Young Carers Action Day provides an opportunity for everyone to call for better support for young carers and young adult carers, and to bring about change.   The Young Carers Action Day 2025 theme, ‘Give Me A Break’, highlights the important need for young carers to have time to rest and recharge while also calling […]

March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in the UK. During the month of March, Ovarian Cancer Action – alongside other UK gynae charities – put the spotlight on ovarian cancer and ask supporters to help raise awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms, statistics and stories.       For more information, https://ovarian.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/ovarian-cancer-awareness-month/

Brain Tumour Awareness Month was launched in 2004 by a group of charities that went on to become founding members of Brain Tumour Research. Every March, they  lead the way with a packed programme of activities to raise vital awareness and funds to get closer to our vision of finding a cure for all types of […]

Rare Disease Day is the globally-coordinated movement on rare diseases, working towards equity in social opportunity, healthcare, and access to diagnosis and therapies for people living with a rare disease.   Since its creation in 2008, Rare Disease Day has played a critical part in building an international rare disease community that is mult-disease, global, […]

Around 1.25 million people in the UK suffer from eating disorders, many in secret. They are of all ages, genders and backgrounds – eating disorders do not discriminate.   Eating disorders include bulimia, binge eating disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED), and anorexia, which tragically has the highest […]

  Time to Talk Day is on Thursday 6th February 2025. It’s a chance for all of us to be more open about our mental health and talk about how we really feel.   1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health problem in any given year. Too many of us are made […]