental or emotional pressure. When you are stressed, your body releases stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol.
Stress is your body’s reaction to help you deal with pressure or threats. This is sometimes called a "fight or flight" response. Your stress hormone levels usually return to normal once the pressure or threat has passed.
A small amount of stress can be useful. It can motivate you to take action and get tasks completed. It can also make you feel alive and excited. But too much stress can cause negative effects such as a change in your mood, your body and relationship issues.
Source: Movember LCAM PCAM White Ribbon Diabetes UK National Today Mental Health Awareness Rethink
