May 12
International Nurses Day
 NIACE
 Website: /www.alw.org.uk
May 1
World Asthma Day
 Asthma UK
 Website: www.asthma.org.uk
May 1 - 31
Hughes Syndrome Awareness Month
 Hughes Syndrome Foundation
 Website: www.hughes-syndrome.org/
May 1 - 31
International ME Awareness Month
 Invest In Me
 Website: www.investinme.org/
May 1 - 31
National Walking Month
 Living Streets
 Website: www.livingstreets.org.uk
May 5
Save Lives: Clean Your Hands
 World Health Organization
 Website: www.who.int/gpsc/5may/register/en/index.html
May 6 - 12
ME Awareness Week
 Action for ME
 Website: www.afme.org.uk
May 7 - 13
Deaf Awareness Week
 UK Council on Deafness
 Website: www.deafcouncil.org.uk/daw/
May 7
Misophonia Monday
 Misophonia UK
 Website: www.misophonia-uk.org/
May 7 - 13
Rays of Sunshine Awareness Week
 Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity
 Website: www.raysofsunshine.org.uk
May 8
Stroke Awarness Day
 The Stroke Association
 Website: www.stroke.org.uk
May 10
World Lupus Day
 LUPUS EUROPE
 Website: www.worldlupasday.org/
May 1 - 31
Save a Baby Month
 FSID
 Website: www.fsid.org.uk/page.aspx?pid=560
May 12
International Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
 Fibromyalgia Association UK
Website: www.fmauk.org/
May 31
World No Tobacco Day
 World Health Organization
 Website: www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do/health-topics/disease-prevention/tobacco
May 13 - Jun 13
National Smile Month
 British Dental Health Foundation
 Website: www.nationalsmilemonth.org/
May 14 - 18
Walk to Work Week
 Living Streets
 Website: www.livingstreets.org.uk/our-projects/walking-works/
May 14 - 20
Action for Brain Injury Week
 Headway
 Website: www.headway.org.uk/action-for-brain-injury-week.aspx
May 14 - 20
Arthritis Care Awareness Week
 Arthritis Care
 Website: www.arthritiscare.org.uk
May 14 - 18
Cancer Prevention Week
 World Cancer Research Fund
 Website: www.wcrf-uk.org/fundraising/fundraising_campaigns/fruity_friday/cancer_prevention_week.php
May 15
International Day of Families
 United Nations
 Website: www.un.org/en/
May 18 - 25
Children's Hospice Week
 Together for Short Lives
 Website: www.actchildhospice.org.uk
May 18
Fruity Friday
 World Cancer Research Fund
 Website: www.fruityfriday.org/
May 19
World Hepatits Day
 The Hepatitis Trust
 Website: www.hepctrust.org.uk
May 20 - 26
National Epilepsy Week
 Epilepsy Action
 Website: www.epilepsy.org.uk
May 21 - 25
Walk to School Week
 Living Streets
 Website: www.walktoschool.org.uk
May 21 - 28
Mental Health Awareness Week
 Mental Health Foundation
 Website: www.mentalhealth.org.uk
May 12 - 19
Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness Week
 Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA)
 Website: www.clapa.com