Upcoming events.
World Kindness Day
World Kindness Day is a global day that promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world.
If every Australian performed an act of kindness on World Kindness Day, we would have 25 million acts of kindness in a single day.
World Occupational Therapy Day
World Occupational Therapy Day is the opportunity to heighten the visibility of the profession’s development work and to promote the activities of WFOT locally, nationally, and internationally.
World Sight Day
World Sight Day is a day when organisations, communities, and individuals come together to focus on eye health and vision care. It aims to promote eye health awareness and advocate for access to quality eye care services. This day emphasises the importance of regular eye check-ups, early intervention in eye conditions, and the prevention of avoidable blindness.
World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma.
World Cerebral Palsy Day
October 6 marks World Cerebral Palsy Day, the annual day of celebration, action and advocacy for cerebral palsy (CP), a condition affecting 34,000 Australians and more than 17 million people globally.
World Heart Day
World Heart Day was established in partnership with the World Health Organisation to create a day that raises awareness and mobilises international action against cardiovascular disease.
International Day of Sign Languages
The International Day of Sign Languages is a unique opportunity to support and protect the linguistic identity and cultural diversity of all deaf people and other sign language users. Deaf communities, governments and civil society organisations maintain their collective efforts - hand in hand - in fostering, promoting and recognising national sign languages as part of their countries’ vibrant and diverse linguistic landscapes.
R U OK? Day
R U OK?Day is a National day of Action, marked on the second Thursday of September each year.
By taking the time for an R U OK? conversation and genuinely listening with an open mind, we can all help the people in our world feel supported and connected, long before they're in crisis.
World Suicide Prevention Day
Since its establishment, World Suicide Prevention Day has grown into a global movement, uniting people worldwide in a common cause – to prevent suicide. For the last 20 years, it has been successful in raising awareness about the issue, reducing stigma, and encouraging action to prevent suicide and suicidal behaviour.
World Physio Day
World Physio Day marks the unity and solidarity of the global physiotherapy community. It is an opportunity to recognise the work that physiotherapists do for their patients and community.
Daffodil Day
For all that cancer takes, give all that you can this Daffodil Day.
Join thousands supporting cancer research.
Cancer Council has funded lifesaving breakthroughs in cancer research over the years. This research wouldn't be possible without the support of thousands of donors.
Jeans 4 Genes Day
Jeans for Genes is the iconic fundraising campaign of Children's Medical Research Institute and helps find cures for children's genetic diseases.
ALS/MND Global Awareness Day
Every year the International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations celebrates 21 June as the global day of recognition of ALS/MND – a disease that affects people in every country of the globe.
ALS/MND is a global problem. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status or region. There are people living with ALS/MND all over the world. For every person diagnosed, the impact of the disease will be forever felt by their loved ones.
World Blood Donor Day
World Blood Donor Day serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.
World Environment Day
This year’s World Environment Day campaign focuses on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience under the slogan “Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration.”
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the 2024 World Environment Day global celebrations.
World MS Day!
World MS Day is an international awareness day for everyone affected by multiple sclerosis (MS). It brings the global MS community together to share stories, raise awareness and campaign for change.
World MS Day is officially marked on 30 May but activities take place throughout the month of May and early June.
World IDB Day
World IBD Day unites people worldwide in their fight against Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, known as inflammatory bowel diseases.
International Day of Families
International Day of Families provides an opportunity to promote awareness of issues relating to families as well as to promote appropriate action. The Day can become a powerful mobilizing factor on behalf of families in all countries, which avail themselves of this opportunity and demonstrate support of family issues appropriate to each society.
Variety Special Children’s Christmas Party
Australia's largest Christmas Party For Special Children
The Special Children’s Christmas Parties are the biggest events of their kind in Australia for special needs children and their families. We work closely with hundreds of charities, schools, community groups and government organisations throughout the country to select these special children. The children invited, are children who may have one or more of the following: serious illnesses, physical impairment, intellectual impairment, domestic violence, or living in underprivileged circumstances.
The Goal is simple: To put Smiles on these children’s faces!
At every event across Australia these children are treated to a day of celebrity stage shows, fun rides, interactive games, plenty of yummy food, face painting and many more fun activities. The highlight of the day is when the children enter Santa’s Toy Room where they are given 2-3 high quality toys to call their own.
Human Rights Day
Human Rights Day
10 December 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This landmark document enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
The Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 and sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected.
Available in more than 500 languages, it is the most translated document in the world.
Disability Expo '23
AkinCare will be @The Caoolture Disability Expo hosted byt Terry Young local MP. Drop in and say Hi 🙂 More details can be found on our blog!
RUOK? DAY
R U OK? is a public health promotion charity that encourages people to stay connected and have conversations that can help others through difficult times in their lives.
Our work focuses on building the motivation, confidence and skills of the help-giver – the person who can have a meaningful conversation with someone who is struggling with life.
R U OK? contributes to suicide prevention efforts by encouraging people to invest more time in their personal relationships and building the capacity of informal support networks – friends, family and colleagues - to be alert to those around them, have a conversation if they identify signs of distress or difficulty and connect someone to appropriate support, long before they're in crisis.
Wear It Purple!
Wear it Purple Day is an annual LGBTIQA+ awareness day especially for young people, based in Australia. Supporters wear purple to celebrate diversity and young people from the LGBTIQA+ community. The Day is organised by Wear it Purple, a student run, not-for-profit organisation, providing presentations and workshops.