Remember, remember the 5th of November. November is a month of remembrance…will you be enjoying the fireworks, wearing a poppy or growing out your facial hair?
Armistice Day will be Wednesday, 11/11/2026, with Remembrance Sunday being 08/11/2026. Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated on 05/11/2026. There will be events in your community for all of these days, November is a month for remembrance after all. You’ll find me at Rodley Park paying my respects.
November might be a big month for writing. For many it means taking part in National Novel Writing Month, for those in higher education it is Academic Writing Month. While the first one is aimed at boosting novel writing skills by writing 50,000 words, #AcWriMo is for boosting academic writing skills during November. Will I ever start that novel?!
In the UK 06/11/2026 will be PH Day (Pulmonary Hypertension) with the theme of #We Need To Talk About PH, so we’re encouraging our PH community to make their voices heard.
There will be plenty of content opportunities to help share awareness of mental health and suicide prevent, prostate and testicular cancer during Movember starting 01/11/2026. Expect outlandish facial hair designs, just not from me. I’ll be donating and will be keeping up with my regular hair removal.
The Anti-Bullying Alliance’s Anti-Bullying Week begins 16/11/2026 with the theme Break the Silence. Odd Socks Day rolls up on 16/11/2026. The UN’s International Day Against Violence and Bullying at School, Including Cyberbullying (05/11/2026). Because we always need more, World Kindness Day is on 13/11/2026, and International Day for Tolerance will be 16/11/2026. Self-Care Week starts on 16/11/2026 I’ll start by running a bath, and Let’s Stop Shouting is 06/11/2026.
Action on Sugar returns with the Sugar Awareness Week from 02/11/2026, with the theme of raising awareness of the health risks associated with too much sugar in our diet. Planning a Christmas pub? Stir Up Sunday returns 22/11/2026, when home cooks spend the last Sunday before Advent stirring up their Christmas pudding.
There has been an extended period of financial uncertainty and it remains important to seek advice when money worries cause stress. Talk Money Week begins 02/11/2026, with financial service businesses being able to share content. Even though Black Friday 27/11/2026 and Cyber Monday 30/11/2026 offer the chance of making savings, remember it is only a saving if you were going to make purchases. And forget Amazon Prime days, it is always better to support local businesses.
It remains true that 27/11/2026 is Lancashire Day, just don’t expect much love for your posts from this Yorkshire lass. Like Saint Andrew’s Day for Scotland will be 30/11/2026, these days offer an excellent opportunity for tourism and hospitality businesses to share content about these areas.
Finally, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women returns on 25/11/2026. Organisations like Support After Rape & Sexual Violence Leeds need help fundraising and raising awareness.
Month-long observances:
- Pancreatic Cancer Awareness
- Lung Cancer Awareness (Macmillan)
- Native American History Month (USA)
- National Adoption Month
- National Novel Writing Month and Academic Writing Month
- Movember
Awareness days
- World Vegan Day is 01/11/2026
- All Saints’ Day 01/11/202
- Day of the Dead 02/11/2026
- All Soul’s Day 02/11/2026
- Sugar Awareness Week from 02/11/2026
- Talk Money Week begins 02/11/2026
- Number Confidence Week 02/11/2026 to 08/11/2026
- International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists is 02/11/2026
- World Jellyfish Day 03/11/2026
- World Sandwich Day 03/11/2026
- No Dig Day is 03/11/2026
- National Stress Awareness Day is 04/11/2026. Share your favourite way to switch off from running a business.
- International Stout Day barrels in on 05/11/2026
- Lees International Film Festival 05/11/2026 – 22/11/2026
- National Redhead Day is on 05/11/2026
- World Tsunami Awareness Day 05/11/2026
- UN’s International Day Against Violence and Bullying at School, Including Cyberbullying is 05/11/2026
- Dhanteras 05/11/2026
- Guy Fawkes/ Bonfire Night lights 05/11/2026
- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict will be 06/11/2026
- Let’s Stop Shouting is 06/11/2026
- PH Day 06/11/20256
- Hug A Bear is 07/11/2026
- Damnation Festival 07/11/2026 – 08/11/2026
- Longleat Festival of Light 07/11/2026 – 10/01/2027
- National Cappuccino Day is 08/11/2026
- Intersex Day of Remembrance is 08/11/2026
- British Pudding Day bakes its way on 09/11/2026
- World Adoption Day 09/11/2026
- Thought Bubble 09/11/2026 – 15/11/2026
- World Nursery Rhyme Week 09/11/2026
- Children’s Book Week 09/11/2026
- Diwali 09/11/2026
- Remembrance Sunday 08/11/2026
- New Moon 09/11/2026
- World Science Day 10/11/2026
- International Accounting Day 10/11/2026
- Armistice Day is 11/11/2026
- World Pneumonia Day is 12/11/2026
- Otley Science Festival 12/11/2026 to 14/11/2026
- World Kindness Day is 13/11/2026
- Children in Need 13/11/2026
- Christmas at Kew opens 13/11/2026
- London Jazz Festival 13/11/2026
- World Diabetes Day returns on 14/11/2026
- Road Safety Week 15/11/2026
- Steve Irwin Day 15/11/2026
- Maths Week (England) 15/11/2026
- International Day for Tolerance is 16/11/2026
- Odd Socks Day rolls up 16/11/2026
- Anti-Bullying Alliance’s Anti-Bullying Week begins 16/11/2026
- Self-Care Week begins 16/11/2026
- Global Entrepreneurship Week and Love Your High Street Week starts 16/11/2026
- World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is 15/11/2026
- World Prematurity Day is 17/11/2026
- Geography Awareness Week will be 18/11/2026 to 22/11/2026
- International Men’s Day is 19/11/2026
- Kendal Mountain Festival 19/11/2026 to 22/11/2026
- Hyde Park Winter Wonderland opens 19/11/2026
- National Play Monopoly Day 19/11/2026
- Women’s Entrepreneurship Day will be on 19/11/2026
- UN World Toilet Day is 19/11/2026
- Children’s Day is 20/11/2026
- Transgender Day of Remembrance is 20/11/2026
- World Philosophy Day thinks up 19/11/2026
- World Television Day is 21/11/2026
- National Tree Week 21/11/2026
- World Hello Day 21/11/2026
- Stir Up Sunday returns 22/11/2026
- National Espresso Day 23/11/2026
- Doctor Who Day 23/11/2026
- UK Parliament Week 23/11/12026
- Kartik Purnima 24/11/2026
- Full Moon rises 24/11/2026
- Sikh observances of Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji on 24/11/2026
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women returns on 25/11/2026
- 26th National Cake Day
- Thanksgiving Day 27/11/2026
- Buy Nothing Day 27/11/2026
- Lancashire Day is 27/11/2026
- Black Friday 27/11/2026
- Saint Andrew’s Day for Scotland will be 30/11/2026
- Cyber Monday 30/11/26
Disclaimer: There are so many awareness days we just can’t feature them all, so we do our best to give you a broad overview so you can pick what suits you and your business.