Organisation: United Nations

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is intended to inscribe the tragedy of the transatlantic slave trade in the memory of all peoples.

National/State: International

Website: www.un.org/en/events/slaveryremembranceday/

Organisation: Amnesty International Australia

Gather your friends, family or colleagues to share a cup of tea and raise money for human rights. Over the last 53 years Amnesty International has exposed thousands of human rights abuses. Thanks to people like you, wrongly imprisoned people have been freed and the guilty have been brought to justice.

National/State: National

Website: amnestea2016.gofundraise.com.au

Organisation: Cancer Council Australia

Daffodil Day is one of the Cancer Council's most loved fundraising events and this year, every daffodil and every donation grows hope - hope for more survivors, hope for better treatments and hope for greater support. As the largest merchandise based event in the Southern Hemisphere, it's day to support all Australians affected by cancer.

National/State: National

Phone: 1300 65 65 85

Website: www.daffodilday.com.au

Organisation: Parkinson's Western Australia

The Unity Walk is the perfect day out with family and friends. The event's focus is a leisurely stroll or, if you are in Sydney, an additional 4km or 8km Run, for a great cause. It gives a voice to all those living with or touched by Parkinson's.

National/State: NSW

Website: www.unitywalkandrun.com.au/

Organisation: Legacy

Legacy Week is an important fundraising day for many Australians. Over 100,000 war widows and 1900 children and people with disabilities benefit from the money raised. Many Australians regard this as one of the best times to remember the sacrifice made by many Australian soldiers and their families.

National/State: National

Email: marketing@legacy.com.au

Website: www.legacy.com.au/LegacyWeek

National Op Shop Week seeks to raise awareness of the important role of charity op shops in our community and

• boost donations of quality clothing and household goods to charity op shops
• boost charity op shop sales
• recognise the tremendous work of the volunteers and staff dedicated to supporting their charity op shop.

National/State: National

Email: opshop@dosomething.net.au

Website: OpShopWeek.com.au

Organisation: United Nations

International Day Against Nuclear Tests is used to remind UN member states of the dangers of nuclear weapons, and the hope that nuclear disarmament is possible.

National/State: International

Website: www.un.org/en/events/againstnucleartestsday/

Organisation: United Nations

Enforced disappearance has frequently been used as a strategy to spread terror within the society. The feeling of insecurity generated by this practice is not limited to the close relatives of the disappeared, but also affects their communities and society as a whole. Enforced disappearance has become a global problem and is not restricted to a specific region of the world.

National/State: International

Website: www.un.org/en/events/disappearancesday/

Organisation: The Salvation Army Crisis Services

Overdose Awareness Day is a commemorative day which acknowledges individual loss and family grief when loved ones have suffered overdose and are either permanently injured or have lost their life. The day also aims to raise awareness about overdoses from the use of both licit and illicit drugs.

National/State: International

Website: www.overdoseday.com/

Organisation: Australian Meals on Wheels Association

National Meals on Wheels Day is an opportunity to celebrate the 78,700 volunteers that contribute to their community, and is celebrated on the last Wednesday in August each year.

National/State: National

Website: www.mealsonwheels.org.au/Home.aspx

Organisation: The Australian Thyroid Foundation

The ATF Gold Bow Day highlights the increase in thyroid cancer and gives support to thyroid cancer patients undergoing Radio-Active Iodine Treatment.

National/State: National

Website: www.thyroidfoundation.com.au/atf-awareness-events/gold-bow-day.html

Organisation: Wattle Day Association

Wattle Day is oriented towards the future, encompassing positive virtues in the celebration of Australia and the Australian spirit.

National/State: National

Email: President@wattleday.asn.au

Website: www.wattleday.asn.au/

Organisation: Spina Bifida Foundation of Vic (inc)

Spina Bifida Awareness Week aims to increase awareness of the disease that affects roughly 5,000 Australians.

National/State: VIC

Email: info@sbfv.org.au

Website: www.sbfv.org.au/upcoming-events/

Organisation: Asthma Foundation of Victoria

Activities organised to promote awareness of asthma to the general community - and highlight ways to help people manage asthma. Each state/ territory foundation organises individual events and is run during the first week of Sept each year.

National/State: National

Email: reception@asthma.org.au

Website: www.asthma.org.au/

Organisation: Adult Learning Australia

Australia's only national celebration and promotion of all forms of adult learning.

National/State: National

Website: www.adultlearnersweek.org/

Organisation: Project AWARE

Project AWARE Foundation is a growing movement of scuba divers protecting the ocean planet - one dive at a time. More than six million tons of marine litter is estimated to enter the ocean each year, and scuba divers are doing their bit to battle this silent killer. During September, action is ramped up in order to combat the growing marine debris problem and inspire year-round action to remove, report and prevent underwater debris.

Email: info@projectaware.org.au

Website: www.projectaware.org/update/join-debris-month-action

Organisation: Starlight Children's Foundation

Starlight Movie Month is a chance for your colleagues, family, friends and neighbours to raise funds for seriously ill children and their families.

Email: starlightmoviemonth@starlight.org.au

Website: starlight.org.au/what-we-do/campaigns-and-events/national-campaigns/starlight-movie-month

Organisation: Australian Koala Foundation

Save the Koala Month aims to raise awareness and funds for the conservation of wild koalas and their habitats.

National/State: National

Website: www.savethekoala.com/how-to-help/save-koala-month

Organisation: Heart Foundation

The Heart Foundation saves lives and improves health through funding world-class cardiovascular research, guidelines for health professionals, informing the public and assisting people with cardiovascular disease. As a charity, the Heart Foundation relies on donations and gifts in wills to continue our lifesaving research, education and health promotion work.

National/State: National

Website: www.heartfoundation.org.au/support-us/fundraising/Pages/doorknock.aspx

Organisation: Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month is held throughout September.The national event is used to raise awareness of the importance of mens health, and regular prostate checks.

National/State: National

Email: enquiries@pcfa.org.au

Website: www.prostate.org.au/articleLive/

Organisation: The Department of the Environment and Heritage

Biodiversity Month is held in September each year. The Department of the Environment and Heritage provides support throughout the year with a variety of resources for local groups promoting biodiversity.

National/State: National

Website: www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/month.html

Organisation: Alzheimer's Australia

Dementia Awareness Month is the national flagship month for Alzheimer's Australia's community awareness activities. There will be events and activities held around the country to broaden understanding of dementia-friendly communities during Dementia Awareness Month.

National/State: National

Website: www.fightdementia.org.au

Organisation: Reach

Social September encourages us all to press pause in September - disconnect from our digital lives and reconnect with each other, and ourselves. The aim is to create spaces for face-to-face social connection, promoting positive mental health and wellbeing.

National/State: National

Phone: 0404 177 749

Email: biancavenuti@socialseptember.com

Website: www.socialseptember.com.au/

Organisation: Australian Cancer Research Foundation

Blue September is a nationwide awareness and fundraising initiative about all the cancers that affect men - not just prostate and testicular cancer, but also bowel, lung, liver, pancreatic and other cancers. The campaign aims to raise funds for Australian Prostate Cancer Research and Australian Cancer Research Foundation charities to raise men's awareness of cancer and help them to reduce the risk of developing and dying from cancer by making better lifestyle choices and seeking help sooner rather than later.

National/State: National

Website: www.blueseptember.org.au

Dystonia Awareness Month aims to raise awareness of dystonia - a neurological Movement condition which causes uncontrollable movements, twisting or muscles spasms and pain. There are different forms of dystonia which can also affect a person's speech and swallowing.

National/State: National

Website: australiandystoniasupportgroup.wordpress.com/

The primary aim of Foster Care Month is to raise the profile of fostering in the wider community by promoting the great work done by existing substitute care services in both the Government and non-Government sectors. The month also creates an opportunity to focus on the secondary aim of increasing recruitment by highlighting the ongoing need for the recruitment of appropriate foster care families

National/State: National

Website: www.fosterabrighterfuture.com.au/

Organisation: Liptember Foundation

Liptember is a campaign raising funds and awareness for women's mental health during the month of September. All funds raised during the month of September are donated to the Centre for Women's Health and Lifeline.

National/State: National

Website: www.liptember.com.au

Organisation: Clean Up Australia

The Great Northern Clean Up, an event of Clean Up Australia, takes place during September and October - a time of year which is more suitable for communities living in the tropical North.
Since the campaign started in 2009 more than 30,000 volunteers have removed the equivalent of 1,800 ute loads of rubbish from 813 sites north of the Tropic of Capricorn.
This coming September /October we take to the streets, parks, beaches, bush land and waterways to remove rubbish that has accumulated after the dry season.

National/State: National

Phone: 02 8197 3412

Email: community@cleanup.com.au

Website: www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/about/about-the-event/great-northern-clean-up

Organisation: Fight Cancer Foundation

Footy Colours Day is the one day in September that you can fight cancer and change lives. Thousands of Australians unite and wear their favourite football team's colours - AFL - NRL - Rugby Union - Soccer, to help raise money for children living with cancer. So show your true colours in your workplace, school or club and make a difference to the lives of children fighting cancer, by participating in Footy Colours Day. Wear your football teams colours, guernseys, scarf, beanies and make a donation to Fight Cancer Foundation

National/State: National

Website: www.footycoloursday.com.au

Organisation: Legacy

Badge Day is part of Legacy Week. Iconic badges are offered as a token of appreciation for the donation made by the public. Legacy is dedicated to caring for the families of deceased and incapacitated veterans. Today Legacy's caring and compassionate service assists over 100,000 widows and 1,900 children and dependants with a disability.

Email: marketing@legacy.com.au

Website: www.legacy.com.au/LegacyWeekMerchandise

Organisation: History Council NSW

History Week is a significant event that engages local communities on the NSW cultural calendar. Each year members of the History Council of NSW collaborate to host events that explore a particular theme in a variety of formats. From talks to exhibitions, tours to online engagement, there is something for everyone.

Fax:

Email: admin@historycouncilnsw.org.au

Website: historycouncilnsw.org.au/history-week/

Organisation: Australian National Flag Day Association

Australian National Flag day celebrates the anniversary of the Australian Flag, first flown in 1901.

National/State: National

Website: www.australianflag.org.au/

The best day to celebrate all fathers across the world and to show your appreciation for them.

Organisation: NAPCAN

National Child Protection Week has been coordinated by NAPCAN, with the support of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs since 1990.

The campaign aims to engage and educate all Australians to understand they have a part to play in keeping our children and young people safe from violence, abuse and neglect.

National/State: National

Website: napcan.org.au

Kids Teaching Kids Week is a free, national, inquiry based, peer teaching program that uses the environment as a theme and focus for learning. Students of all ages find solutions to complex environmental problems such as climate change, water, waste, conservation, energy, drought, population and pollution. Students research, develop and then perform songs, comedy, dance routines, poems, plays and experiments for their classmates to deliver their messages about the environment.

National/State: National

Email: info@kidsteachingkids.com.au

Website: www.kidsteachingkids.com.au/

Organisation: Jean Hailes for Women's Health

Jean Hailes Women's Health Week is a week aimed at encouraging women to take the time to focus on their health and wellbeing. The week includes events in communities around Australia as well as online resources including motivating videos and practical tips and information from experts and ambassadors.

National/State: National

Website: www.womenshealthweek.com.au

Organisation: National Stroke Foundation

National Stroke Week raises awareness of stroke which Australia's second single greatest killer, with over 60,000 strokes occurring every year. Get involved and hold an activity in your community to support the national campaign.

National/State: National

Phone: 1800 STROKE (787 653)

Email: strokeweek@strokefoundation.com.au

Website: www.strokefoundation.com.au

Organisation: Hypersomnolence Australia

5th annual international Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week® runs from 4th through to 10th September. This year our focus is on Research. #ResearchChangesLives #IHAW2017

National/State: International

Website: www.hypersomnolenceaustralia.com/210919913

Organisation: Muscular Dystrophy Australia

Bring your Super Powers and a gold coin donation and come to school or your workplace dressed up as your favourite superhero or better yet, invent one! Register your school or workplace and nominate a date for the event in the first week of September.

National/State: National

Website: www.superherodaymd.com

Organisation: United Nations

Charity contributes to the promotion of dialogue, solidarity and mutual understanding ‎among people. The day is commemorated by encouraging charity, including through education and public awareness-raising activities.

National/State: International

Website: www.un.org/en/events/charityday/index.shtml

Organisation: Australian Spine Injury Awareness

Every day in Australia someone's life changes in an instant due to a spinal cord injury. The week is relevant not only to people living with spinal cord injuries, their families and friends; but the broader community, venues and business.

Website: www.rebuildinglives.com.au/

Organisation: The Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) Inc

National Health and Physical Education (HPE) Day has been designed to raise awareness of, and advocate for, a greater focus of HPE in our schools. If you are a teacher, why not take your class outside for a lesson or organise a PE-related excursion? Schools, why not plan a fun run or walk for your students? If you are a parent, why not walk home with the kids or take them to a nearby park for some play time after school?

National/State: National

Phone: (08) 8352 3288

Email: custserv@achper.org.au

Website: www.hpeday.com.au

Organisation: Indigenous Literacy Foundation

Indigenous Literacy Day aims to help raise funds to raise literacy levels and improve the lives and opportunities of Indigenous Australians living in remote and isolated regions. We need your support to help raise funds to buy books and literacy resources for children in these communities.

National/State: National

Website: www.ilf.org.au

Organisation: Gruen

With all of the awareness days, months and years in the calender, the team at Gruen decided it was time for a day to be aware of all awareness days!
Take some time out of your day to ensure you are aware of the special days on the calender and what they mean.

Website: iview.abc.net.au/programs/gruen/LE1506H006S00

Organisation: Department of the Environment

National Threatened Species Day (each year on 7th Sept) is held to encourage the community to help conserve Australia's native fauna and flora. Take action to prevent further extinctions by restoring healthy numbers of endangered species and ecological communities.

National/State: National

Website: www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened

Organisation: Save Our Sons

Save Our Sons is the peak body for Duchenne in Australia fighting for a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - a severe muscle-wasting condition that affects one in every 3,500 boys. Girls can also be born with Duchenne, but this is very rare. The most common form of muscular dystrophy in children, Duchenne has no cure and no one survives.

National/State: International

Website: saveoursons.org.au/

Organisation: R U OK Foundation

Are You Ok Day is an annual national day of action that aims to get Australians, right across the entire spectrum of society, connecting with friends and loved ones, by reaching out to anyone doing it tough and simply asking: "Are you ok?" talking about suicide with someone at risk actually reduces the chances of them taking their life. It is the one thing we can all do to make a real difference. R U OK ? Day is about prevention, preventing little problems turning into big problems.

National/State: National

Email: hello@ruokday.com.au

Website: www.ruokday.com/

The eighth of every month is Tara Day. Tara is a female Buddha, whose name means Rescuer; she is the embodiment of swift compassion. If we rely upon Tara sincerely and with strong faith, she will protect us from all obstacles and fulfill all our wishes.

Organisation: United Nations

Today one in five adults are illiterate, which causes many social and educational issues. International Literacy Day is a reminder of the importance of literacy.

National/State: International

Website: www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/education-building-blocks/literacy/

Organisation: Bravehearts

White Balloon Day is Bravehearts' key annual awareness and fundraising campaign to protect Aussie kids from child sexual assault.

National/State: National

Website: www.whiteballoonday.com.au

Organisation: The Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation

The purpose of the day is to highlight the good work going on in schools and the wider community by promoting health and physical education on a national scale through media and local activities/celebrations.

National/State: National

Website: www.achper.org.au/news/national-health-physical-education-day

Organisation: National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Syndrom and Related Disorders (NOFASARD)

On the ninth day of the ninth month every year, people all around the world gather for events to raise awareness about the dangers of alcohol use during the nine months of pregnancy and the plight of individuals and families living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).

National/State: International

Website: fasday.com/

Organisation: United Nations

World Suicide Prevention Day is about bringing together communities, researchers, practitioners and politicians, clinicians and those in government, individuals with lived experience and those bereaved by suicide, to demonstrate a commitment to reducing the incidence of suicide in Australia, to raise awareness of this significant national challenge and to share information about ways to effectively take action as individuals and a community.

National/State: International

Website: www.iasp.info/wspd/

Organisation: Kidney Health Australia

Dress in red attire or fancy dress and walk (or run) to support Australians affected by kidney disease. Walks are held across Australia and you can even Host Your Own! Visit www.kidney.org.au for more information and to become involved.

National/State: National

Website: www.kidney.org.au

Organisation: Lifeline

Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians under the age of 44. Lifeline believes we all have a role to play in suicide prevention.

For World Suicide Prevention Day, get involved by joining a walk or organising a walk in your local community.

National/State: National

Phone: 13 11 14

Website: www.outoftheshadows.org.au/

Include a Charity Week is a national awareness campaign to encourage more Australians to consider including a charity when preparing, or next updating their Will.

National/State: National

Email: info@includeacharity.com.au

Website: www.includeacharity.com.au/

Organisation: United Nations

Developing countries have the primary responsibility for promoting and implementing South-South cooperation, not as a substitute for but rather as a complement to North-South cooperation, and in this context reiterating the need for the international community to support the efforts of the developing countries to expand South-South cooperation.

National/State: International

Website: www.un.org/en/events/southcooperationday/