Learn everything you need to know about key employee engagement dates for the first few months of 2023, including big holidays and awareness days.
Some examples:
Major events such as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Holocaust Remembrance Day and Women’s History Month
Awareness days such as Time to Talk Day, Brew Monday and World Bipolar Day
Resources & blogs which offer tips, activities and advice
How to use this calendar
In addition to some resources that will be beneficial for internal communications, engagement, and inclusion, you'll find a lot of useful advice and ideas in the calendar.
This is just the starting point to begin planning a year's worth of engaging events and activities for your employees to enjoy.
Here are some activities you could try:
Supporting your leaders to have conversations with their teams
Workplace celebrations
Team building activities
Training events
Awareness & education campaigns
Download this programme to your desktop and schedule your employee events using our suggested dates and ideas to get the most out of it.
Have a productive 2023!
January
Dry January
National Mentoring Month
Key Dates:
4th January - World Braille Day
15th January - World Religion Day
16th January - Brew Monday
16th January - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
18th January - Winnie the Pooh Day
20th January - Penguin Awareness Day
22nd January - Chinese New Year
24th January - Day of Education
27th January - Holocaust Remembrance Day
February
LGBT+ History Month
Cancer Prevention Month
Key Dates:
3rd February - Time to Talk Day
4th February - World Cancer Day
7th February - Safer Internet Day
11th February - Women & Girls in Science Day
13th February - World Radio Day
14th February - Valentine’s Day
17th February - Random Acts of Kindness Day
20th February - World Day of Social Justice
21st February - International Mother Language Day
21st February - Pancake Day
28th February - Rare Disease Day
March
Cerebral Palsy Month
Women’s History Month
Key Dates:
3rd March - Employee Appreciation Day
4th March - World Obesity Day
8th March - International Women’s Day
14th March - Pi Day
17th March - World Sleep Day
19th March - Mother’s Day
20th March - International Day of Happiness
21st March - End Racism Day
21st March - World Down Syndrome Day
22nd March - World Water Day
30th March - World Bipolar Day
31st March - Transgender Day of Visibility
Inclusion & Engagement - Every Day
Choosing which holidays and appreciation days to highlight in your workplace might be difficult because there are so many of them. Asking your staff what is important to them will help you develop the best recognition & inclusion strategy, so start there.
We hope that this calendar motivates you to incorporate celebration, inclusion, and recognition into your employee engagement strategy.
Your people are worth celebrating every day of the year, holiday or not!
Monitor the engagement and wellbeing of your workforce all year round with Employee Engagement surveys. Talk to us by visiting www.tenspace.co.uk/contact
