Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Quit SmokingThe new year is a great time to think about why you smoke. For resources on quitting smoking or making your

workplace smoke free visit quit.org.au

1New

Year’s Day

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25 26Australia Day

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January 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

1FebFast

Ovarian CancerAwareness Month

2 3 4World Cancer Day

5 6 7

8 9Safer Internet Day

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February 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

1The Water Challenge

2Business

Clean Up Day

3 4World Obesity Day

5 6 7Clean Up Australia Day

8International

Women’s Day

9 10World’s Greatest Shave

10th – 14th March

11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19National Day of Action

Against Bullying

20 21International Day for

the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

22World

Water Day

23 24 25 26 27Earth Hour

8:30pm – 9:30pm

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29 30 31 Take the ultimate Water Challenge this March and make water your only drink for a month or choose to say goodbye to just one of your favourite beverages such as coffee, alcohol or

soft drink. Take the challenge with your colleagues and sign up your workplace.

March 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Get Active Victoria is an inspiration for all Victorians – regardless of age, ability or location – to move more, every day. Encourage your colleagues to

participate in 30 minutes of physical activity everyday. Register your workplace and create some healthy competition.

1Active April

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5 6 7World Health Day

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19 20 21 22Earth Day

23 24 25Anzac Day

26 27 28World Day for Safety and Health at Work

29 30 Change starts with action. A billion acts of green are happening across the plant. Take action and

join the movement to change the world this Earth Day.

April 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

50K MayGet active with your workplace, challenge yourselves and compete against your colleagues.

Join the May 50K and walk or run 50 kilometres throughout May, whilst raising funds for research into multiple sclerosis.

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3 4 5World Asthma Day

6International No Diet Day

7 8White Shirt Day

9Mother’s Day

Classic

10 11 12International Nurses

Day

13 14 15 16

17National Volunteer

Week

18 19 20 21 22 23

24Exercise

Right Week

25 26 27Australia’s Biggest

Morning Tea

28 29 30

31World No Tobacco Day

Mindful in May 10 minutes a day to change your mind and life for the better. Join the global event,

Mindful in May, and spend a month training your mind while raising funds to bring clean, safe drinking water to those who need it most.

May 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

1 2World Eating Disorder

Action Day

3World

Bicycle Day

4 5World Environment Day

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7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14World Blood Donor Day

Men’s Health Week

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21International

Day of Yoga

22 23 24 25 26Take Your Dog to Work

Day

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28 29 30Social Media Day

#SMDay

June is host to Men’s Health Week! Each year holds a themeto improving different men’s health outcomes. There are a

number of events across the week in the region or youcould hold one of your own!

June 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Dry JulyWhy not participate in Dry July this month! Get your colleagues together and go

alcohol free for the month. Ask friends and family to sponsor you to raise funds for people affected by cancer.

1 2 3 4NAIDOC Week

4th – 11th

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12National Diabetes Week

13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23Stress

Down Day

24International Self-Care

Day

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26 27 28 29 30 31 Plastic Free July

July 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Tradies National Health MonthAugust each year is Australian Tradies National Health Month, a campaign to bring awareness

to tradies’ health and encourage them to look after their wellbeing.

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2 3 4 5 6Jeans for Genes Day

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9International Day for

the Worlds Indigenous Peoples

10 11 12 13Red Nose Day

14 15

16Keep Australia

Beautiful Week

17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27Wear It Purple Day

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30 31 Jeans for Genes DayAustralians unite on Jeans for Genes Day by wearing their favourite jeans, donating money and purchasing merchandise to support genetic

research. We want to see your workplace become a sea of denim in a united stance against childhood diseases.

August 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

LiptemberLiptember is a campaign dedicated to raising funds and

awareness for women’s mental health. Start the conversation by popping a little colour on.

1 2 3National Walk

to Work Day

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6Women’s Health Week

6th – 10th

7 8 9 10R U OK? Day

11World First Aid Day

12World Mindfulness Day

Try to integrate mindfulness or

meditation into your day.

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20 21 22 23 24 25 26World Environmental

Health Day

27 28 29International Day of

Awareness on Food Lossand Waste

30 Steptember STEPtember is a fun, safe and virtual event that challenges you to walk,swim, ride, wheel or spin your way to 10,000 steps per day during the

month of September.

September 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Mental Health MonthOctober is National Mental Health Month and provides an

opportunity for the community to come together to raise awareness that #MentalHealthMatters.

1Walktober

2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10World Mental

Health Day

11National

Nutrition Week

12 13 14 15 16World Food Day

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18 19 20Ride 2

Work Day

21 22Loud Shirt Day

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25 26 27 28 29 30 31

October 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8National

Recycling Week

9 10 11Remembrance Day

12 13World Kindness Day

14World Diabetes Day

15Skin Cancer Action

Week

16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 2516 Days of Activism

Against Gender Violence

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29 30 Get involved in Movember this month!Movember is a community of people raising money, making a difference in mental health and suicide prevention,

prostate cancer and testicular cancer. You don’t have to grow a moustache, you can move more or simply make a donation.

November 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

DecembeardBowel Cancer Australia’s hair-raising fundraiser

encouraging you to get hairy while raising awareness and funds to help beat bowel cancer.

1 2 3 4 5International Volunteer

Day

6 7 8 9 10Human

Rights Day

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20 21 22 23 24 25Christmas Day

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27 28 29 30 31 No Gender December#NoGenderDecember

#GiveGiftsNotStereotypes

December 2021