Universal Library Offers calendar
Our Universal Library Offer calendar brings together key national campaigns, festivals and celebrations through which libraries can develop and promote the Universal Library Offers.
There is no expectation that every library service marks all events on the ULO calendar. Libraries should pick and choose events that reflect local priorities and relevance.
Every effort has been made to ensure the information here is correct but please confirm dates with organisers before planning your activity, especially those that occur later in the year. The dates of events in bold and italics are still to be confirmed - where appropriate we have used the 2023 dates as a guide.
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Universal Library Offers calendar 2024
January
- January 27 | Holocaust Memorial Day
- January 27 - February 4 | National Storytelling Week
February
- LGBT+ History Month
- 1 February | Time to Talk Day
- February 5-11 | Children's Mental Health Week
- February 6 | Safer Internet Day
- February 10 | Chinese New Year
- February 21 | Mother Language Day
March
- Women's History Month
- March 7 | World Book Day
- March 8 | International Women's Day
- March 8-17 | British Science Week
- March 18-24 | Shakespeare Week
April
- April 1-7 | World Autism Acceptance Week
- April 2 | International Children's Book Day
- April 22 | Stephen Lawrence Day
- April 22 | Earth Day
- April 23 | World Book Night
May
- Local and Community History Month
- May 1-7 | Deaf Awareness Week
- May 6-12 | Dying Matters Awareness Week
- May 13-19 | Mental Health Awareness Week
- May 13-19 | Dementia Action Week
June
- Pride Month
- Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month
- High Vis Fortnight
- National Crime Reading Month
- Loneliness Awareness Week
- Summer Reading Challenge launch (Scotland)
- June 6 | Empathy Day
- June 8-16 | Great Big Green Week
- June 10-16 | Carers Week
July
- Disability Pride Month
- Summer Reading Challenge launch (England and Wales)
- July 13-28 | Festival of Archaeology
- South Asian Heritage Month
August
- August 1-7 | World Breastfeeding Week
- August 7 | National Playday
- August 12 | International Youth Day
September
- East and South East Asian Heritage Month
- September 8 | International Literacy Day
- Heritage Open Days
- September 13 | Roald Dahl Story Day
- September 23-29 | National Coding Week
October
- Black History Month
- Libraries Week
- Family Learning Festival
- Get Online Week
- October 3 | National Poetry Day
- October 4-6 | Fun Palaces weekend
- October 7-13 | Dyslexia Awareness Week
- October 10 | World Mental Health Day
- October 18 | World Menopause Day
November
December
- Winter Mini Challenge launches
- December 1 | World AIDS Day
- December 2-6 | National Grief Awareness Week
- December 18 | International Migrants Day
* Health Information Week has now moved to 20-26 January 2025.
