Awareness Days are a great opportunity to educate and inform everyone about many issues that sometimes get overlooked. They help to raise awareness and encourage people to take action and think about their community and beyond.
October 2024
AAC Awareness Month
October is AAC Awareness Month and has been celebrated since 2007 to spread the word about augmentative and alternative communication and the many different ways people communicate. Most AAC users use a range of communication methods including body language and gestures, facial expressions as well as a communication device/s.
The ISAAC theme for 2024 is “Vibes of AAC” and encourages celebrating with social events such as a morning or afternoon tea, reading stories, watching videos, making music and other community events to help promote AAC awareness.
Dyslexia Awareness Week (2nd to 8th October)
This year the British Dyslexia Association’s theme for Dyslexia Awareness Week is DAW24: What’s your story? The week aims to make a dyslexia friendly society by raising awareness and challenging misconceptions.
We’ve complied some useful resources to help teams supporting children and young people with dyslexia.
Learning Disability Week 2024
What is Learning Disability Week?
Each year, the third week of June is Learning Disability Week. This year it runs from Monday 17 to Sunday 23 June. It is when we make sure the world hears what life is like if you have a learning disability.
The theme for this year’s Learning Disability Week is “Do you see me?”
“Do you see me?” is about challenging the barriers people with a learning disability face. We want to celebrate the things people with a learning disability bring to society.
What is Learning Disability Week about this year?
The topics to talk about each day during Learning Disability Week are:
- Monday 17 June: “Do you see me?”
- Tuesday 18 June: “Do you understand me?”
- Wednesday 19 June: “Will you work with me?”
- Thursday 20 June: “Do you hear me?”
- Friday 21 June: “Do you include me?”
- Saturday 22 June: “Will you support me?”
- Sunday 23 June: A summary of the week.
Children’s Mental Health Week
Children’s Mental Health Week runs from Monday 5th to Sunday 11th February 2024. This year the theme is ‘My Voice Matters’. The aim of the week is to empower children and young people by giving them the tools they need to help express themselves. Feeling empowered it has a positive impact on our wellbeing.
Place2Be has great resources to help empower children and young people and help them to say “My Voice Matters”. Find out all about the theme by watching the video.
Safer Internet Day 6 February 2024
Safer Internet Day 2024 takes place on 6th February 2024 and is an annual celebration of online safety.
The 2024 theme is ‘Inspiring, change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating online’. The focus will be:
- Young people’s perspective on new and emerging technology
- Using the internet to make change for the better
- The changes young people want to see online
- The things that can influence and change the way young people think, feel and act online and offline
Safer internet day is coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre, the celebration sees thousands of organisations get involved to promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.
We have put together a range of useful resources from the UK Safer Internet Centre, LGfL, Andersen Press and Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) and The National Cyber Security Centre for schools to help celebrate the day.
