Volunteer Activity Calendar 2025
Find an upcoming volunteers' meet-up, have a look for fundraising activities or get some inspiration for when to raise lymphoma awareness using our annual calendar below.
More events and links may be added later, so please do check back every now and then. Dates may also be subject to change.
Activity / Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| National Pharmacist Day | Across the UK | 12 January |
| Blue Monday | Worldwide | 20 January |
| Parent Mental Health Day | Across the UK | 27 January |
| Volunteer e-news | N/A | February |
| LGBT+ History Month | Across the UK | February |
| World Cancer Day | Worldwide | 4 February |
| Student Volunteering Week | Across the UK | 10-16 February |
| International Childhood Cancer Day | Worldwide | 15 February |
| Rare Disease Day | Worldwide | 28 February |
| Lymphoma Matters, spring edition | N/A | March |
| Volunteers' online meet-up | Online | 20 March |
| International Women's Day | Worldwide | 8 March |
| Volunteer e-news | N/A | April |
| Stress Awareness Month | Across the UK | April |
| World Health Day | Worldwide | 7 April |
| Brighton Marathon | Brighton | 7 April |
| International Micro-volunteering Day | Worldwide | 15 April |
| Thames Footpath Challenge | London | 26 April |
| London Marathon | London | 27 April |
| Black Inclusion Week | Worldwide | 12-18 May |
| Mental Health Awareness Week | Across the UK | 12-18 May |
| Global Accessibility Awareness Day | Worldwide | 15 May |
| Hackney Half Marathon | London | 18 May |
| Edinburgh Marathon Festival | Edinburgh | 25-26 May |
| World Blood Cancer Day | Worldwide | 28 May |
| Volunteer e-news, Volunteers' Week thanks | N/A | June |
| Lymphoma Matters, summer edition | N/A | June |
| National Cancer Survivors Day | Across the UK | 1 June |
| Volunteers’ Week | Across the UK | 2-8 June |
| Volunteer Recognition Event | Online | 4 June |
| Great North Swim | Lake District | 13-15 June |
| Bridges of Britain & London Walk | Across the UK / London | 22 June / June |
| Volunteers' online meet-up | Online | 31 July |
| Volunteer e-news | N/A | August |
| International Youth Day | Worldwide | 12 August |
| Ben Nevis at Night Trek | Scottish highlands | 16-17 August |
| Blood Cancer Awareness Month | Across the UK | September |
| Great North Run | Newcastle | 7 September |
| Stand Up To Cancer Day | Worldwide | 12 September |
| London to Brighton Cycle Ride | London | 14 September |
| World Lymphoma Awareness Day | Worldwide | 15 September |
| National Inclusion Week | Across the UK | 15-21 September |
| Swim Serpentine | London | 20 September |
| Volunteer e-news | N/A | October |
| Lymphoma Matters, autumn/winter edition | N/A | October |
| Black History Month | Across the UK | October |
| World Mental Health Day | Worldwide | 10 October |
| Thames Footpath Challenge | London | 11 October |
| Run Bournemouth Weekend | Bournemouth | 11-12 October |
| Trustees' Week | Across the UK | 3-7 November |
| International Volunteer Managers Day | Worldwide | 5 November |
| World Kindness Day | Worldwide | 13 November |
| International Men's Day | Worldwide | 19 November |
| Volunteer e-news, end of year roundup | N/A | December |
| International Day for Disabilities | Worldwide | 3 December |
| Volunteers' online meet-up | Online | 5 December |
| International Volunteers Day | Worldwide | 5 December |