Category: Awareness days/weeks
Tips to boost mental health
As we approach October, it’s important to take some time and recognise Mental Health Month. Mental Health Month is celebrated each year in the month of October in NSW.
Marking Homelessness Week 2021 – supports for people across our Diocese experiencing homelessness
On any given night, 116,000 people in Australia are experiencing homelessness. Homelessness is not ‘rooflessness’. Only 7% of people without a home are sleeping rough.
Celebrating International Friendship Day
As we approach International Friendship Day on 30 July, it’s important to think about the value of true friendships. What does it mean to be a friend and to have a friend?
It’s Men’s Health Week – valuable lessons to help you get active, get healthy & live longer
Men's Health Week is here, and it’s a perfect time to really start focusing on your physical health. Maybe you need a push to get you motivated, you're not sure what resources are available or you’re someone who wants to get help getting fit but you don’t know where to start.
Thinking about volunteering? Let us convince you!
Nothing is greater than the heart’s motivation to touch the lives of those who are less fortunate than ourselves. The 2012 State of Volunteering Report in Australia report revealed that over the last ten years, Australia has experienced a significant growth in the number and rate of people who volunteer.
National Families Week – a time to connect or a time to seek support?
Families come in all shapes and sizes, and National Families Week (marked 14 - 20 May 2021) is the perfect time to celebrate our nearest and dearest and what they bring to our lives. Whilst the traditional setup of mum, dad and two children still has its place in Australian society, family units are becoming more diverse and unashamedly so.
Celebrating Mother’s Day
With Mother’s Day coming up soon, it’s the perfect time to reflect on all the things that mums do, as well as all the types of mums there are. Sometimes, we take mothers for granted, but they hold so much in their hands.
Youth Week: A time to reflect, seek support or volunteer
On globally significant issues like COVID-19 and anti-racist activism, to very local concerns ... Youth Week (which runs from 16 - 24 April) is an opportunity for Australia's young people to be heard — to express their views and share ideas.
Join us in celebrating International Neighbour Day
On 28 March 2021, Australians will celebrate International Neighbour Day. This special day is to bring awareness to the importance of social connections and neighbourly good deeds.
Today is International Women’s Day
The theme for this year's International Women's Day is CHOOSE TO CHALLENGE. Women and men are committing to challenging gender inequality as part of this year's celebrations.
World Day of Social Justice 2021
As an initiative of the United Nations (UN), the World Day of Social Justice is designed to shed light on social and economic inequalities across the globe. Taking place each year on 20 February, this important day helps to highlight significant differences in work, compensation, and lifestyle factors for global citizens based on key differential factors.
Why World Religion Day matters so much
The need to believe in something bigger than ourselves is a human need. Regardless of colour, creed, or culture, the history of humanity is a history of searching for something unifying and timeless that adds meaning and richness to life. For centuries, religion has served that need.