International Day of Happiness - 20th March
March 20th has been established as the annual International Day of Happiness
and all 193 United Nations member states have adopted a resolution calling for happiness to be given greater priority.
http://www.dayofhappiness.net/
http://www.actionforhappiness.org
#InternationalDayOfHappiness
Loneliness Awareness Week 17th-21st June 
A new campaign launched by Loneliness Minister Mims Davies is helping to tackle the stigma of loneliness and encourage people to speak out.
‘Let’s Talk Loneliness’ brings together charities, organisations and businesses including The Marmalade Trust, the Co-op Foundation, the British Red Cross, the Campaign to End Loneliness, Mind, Public Health England and the Jo Cox Foundation to help people talk about their feelings.
It comes as a new poll shows that not wanting to burden others is the main barrier to people talking about their feelings of loneliness
Published 17 June 2019
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, Office for Civil Society, and Mims Davies MP
There are over 500 events taking place across the UK to raise awareness of loneliness and support people to find friendships.
#lonelinessawarenessweek #letstalkloneliness
International Day of Peace - 21st September 
Plans are underway for Peace One Day’s 20th anniversary celebration on Saturday 21 September 2019.
Peace One Day’s goal for 2025 is to reach 3 billion people with the message of Peace Day.
Schools and communities all over the world are celebrating this event!
https://twitter.com/PeaceOneDay
https://www.facebook.com/peaceoneday
World Values Day - 15th October 2020
Values are the things that are important to us.
Values are what make us who we are. They are the compass guiding everything we do – our choices and our actions.
When we forget that compass, we take the wrong turn. It’s the same for our families, for our communities, for the world.
Our values show us the way.
What will you be inspired to do this World Values Day?
https://www.worldvaluesday.com/
#WorldValuesDay
See the brilliant review of World Values Day 2019
Interfaith Week (UK): 10th-17th November 2019
Inter Faith Week’s aims are to:
- Strengthen good inter faith relations at all levels
- Increase awareness of the different and distinct faith communities in the UK, in particular celebrating and building on the contribution which their members make to their neighbourhoods and to wider society
- Increase understanding between people of religious and non-religious beliefs
https://www.interfaithweek.org/
Excellent resources for primary and secondary schools
Download the Interfaith Week Toolkit
Anti Bullying Week: 11th - 15th November 2019
Anti-Bullying Week 2019 takes place in England from November 11th to the 15th.
This nationwide event is organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance and is intended to raise awareness of the issue of bullying among children, especially in schools.
Children of all ages as well as parents and children are encouraged to get involved in the event and take part in activities that will help to shine a light on the problem of bullying and ways to help resolve the issue.
https://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/anti-bullying-week
#AntiBullyingWeek
World Kindness Day - 13th November
Kindness Day falls on the same day and unites people in kindness globally.
Kindness Day UK is celebrated nationwide annually, 13th November.
It is a day to celebrate and promote kindness in all its forms.
The links below take you to fantastic sites, with excellent classroom resources, news, films, stories and research into Kindness.
Action for Happiness Kindness Project Pack for Schools
We love all these sites and particularly love the Kindness Calendars from Random Acts of Kindness
Download 2019 Kindness Calendar
Download 2020 Kindness Calendar
#WKD #RandomActsofKindness #WorldKindnessDay #MakeKindnessTheNorm
International Day for Tolerance - 16th November
Tolerance isn’t necessary if we are in agreement.
We are allowed to disagree, but it is the manner and attitude with which we express our views which is important.
Tolerance is a term often used interchangeably with ‘celebrating diversity’, and whilst both terms complement each other, ‘tolerance’ is the only concept that gets to the heart of the really difficult work in educating young people on how to address people, practices and perspectives that they do not understand or do not agree with.
http://www.un.org/en/events/toleranceday/