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In March more than 250,000 children will make over a million active and sustainable journeys to school as part of the UK’s biggest school cycling event. Pupils, teachers and parents cycle or scoot to school to complete each of the 15 Big Pedal stages, (a bit like the Tour de France) The more people that [...]

The Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) supports the worldwide observance of the International Day of Families (15 May) by preparing background information on the family for use by Governments, the UN system, including the regional commissions, and UN Information Centres and NGOs. An annual message of the Secretary-General is prepared for wide distribution. [...]

May is Walking Month! 14-18 May is Walk to Work Week 21-25 May is Walk to School Week. East Lothian Walks East Lothian offers a great variety of landscapes for walking, with the Lammermuir Hills to the south, a coast of beaches and cliffs and an expanse of arable farmland in between. Many of the [...]

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Every year, World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. Each year a theme is selected for World Health Day that highlights a priority area of concern for WHO. The theme for 2012 is Ageing and health. Using the slogan [...]

The Facts… There are over 50,000 people in the UK whose kidneys have failed. These people will die without dialysis or transplantation. 7,000 of them are on the transplant list but there is a huge shortage of donor organs. At least 1 of them will die every day. World Kidney Day UK Kidneys For Life [...]

World TB Day, falling on March 24th each year, is designed to build public awareness that tuberculosis today remains an epidemic in much of the world, causing the deaths of several million people each year, mostly in developing countries. It commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch astounded the scientific community by announcing [...]

Each year, on 23 March, the World Meteorological Organization, its 189 Members and the worldwide meteorological community celebrate World Meteorological Day around a chosen theme. This day commemorates the entry into force, on that date in 1950, of the WMO Convention creating the Organization. Subsequently, in 1951, WMO was designated a specialized agency of the [...]

World Science Day on 8 March is Day 3 of the World Education Games  – an exciting event for ALL schools and students around the world running from 6-8 March, involving 5.5million students from over 200 countries and territories. Practice opens on 1 February. This is the global challenge to get ALL students (4-18 years [...]

World Maths Day on 7 March is Day 2 of the World Education Games  – an exciting event for ALL schools and students around the world running from 6-8 March, involving 5.5million students from over 200 countries and territories. Practice opens on 1 February. This is the global challenge to get ALL students (4-18 years [...]