Dates for your 2022 Social Media Marketing Calendar!

It seems like every day is some sort of national day, right? Some of them you really can forget all about (National Walk Around Things Day anyone?!) but others can make for great pieces of content, provided they are relevant for you and your business.

But with so many days to choose from, where can we find the big ones, we hear you ask? Well, worry not dear friends, we’ve made a list for you right here, complete with those all-important #hashtags and even some ideas on what to do. Yes, we know, we’re too good to you. Thank us later!

January

Veganuary #Veganuary

Foodie brand with vegan products? January is the month to promote them as the annual ‘vegan for a month’ challenge gets underway!

1^st – New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay

Pinch, punch, first of the month! This is your opportunity to welcome in the new year.

12^th – Kiss a ginger day #KissAGingerDay

It’s time to make the redheads in your life feel extra special with a smooch!

17^th – International Mentoring Day #InternationalMentoringDay

Show your mentors a little love with an appreciation post!

17^th – Blue Monday #BlueMonday

Officially the most depressing day of the year. Cheer your team up with something fun (last year the Entyce team got brownies!) and post the results online.

21^st – National Hug Day #NationalHugDay

Everyone loves a hug, right?!

25^th – Burns Night #BurnsNight

A celebration of the life and poetry of Robert Burns (One for the Scots!)

26^th – Australia Day #AustraliaDay

If you do business or export to Australia, wish your friends down under a happy # Australia Day!

 

February

 1^st – Chinese New Year #ChineseNewYear #YearOfTheTiger

Happy year of the tiger everyone!

2^nd – Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay

Haven’t we been here before?

4^th – Winter Olympic Games #Beijing2022

The official start date of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China!

5^th – Six Nations Rugby #SixNations #GuinnessSixNations

The annual six nations rugby tournament begins!

7^th – National Sickie Day #NationalSickieDay

Statistically, this is the day when most people will call in sick all year – one for the HR types!

7^th – 13^th – Children’s Mental Health Week #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #GrowingTogether

A big one for schools, nurseries and youth clubs across the country. This year’s theme is Growing Together

7^th – 13^th – National Apprenticeship Week #ApprenticeshipWeek

Do you take on apprentices? Give them a shout out this week!

8^th – Safer Internet Day #SaferInternetDay

Let’s all stay safe online, yeah?

9^th – National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay

A very important day in all our calendars

14^th – Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay

An obvious one

17^th – Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay

Be kind to someone randomly, or a great opportunity for a giveaway, whichever

 

March

 1^st – Pancake Day #PancakeDay #ShroveTuesday

If this isn’t already a thing in your office, it should be. Who doesn’t love pancakes?!

3^rd – World Book Day #WorldBookDay

Get your team involved and ask them their favourite books for a ‘get you know’ feature

8^th – International Women’s Day #InternationWomensDay #BreakTheBias

This year’s theme is Break the Bias. Do a feature on some inspirational women in your office or it’s the perfect opportunity for a ground-breaking influencer campaign.

17^th – St Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay

Wish all your Irish friends a very happy St Patrick’s Day!

18^th – World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay

A tongue in cheek post about going back to bed will work nicely here!

18^th – Comic Relief Day #ComicReliefDay

Organise a fun event for charity and post the results online!

20^th – International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayOfHappiness

Use your socials to spread a bit of positivity online

21^st – World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay

Write a poem all about your business!

26^th – Earth Hour #EarthHour

Remind your audience to switch their lights off in support of nature and our planet at 8.30pm

27^th – Mother’s Day #MothersDay

Give a shout out to all the mums out there

 

April

Stress Awareness Month #StressAwarenessMonth

Share tips about how to deal with workplace stress or do a de-stressing exercise with your team and post the results on social!

 1^st – April Fool’s Day #AprilFoolsDay

One of the best days of the year for viral social campaigns – plan something brilliant in advance!

7th – World Health Day #WorldHealthDay

Go out for a team run, take part in a meditation session (or whatever tickles your fancy!) and share the results online!

11^th – National Pet Day #NationalPetDay

Share photos of employee pets for some guaranteed likes!

15^th – 18^th Good Friday, Easter Sunday & Easter Monday #Easter

Wish your followers a happy Easter! And don’t forget to tell them about any special sales or opening hours

21^st – National Tea Day #NationalTeaDay

Please don’t post that ‘which is right?’ graphic of teas with varying additions of milk. We beg you.

28^th – World Day for Safety and Health at Work #SHWDay

One for the health and safety experts. Keep safe out there, folks!

 

May

2^nd – May Day Bank Holiday #MayDay

Tell your audience about sales and opening hours!

4^th – May the Fourth (Star Wars Day) #MayTheFourth #StarWarsDay

May the fourth be with you!

11^th – Eat What You Want Day #EatWhatYouWantDay

Obviously a cause for celebration

17^th – World Telecommunication and Information Society Day #WTISD #WorldInformationSocietyDay

A day for highlighting the importance of the internet and the information it provides – ones for IT based firms!

29^th – National Biscuit Day #NationalBiscuitDay

See ‘Eat What You Want Day’

30^th – 5^th June – National BBQ Week #NationalBBQWeek

A week of BBQs, the perfect cause for celebration for foodie brands!

 

June

Pride month #Pride #PrideMonth

Turn your logo rainbow or post in support of Pride Month!

2^nd – 3^rd – Spring Bank Holiday/Platinum Jubilee #SpringBankHoliday #4DayWeekend

The date has been changed this year to allow for a 4-day weekend to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

5^th – World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay

Protect the environment folks!

8^th – World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay

Protect the oceans folks!

19^th – Father’s Day #FathersDay

Shout out to all the dads!

21^st – Summer Solstice #SummerSolstice

The longest day of the year!

27^th – Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Day #MSMEDay

All the MSMEs out there – this ones for you!

30^th – World Social Media Day #SocialMediaDay

The most important day of the year in my opinion (says our SMM, Hannah!)

 

July 

National Ice Cream Month #IceCreamMonth

Ice cream lovers and brands rejoice, this months for you!

4th – Independence Day #IndependenceDay

Got links to the states? Wish all your friends across the pond a happy Independence Day!

7^th – World Chocolate Day #ChocolateDay

Need we say more?

15^th – World Emoji Day #EmojiDay

One of the best national days for trending on Twitter! Get creative with your emojis or post a competition!

24^th – National Tequila Day #TequilaDay

Oh tequila, it makes us happy!

30^th – International Day of Friendship #InternationalFriendshipDay #FriendshipDay

Give your fellow business friends a shout out or post something about friendships in your own workplace

 

August

1^st – Yorkshire Day #YorkshireDay

A big one, but only if you’re from Yorkshire

5^th – International Beer Day #InternationalBeerDay

Any excuse for a beer!

6^th – Cycle to Work Day #CycleToWorkDay

A great opportunity to showcase your employee benefits with a cycle to work scheme promotion – if you do this!

8^th – International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay

Got employees with cats? Let’s see those photos!

13^th National Prosecco Day #InternationalProseccoDay

Get those glasses clinking!

19^th – World Photography Day #WorldPhotographyDay

It’s time to show off those photography skills! Great if you’re in a creative industry

26^th – International Dog Day #InternationalDogDay

Every dog will have its day, and today is the day! Everyone loves a dog photo so share those puppies on social!

29^th – Summer Bank Holiday #SummerBankHoliday

The last bank holiday until Christmas!

 

September

5^th – International Day of Charity #InternationalDayOfCharity

Give your nominated charity a shout out or take a team day out in aid of some fundraising

6^th – National Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay

Find out what your teams favourite books are or share some recommendations over social

17^th – Oktoberfest #Oktoberfest

It’s time to don those lederhosen, it’s Oktoberfest!

27^th – World Tourism Day #WorldTourismDay

One for all the travel brands!

 

October 

Black History Month #BlackHistoryMonth

Recognise the contributions that people of African and Caribbean backgrounds have made to the UK over generations with a supportive post

1^st – World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay

Foodie brands – this is your chance to highlight all your veggie offerings!

1^st – International Coffee Day #CoffeeDay

Because coffee.

4^th – World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay

Everyone likes animals!

5^th – World Teachers’ Day #WorldTeachersDay

An opportunity to give your mentors a shout out (perfect for LinkedIn lovers!)

5^th NationalPoetryDay #NationalPoetryDay

Create a poem about your business and post it online. The funnier the better!

10^th – World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHealthDay

Show the world how you support mental health in your business or post your support online

15^th – Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay

We mean, everyone should be washing their hands anyway, right? Well today is a reminder

23^rd – Wear It Pink Day #WearItPink

Wear pink and take a photo in support of Breast Cancer

31^st – Halloween #Halloween #Halloween2022

Decorate the office, have the team dress up, do a pumpkin carving competition, host a Halloween giveaway or throw in a couple of spooktacular puns! The possibilities are endless

 

November

Movember/Men’s Health Month

Encourage your male team members to grow a moustache and post the progress in aid of Movember!

1^st – World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay

A foodie brand with vegan offerings? Promote them today!

2^nd – National Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay

Share some tips for avoiding stress in the workplace

5^th – Bonfire Night

Remember, remember!

11^th – Remembrance Day #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #PoppyDay

Show your support on social or take note of the one-minute silence at 11am

13^th – World Kindness Day #WorldKindnessDay #WKD

Because the world always needs a little more kindness!

24^th – Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving

If you’ve got links to the US, wish your friends across the pond a happy Thanksgiving!

25^th – Black Friday #BlackFriday

The biggest shopping day of the year, get your deals ready!

28^th – Cyber Monday #CyberMonday

Keep those deals running to take advantage of Cyber Monday, typically the biggest online shopping day of the year!

 

December  

3^rd – Small Business Saturday #SmallBizSaturday

One to get involved in if you’re a small retail business wanting to encourage your community to shop local

11^th – Christmas Jumper Day #ChristmasJumperDay

Crack out those jumpers and take a group photo in support of Christmas Jumper Day!

24^th – 26^th Christmas Eve/Christmas Day/Boxing Day #ChristmasEve #ChristmasDay #BoxingDay

IT’S CHRISTMAAAAAASSS!

31^st – New Year’s Eve #NYE

Happy New Year Everyone!

 

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