
Posted 02 Sep 2020 / by OWN QLD / in Activities, Community, Elders, Events, Health, Keeping in Touch, News
Spring Has Arrived
If you’d like to spend your Spring days involved in community activities, rather than Spring Cleaning, here is a list of Community Days and Weeks in September:
- 1st September – Wattle Day, a celebration of Australia – http://www.wattleday.asn.au/about-wattle-day – this year the Golden Wattle Award went to Health Workers
- 1st-8th September – Adult Learners Week, https://adultlearnersweek.org/
- 7-11th September – Jean Hailes Women’s Health Week – https://www.womenshealthweek.com.au/
- 10th September – World Suicide Prevention Day – https://www.qmhc.qld.gov.au/awareness-promotion/suicide-prevention/world-suicide-prevention-day
- 12th September – RUOK Day – https://www.ruok.org.au/join-r-u-ok-day
- 21st September – World Gratitude Day https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-gratitude-day/ and International Day of Peace https://internationaldayofpeace.org/
September is also:
- Save the Koala Month – https://www.savethekoala.com/deborahs-diary/save-koala-month
- Dementia Awareness Month – https://www.finder.com.au/dementia-awareness-month
- Social September – Reach 0 disconnect from digital lives and create face-to-face interaction (bearing in mind COVID restirctoins of course!) – https://www.facebook.com/SocialSeptember/
- Liptember – all about Women’s Mental Health – https://www.liptember.com.au/
So plenty to keep you occupied during the month!
Tags: Adult Learners Week, dementia awareness, International Day of peace, Lptember, RUOK Day, save the koala, social September, Women's Health Week, World Gratitude Day, World Suicide Prevention day