Upcoming events
All upcoming events, awareness weeks and charity days that are upcoming for both Ataxia and other rare diseases.
Events calendar
Month-by-Month event breakdown
- 18th – 24th: World anti-microbial awareness week
- 20th: World Children’s day
- 23rd: Carers Rights Day
- 27th: The London Rare Disease Showcase
- 28th: Research seminar
- 3rd: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- 3rd: Superhero Tri Winter wonder wheels.
- 4th: National Ataxia Foundation. Ataxia Resources and Discussion Group meeting. Zoom.
- 6th: Wales Gene Park – Virtual Genetics & Genomics for the 3rd Generation (3G) Conference via zoom.
- 8th: National Ataxia Foundation Global Support Group Virtual Meeting.
- 8th: Patient Solidarity Day.
- 12th: National Ataxia Foundation. Research and Treatment Development for SCA27B webinar.
- 14th: Wales Gene Park Christmas Virtual Public Genomics Cafe. Zoom
- 15th: National Ataxia Foundation. Science Showcase webinar
- 29th: National Ataxia Foundation Global Support Virtual group meeting.
10th: Ask the Ataxia Expert virtual webinar.
12th: All about Episodic Ataxia virtual webinar
27th: Parental Mental Health Day.
29th January -2nd February: Ataxia UK Wellbeing Week
29th : Wellbeing week – seminar 1: Exercise and Movement
30th: Wellbeing week – seminar 2: Managing symptoms.
31st: Wellbeing week, seminar 2: Speech Therapy
- 1st: Wellbeing Week, Seminar 4: Gadgets, Aids and Adaptations.
- 1st: Time To Talk Day
- 2nd: Wellbeing Week, Seminar 5: Mindfulness.
- 12th – 18th: You Can Care week.
- 21st: The Unusual Suspect: Rare Diseases in everyday Medicine.
- 22nd: World Encephalitis Day
- 24th: International SCN2A Awareness Day
- 29th: Rare Disease Day.
- 4th – 31st: Ataxia UK’s Through My Gaze: Virtual Art Exhibition and Fundraiser
- 8th: International Women’s Day.
- 12th: Alloimmunisation and Hemolytic Disease Awareness Day
- 12th: HDFN awareness day.
- 16th: Disabled Access day
- 21st March: World Down Syndrome Day
- 25th March: FND Awareness day
1st-30th: Stress awareness month
2nd: World Autism Day.
7th: World Health Day
13th: Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day.
13th-19th: Black inclusion week.
16th: Global Accessibility day.
10th-16th: Men’s Health week.
13th-16th: Action Medical Research London to Paris cycle.
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4th-10th: Air Ambulance Awareness Week.
10th: World Suicide Prevention Day.
13th: Sepsis Awareness Day.
23rd: International Day of Sign Language.
25th: International Ataxia Awareness Day.
6th: World Cerebral Palsy Day
12th-15th: The Inaugural Congress for Ataxia Research (ICAR)
20th: International Children’s Day.
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