What's coming up?
Use our event calendar to help your wellbeing planning
There's a lot going on in the world of wellbeing. Choose from the events listed below to see what you could do in your workplace.
See monthly featureRelay for Life
The Cancer Society's Relay for Life gives everyone a chance to celebrate cancer survivors and carers, remember loved ones lost to cancer, and fight back by raising awareness and funds.
Get immunised in April
The start of the 'flu season' is a good time to highlight ‘fight the flu’ messages in your workplace and promote getting a flu vaccine.
Wear Your Slippers To Work Day
Communicare is up and running in 2021 – and front-footing a first for the organisation. We are calling on friends, family, Facebook followers and frankly all fellas we can think of to step up and join us for our new campaign.
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
This is an annual international campaign to promote safe, healthy and decent work.
Quit for life in May
With World Smokefree Day at the end of the month, why not make May a smokefree month?
Pink Shirt Day - stand up against bullying
Wear a pink shirt on Friday 21 May 2021 and stand together against bullying.
World Smokefree Day
World Smokefree Day is about celebrating being smokefree and working towards smokefree/auahi kore lives for New Zealanders.
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month encourages New Zealanders to have that awkward conversation about our country's most common cancer.
June is Men's Health Month
Men’s Health Month is a great time to encourage men to start talking about their health – a simple thing that could save hundreds of lives every year.
Mid-winter protections for mental wellbeing
Find ways to help your people stay mentally well in the middle of winter, which can be a taxing time for our mental and physical health.
It may be winter, so move indoors!
Ways you can encourage your people to get out and move more, even through the depths of winter.
Aotearoa New Zealand Breastfeeding Week
The Aotearoa New Zealand Breastfeeding Week is part of a global event celebrating breastfeeding.
Breathe Better September
From the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ, Breathe Better September is a national campaign to raise awareness of respiratory conditions in New Zealand.
Blue September
Blue September is the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s annual awareness and fundraising campaign.
Spring is here – take the chance to check in!
Spring brings new ways to boost wellbeing during Mental Health Awareness Week.
NZ Random Acts of Kindness Day
Commit a random act of kindness today - and make someone else's day a wee bit better.
Breathe Better September
From the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ, Breathe Better September is a national campaign to raise awareness of respiratory conditions in New Zealand.
World Suicide Prevention Day
Suicide Prevention Day promotes world-wide action to raise awareness about suicide and stop suicide deaths.
Mental Health Awareness Week
Support people who experience mental distress, while also learning how to protect your own mental wellbeing during Mental Health Awareness Week.
Breast cancer and Pink Ribbon fundraisers
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation is inviting all workplaces to turn Pink for a Day on any day throughout October.
Health Literacy Month
Health Literacy Month is a time for organisations and individuals to promote the importance of understandable health information.
World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day is aimed at raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilising efforts in support of mental health.
Movember - Help stop men dying too young
Movember is a global campaign to get men talking about health issues in general, and prostate and testicular cancer in particular, run every November.
Preventing harm as summer approaches
As the season of festive cheer approaches, November is a good time to remind employees about the risk of alcohol harm, including while they're at the work 'do'.
National Oral Health Day
Like any health literacy topic, oral health is an ideal subject for workplace education. Use National Oral Health Day to spread the word about dental health.
World Kindness Day
Make extra kind to each other today - as it's World Kindness Day.
World Diabetes Day
A focus on diabetes awareness and prevention runs for the whole month of November, taking in World Diabetes day on November 14.
White Ribbon Day
White Ribbon Day is the international day when people wear a white ribbon to show that they do not condone violence towards women.
Ways to wellbeing this festive season
The summer break is a great time to relax and rest up as we catch up with friends and family.
DecemBeard
Grow a beard for Bowel Cancer New Zealand's DecemBeard and raise awareness about bowel cancer and the need to get checked.
Look after yourself getting back to work
It can be easy to forget to look after ourselves as we leave our summer break behind and get back into work. Here are some ways to help your people.
Stand up and move more in February
Get active during the last official month of summer - see how you can encourage your people to stand up and move more.
Aotearoa Bike Challenge
Get on your bike this February and take part in this nationwide cycling challenge.
Heart Awareness Month
Heart Awareness Month is an ideal time for workplaces to run events to raise money for the Heart Foundation's work and encourage their people to have their heart health checked.