Days to connect in person or virtually
There are good (and often important!) reasons to connect every single day.
Here are a few days to help get you started.
And remember, every day is neighbour day!
May 9 - 15 Neighbourhood House Week is a nationwide initiative to celebrate the role of over 1,000 Neighbourhood and Community Houses and Centres. In New South Wales, Queensland, and Western Australia, it is referred to as Neighbourhood Centre Week, and in South Australia, it is referred to as Community Centre Week. This year's theme is 'Building resilience by bringing people together.
May 12 International Nurses Day is celebrated on the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. It is a day to celebrate the role nurses play in the care of their communities.
May 14 World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is a global awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the protection of migratory birds and their habitats. People around the world take action and organise public events such as bird festivals, education programmes and birdwatching excursions to celebrate the day and to help raise awareness around a specific theme.
May 15 -21 National Families Week is a time to celebrate with your immediate family, make contact with your extended family and friends and share in the enjoyment of family activities within the wider community. It is a time to celebrate the meaning of family and to make the most of family time.
May 21 The Long Walk is a charity inspired by Michael Long's walk to Canberra to get the lives of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people back on the national agenda. You can attend Essendon V’s Richmond Dreamtime Game at the G; walk and game packages are available.
May 16 – 22 National Volunteer Week (NVW) is Australia's largest annual celebration of volunteers. From Monday to Sunday, NVW will celebrate the significant contribution of Australia's almost six million volunteers. Each year these volunteers dedicate over 600 million hours to help others. Better together.
May 17 International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination (IDAHOBIT) On this day, people all over Australia will stand against discrimination in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) mates, colleagues and families. Go rainbow on IDAHOBIT and use the day to publicly stand with the LGBTIQ community. It's the perfect opportunity for your school or workplace to start small changes that can make a big difference.
May 18 WOW Day is a day of recognition and appreciation where the dedicated work of State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers is celebrated across Australia. The focus of WOW Day is to encourage the community to show their support in a very simple but highly visible gesture by wearing the colour orange. This is the colour worn by SES volunteers.
May 22 - 28 National Palliative Care Week (NPCW), held from 22 – 28 May 2022, is Australia's largest annual awareness-raising initiative held to increase understanding of the many benefits of palliative care.
May 26 National Sorry Day is a day to acknowledge the strength of Stolen Generations Survivors and reflect on how Australians can all play a part in the healing process for the people and nation. While this date carries great significance for the Stolen Generations and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it is also commemorated by Australians right around the country.
May 27 – June 3 National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is celebrated across Australia each year between 27 May and 3 June. The dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey-the anniversaries of the successful 1967 referendum and the High Court Mabo decision. 2022 theme - Be brave. Make change.
May 1-31 Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month is held during May each year to raise community awareness and promote a clear message that domestic and family violence will not be tolerated in our communities.
May 1-31 Mindful in May brings the benefits of meditation together with an opportunity to help bring clean water to those living in the developing world. Your donation and fundraising will be used by Charity Water in its mission to solve the water crisis.
June 1- 12 RISING Festival - RISING is a surge of art, music, performance and ceremony in the heart of Melbourne. Under the full moon from 26 May to 6 June 2021, the city will re-synchronise and be re-energised with public art, performance and music spanning the emerging and iconic, the epic and intimate. RISING Festival takes the place of White Night.
June 3 Mabo Day commemorates the anniversary of the 1992 High Court decision in the case brought by Eddie Mabo and others, which recognised the existence in Australia of native title rights. The historic court decision buried the legal description of early Australia as 'terra nullius', or 'no man's land."
June 5 World Environment Day aims to be the world's biggest and most widely celebrated environmental action event.
June 13-19 International Men's Health Week aims to increase awareness of the importance of good health in men, boys and their families.
June 15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day seeks to prevent elder abuse incidents by giving targeted information and encouraging community participation on a broad scale. The day is about all of us working together to bring greater recognition of the mistreatment of older people wherever they live, and to highlight the need for appropriate action.
June 19-25 Refugee Week raises awareness about refugees and celebrates positive contributions made by refugees to Australian society. While a refugee's journey begins with danger, it also begins with hope. Refugees flee their homelands not only because they fear persecution, but also because they have hope: they hope to find freedom from persecution, and safety and security for themselves and their families; they hope to be given a chance to start a new life and recover from past trauma.
June 20 World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on June 20 and celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution. World Refugee Day is an occasion to build empathy and understanding for their plight and to recognize their resilience in rebuilding their lives.
June 21 Shorts Day [TAS] Talking about mental health can sometimes be uncomfortable. On Tuesday 21 June, come together to brave the cold …and brave the conversation for SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY’s Shorts Day! You can get involved by wearing your shorts to work, school, sporting club or by hosting a fundraiser. Every dollar raised helps Stay ChatTY continue sparking mental health conversations in our community.
June 21 International Day of Yoga - Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India. The word 'yoga' derives from Sanskrit and means to join or to unite, symbolizing the union of body and consciousness.
June 27 PTSD Awareness Day - This international day raises awareness about Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to ensure more people know about the condition and more people who suffer PTSD will seek treatment. PTSD is the most common mental health disorder after depression.
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