Forthcoming Events
World Autism Acceptance Month: April 2025
Date: Tuesday 01st April 2025 to Wednesday 30th April 2025
Time: 09.00 to 23.30
World Autism Awareness Month is an opportunity for everyone to come together and raise awareness, foster acceptance, and create a society where autistic people are supported, understood, and empowered. Whether you’re at home, at school, or at work, your involvement can make a real difference
Why get involved?
Autistic people face discrimination and barriers across all sectors of society – in the health and social care systems, in education, in employment, and everywhere in between. It is crucial that autistic people, and their families and carers, can access tailored information, guidance and support to overcome those barriers, along with opportunities to explore their interests, develop skills and build friendships for fulfilled lives.
World Acceptance Day: 2nd April 2025
World Health Day 2025: 7th April 2025
Date: Sunday 06th April 2025 to Wednesday 09th April 2025
Time: 09.00 to 09.00
World Health Day 2025: Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures
The health of mothers and babies is the foundation of healthy families and communities, helping ensure hopeful futures for us all.
World Health Day, celebrated on 7 April 2025, will kick off a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health. The campaign, titled Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures, will urge governments and the health community to ramp up efforts to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths, and to prioritize women’s longer-term health and well-being.
WHO and partners will also share useful information to support healthy pregnancies and births, and better postnatal health.
Helping every woman and baby survive and thrive
This task is critical. Tragically, close to 300 000 women lose their life due to pregnancy or childbirth each year, while over 2 million babies die in their first month of life and millions more are stillborn. That’s roughly 1 preventable death every 7 seconds. Based on current trends, a staggering 4 out of 5 countries are off track to meet global targets for improving maternal survival by 2030.
Listening to women and supporting families
Women and families everywhere need high quality care that supports them physically and emotionally, before, during and after birth. Health systems must evolve to manage the many health issues that impact maternal and newborn health. These not only include direct obstetric complications but also mental health conditions, noncommunicable diseases and family planning. Additionally, women and families should be supported by laws and policies that safeguard their health and rights.
Campaign goals
- To raise awareness about gaps in maternal and newborn survival and the need to prioritize women’s longer-term well-being.
- To advocate for effective investments that improve the health of women and babies.
- To encourage collective action to support parents as well as health professionals who provide critical care.
- To provide useful health information relating to pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period.
Get involved
Here’s what you can do to support the campaign:
- Spread awareness: share information about the campaign using #HopefulFutures and #HealthForAll.
- Participate: attend our global events to learn more about what it will take to end maternal and newborn mortality.
- Donate: contribute to the WHO Foundation which supports WHO’s work to protect mothers and babies in countries around the world.
- Share your lived experiences: share your own experiences or stories of pregnancy and birth and thank those who provide quality care.
Interested?
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How you can support us
As a local organisation we very much rely on the support of our local community. We support over 2,000 people every year to have greater choice and control and remove the barriers that disabled adults and children experience in their everyday lives. But we need YOUR help.