May
1 May 2009 - May Day
2 - 10 of May 2009 - National Windsurfing Week
4 May 2009 - International Firefighters' Day projectbritain.com
International Firefighters' Day (IFFD) is observed on May 4. It was instituted after proposal emailed out across the world on January 4, 1999 due to the deaths of five firefighters in tragic circumstances in a wildfire in Australia.
4 - 10 May 2009 - Deaf Awareness Week
The theme 'Look at Me' aims to improve understanding of the different types of deafness by highlighting the many different methods of communication used by deaf, deafened, deafblind and hard of hearing people, such as sign language and lipreading.
4 - 10 May 2009 - Compost Awareness WeekÂ
Compost Awareness Week aims to encourage the public and business communities alike to take action to support composting at all scales and to use composts.4 May 2009 - International Dawn Chorus Day
The Wildlife Trusts’ International Dawn Chorus Day, is an annual celebration of the world’s oldest wake-up call – the dawn chorus – and the beauty of bird song. The day is now truly an International event, celebrated as far away as France, Italy, Pakistan, South Africa and New Zealand.
3 May 2009 - Early May Bank Holiday
5 May 2009 - World Asthma Day
The main aims of World Asthma Day are to raise awareness in the UK and the world of the burden of asthma and action required.
4 - 10 May 2009 - National Honey Week
National Honey Week is celebrating its tenth birthday at the time of year when spring flowers start to blossom and the honey making season gets underway.
4 - 10 May 2009 - Red Cross Week
A week when thousands of Red Cross staff and volunteers come together to celebrate the organisation's work and services, raise money and recruit new volunteers.
8 May 2009 - World Red Cross Red Crescent Day
Celebrated since May 1948 throughout the world on the anniversary of the founder of the Red Cross.
9 May 2009 - Europe Day
Europe Day, 9 May, marks the anniversary of the day in 1950 when the European Union was conceived. French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman gave a speech calling for European countries to combine their coal and steel production under a single European institution, paving the way to our current European Union.
10 May 2009 - World Fair Trade Day
A celebration of Fair Trade internationally, with events organised worldwide.
10 - 16 May 2009 M.E. Awareness Week
10 - 16 May 2009 - British Sandwich Week
10 - 16 May 2009 - National Breastfeeding Awareness week
10 - 16 May 2009 Christian Aid Week
Christian Aid Week is an annual door-to-door fundraising drive by the charity Christian Aid. Christian Aid works with 700 local organisations across 50 developing countries. Working with poor communities, it trains people to deal with the effects of climate change and prepares them for the threat of natural disasters.
11 - 17 May 2009 Childrens Book Week
12 May 2009 Limerick Day
Limerick Day celebrates the birthday of Writer Edward Lear (1812-1888). Â It also, of course, celebrates Limerick poems. Limericks were popularized by Lear in 1846 in his Book of Nonsense". (Teaching resources)
11 - 24 May 2009 Foster Care Fortnight
The annual recruitment campaign, co-ordinated by UK-wide charity the Fostering Network, will focus on the shortage of almost 10,000 foster carers across the UK.
13 - 24 May 2009 Be Nice to Nettles Week
17 May - 16 June 2009 National Smile Month
A dental health event held traditionally held in May, but now across May and June each year. It is the biggest not for profit dental health event in Europe and attracts thousands of event co-ordinators and reaches millions of people with oral health information.
18 - 24 May 2009 - National Vegetarian Week
National Vegetarian Week is the annual awareness-raising campaign promoting inspirational vegetarian food and the benefits of a meat-free lifestyle.
18 - 24 May 2009 - National Epilepsy Week
18 - 22 May 2009 - National Allergy Week projectbritain.com
Aimed at raising public and media awareness about the many different allergies that are now becoming increasingly common, from hayfever to allergies to cat hair and providing advice and information to allergy sufferers.
18 - 22 - Noise Action Week
Noise Action Week raises awareness about noise, noise issues and promoting a responsible attitude to noise.
19 - 23 May 2009 Walk to School Week
23 May 2009 - World Turtle Day
22 May 2008 - Friendship Funday
A fun and creative fundraising event for primary schools. Find out about life in a school in another country. Raise money to support Save the Children's work with vulnerable children.
For a suggested donation of £1, children decorate friendship fun-bands with a visual message for a friend in another country and receive their own special Friendship Friday fun-band to keep.
25 - Spring Bank Holiday
29 May 2009 - Oak Apple Day
Oak Apple Day was a holiday celebrated in England on 29 May to commemorate the restoration of the monarchy in Britain and Ireland, in May 1660. In some parts of the country, the day was also known as Shick-Shack Day or Arbour Day.
31 May 2009 - World No Tobacco Day
Celebrated around the world to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes.
31 May 2009 - Pentecost / Whit Sunday (Christian)
Christians commemorate the day when Jesus' disciples first proclaimed the Gospel after receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit.
