Key Safeguarding Dates for 2026

10 February: Safer Internet Day

16 – 22 March: Harmony Week

6 May: National Domestic Violence Remembrance Day

21 May: World Day for Cultural Diversity

15 June: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

4 August: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day

August: Ephpheta Sunday (date TBC)

10 September: World Suicide Prevention Day

6-12 September: National Child Protection Week

13 September: Catholic Church Safeguarding Sunday

10 October: World Mental Health Day

24 October: 1 November: National Children’s Week

30 October: Day for Daniel

3 December: International Day of Persons with Disabilities