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First week in February every year in the United States National Wildlife Week [185] National Dark-Sky Week: Week of new moon in April Bike to Work Week Victoria: National Pollinator Week [186] Third Week in June Mosquito Awareness Week: June 22–28 [187] Plastic Free July [188] July 1–31 National Clean Beaches Week [citation needed] July 1–7
RNIB (formally, the Royal National Institute of Blind People and previously the Royal National Institute for the Blind) is a British charity, founded in 1868, that serves people living with visual impairments. [2] It is regarded as a leader in the field in supporting people in the UK who have vision loss. [3]
Deafblind Awareness Week [16] [17] runs at the end of June to coincide with the birthday of Helen Keller. [18] In 2021, it fell on the week of 28 June - 4 July. [ 19 ] The week aims to make dual sensory loss a more widely known condition; educating people about what it is and letting them know what to look out for in themselves and others.
UK scientists pinpoint a major cause of inflammatory bowel disease that is present in 95% of peoples' DNA. [480] 5–6 June – Events take place in the UK and France to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. The King pays tribute to veterans in Portsmouth, while the Prime Minister speaks at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur ...
It was originally the Preston Industrial Institute for the Blind, then the Institute for Blind Welfare and until 2000 the Preston and North Lancashire Blind Welfare Society. It is now named after William Wilding Galloway , a cotton merchant from Preston who left £40,000 to local charities including £10,000 to the society when he died in 1936.
International Observances denote a period to observe an issue of international interest or concern. Many of these observances have been established by the United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Economic and Social Council or World Health Organization.
A hand reading wood-carved braille code, where the braille word “premier” can be read. World Braille Day is an international day on 4 January and celebrates awareness of the importance of braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and visually impaired people.
The date is set aside to celebrate the achievements of people who are blind or visually impaired and the important symbol of blindness and tool of independence, the white cane. On October 6, 1964, a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress, H.R. 753, was signed into law as Pub. L. 88–628, and codified at 36 U.S.C. § 142. This resolution ...