Most of us have the well-known national days/weeks in our diaries, or at least we will be prompted well in advance of them via the media, but there are many other unusual ones you might want to use as prompts for your social media posts.
Here are 30 slightly more obscure national days to see you through the first 6 months of 2020.
- Houseplant Appreciation Day 10 Jan
- National Clean Off Your Desk Day 13 Jan
- National Handwriting Day 23 Jan
- National Compliment Day 24 Jan
- Chocolate Cake Day 27 Jan
- Hedgehog Day 2 Feb
- Time to Talk Day 6 Feb
- Send a Card to a Friend Day 7 Feb
- National Pizza Day 9 Feb
- Safer Internet Day 11 Feb
- Random Acts of Kindness Day 17 Feb
- Leap Day 29 Feb
- British Pie Week starts 2 Mar
- National Grammar Day 4 Mar
- Learn About Butterflies Day 14 Mar
- Find a Rainbow Day 3 Apr
- Tell a Lie Day 4 Apr
- No Housework Day 7 Apr
- Look up at the Sky Day 14 Apr
- National Tea Day 21 Apr
- Honesty Day 29 Apr
- National Walking Month start 1 May
- Clean up your room day 10 May
- World Sleep Day 13 May
- Brothers and Sisters Day 31 May
- Hug your cat day 4 Jun
- National Yo-Yo Day 6 Jun
- World Gin Day 13 Jun
- World Blood Donor Day 14 Jun
- Wrong Trousers Day 26 Jun
Look out for the second half of the year’s list later in 2020!