Special UK Dates for your 2023 & 2024 Content Calendars

UK websites, online businesses and/or blogs can find it difficult to find out the key seasonal, bank holiday and awareness dates that are relevant for UK customers and audience. Most of what’s on the internet is US-focused, and it can be hard to draw up a content calendar with dates that mean something in the UK

I’ve compiled a list of the key UK dates until the end of 2024, to help you create your content plan for the UK. It also gives you a head start on content creation with lots of useful links to UK charities for the awareness days. I’ve included some of the significant international days where they are widely marked in the UK.

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Last updated: 6 August 2023

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These are the key dates you need for your UK content calendars for 2024.

The exact dates vary according to the part of the country, but it’s the school holidays for most if not all of the UK throughout August.

Thursday 3 August 2023

Monday 7 August 2023

Tuesday 8 August 2023

Wednesday 9 August 2023

Saturday 19 August 2023

Monday 28 August 2023

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The whole month of September in the UK is seen as “back to school”, “back to uni” and “back to work” after the summer holidays,

Saturday 2 September 2023

Sunday 10 September 2023 – find out more information from the website of the Samaritans, a UK charity.

Saturday 23 September 2023 – always good for a social media or blog post, and for your newsletter! See the Met Office post on the astronomical start of autumn. It’s the point when the Sun is exactly above the equator. On this date, day and night will be around the same length.

Saturday 30 September 2023 – a celebration of all things podcasting. Click here for the International Podcast Day website.

It runs for the whole of October. Click here for the Black History Month UK website.

It runs for the whole of October. Click here for the Breast Cancer Now UK charity website.

Tuesday 10 October 2023 – the website of the charity Mind has lots of good information.

Wednesday 18 October 2023 – you can find out more information from the British Menopause Society website.

Sunday 29 October 2023 (Clocks go back)

Tuesday 31 October 2023

Movember is a leading men’s health charity that organises a moustache-growing charity event to raises funds and awareness for men’s health every November. Click here for more details about Movember.

Sunday 5 November 2023

6-12 November 2023 – more detail on the Every Child A Reader website.

Saturday 11 November 2023

Sunday 12 November 2023

Tuesday 14 November 2023 – more information from the Diabetes UK website.

Thursday 21 December 2023 – the change of the seasons are always good for social media and blog posts, and newsletters. Here’s a great post from the Met Office that explains the Winter Solstice.

Sunday 24 December

Monday 25 December (Bank Holiday)

Tuesday 26 December (Bank Holiday)

Sunday 31 December

For those early birds who are already working on their content calendars for 2024, here are the key UK-specific dates you need! It has all the UK Public Holidays, and key awareness days and other events. It also has links to charities supporting some of the awareness events.

Everything you need to help you plan the social media and blog in content calendars for your UK business in 2024.

Veganuary is an annual event organised by the registered charity Veganuary to encourage people to try vegan for the month of January,

Dry January is an annual event organised in the UK by Alcohol Change UK to encourage people to give up alcohol for the month of January.

Monday 1 January 2024 (Bank Holiday)

Thursday 25 January (Not a Bank Holiday, even in Scotland) – Here’s some useful information from the Scotland website.

Sunday 4 February 2024

Tuesday 13 February 2024

Wednesday 14 February 2024

Friday 1 March 2024 – Not a Bank Holiday in Wales. Here is some great information from the Visit Wales website.

Friday 8 March 2024

Sunday 10 March 2024 – NB The date is different from the US, which is 12 May 2024

Sunday 17 March 2024 – Public Holiday in Ireland and Bank Holiday in Northern Ireland. Here are some great resources from the Irish in Britain website.

Friday 29 March 2024 (Bank Holiday)

Sunday 31 March 2024 (Bank Holiday)

Sunday 31 March 2024 – I find the explanations useful from the Royal Museums Greenwich website.

Monday 1 April 2024 (Bank Holiday)

Monday 1 April 2024 – I like this article from HuffPost UK.

Friday 5 April 2024

Saturday 6 April 2024

Saturday 13 April 2024 – Great facts and figures from The Jockey Club website.

Monday 22 April 2024 – an annual event organised by Earth Day.

4 May 2024

Monday 6 May 2024

Monday 27 May 2024

Pride runs for the whole of June. Find out more information from Pink UK.

Saturday 15 June 2024

Sunday 16 June 2024

20 June 2024 – here’s a great post from the Met Office that explains the Summer Solstice. It’s the day of the year with the longest period of daylight as the sun reaches its highest point. It’s also the official start of summer.

Most schools in the UK break up for the summer holidays sometime in July.

4 July 2024

17 July 2024 – Here is the official World Emoji day website.

30 July 2024 – Click here for the details on the UN website. Here are some useful resources from the website of the Children’s Commissioner in the UK.

The exact dates vary according to the part of the country, but it’s the school holidays for most if not all of the schools in the UK throughout August.

Thursday 1 August 2024

Monday 5 August 2024

Thursday 8 August 2024

Friday 9 August 2024

Monday 19 August 2024 – aims to raise awareness about the impact of photography on the world and to inspire people to take up photography as a hobby or profession. 

Monday 26 August 2024

Saturday 7 September 2024

Tuesday 10 September 2024 – find out more information from the website of the Samaritans, a UK charity.

23 September 2024 – see the Met Office post on the astronomical start of autumn. It’s always good for a social media or blog post, and for your newsletter! It’s the point when the Sun crosses the equator’s path and becomes positioned exactly above the equator between the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. On this date, day and night will be around the same length

Monday 30 September 2023 – a celebration of all things podcasting. Click here for the International Podcast Day website.

It runs for the whole of October. Click here for the Black History Month UK website.

It runs for the whole of October. Click here for the Breast Cancer Now UK charity website.

Thursday 10 October 2024 – the website of the charity Mind has lots of good information.

Friday 18 October 2024 – you can find out more information from the British Menopause Society website.

Sunday 27 October 2024 (Clocks go back)

Thursday 31 October 2024

Movember is a leading men’s health charity that organises a moustache-growing charity event to raises funds and awareness for men’s health every November. Click here for more details about Movember.

Tuesday 5 November 2024

Sunday 10 November 2024

Monday 11 November 2024

Thursday 14 November 2024 – more information from the Diabetes UK website.

Friday 29 November 2024 (Day after Thanksgiving – big day for discounted products and services in the US and now the UK)

Monday 2 December 2024 (Came from the US – traditionally the second biggest day for online shopping) American,

Saturday 21 December 2023 – here’s a great post from the Met Office that explains the Winter Solstice.

Tuesday 24 December (not a Bank Holiday)

Wednesday 25 December (Bank Holiday)

Thursday 26 December (Bank Holiday)

Tuesday 31 December 2024

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