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Stress-Free Social Media Podcast
Stress-Free Social Media Podcast
October content ideas
We all know it’s essential to keep our business social accounts active and post relevant and engaging content regularly, but maybe you're struggling with ideas. Welcome to my monthly awareness dates content ideas to give you inspiration for the month ahead.
In today’s episode of the Stress-Free Social Media Podcast, I will be sharing with you thirteen October dates and talking with Vice-Chairperson, Gerry Le Roy and Community Resuscitation Development Officer, Mike Froome of Guernsey Cardiac Action Group on Restart a Heart Week and what is going on locally and how they support the Guernsey community.
With each awareness day think about how it might be relevant to your business, your clients and the problems that you are solving with your products and services.
Here's what I cover:
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Go Sober For October
- World Vegetarian Day
- National Poetry Day
- International Walk to School Day
- Baby Loss Awareness Week
- World Mental Health Day
- World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
- Restart a Heart Day
- World Menopause Day
- Recycle Week
- Halloween
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We all know it’s essential to keep our business social accounts active and post relevant and engaging content regularly, but maybe you're struggling with ideas. Welcome to my monthly awareness dates content ideas to give you inspiration for the month ahead.
Hi, you’re listening to the Stress-Free Social Media Podcast. I’m Nicole Bromley, Digital Consultant at Copper in Guernsey, and I love helping businesses like yours flourish online and get rid of social media overwhelm.
In today’s episode of the Stress-Free Social Media Podcast, I will be sharing with you thirteen October dates and talking with Vice-Chairperson, Gerry Le Roy and Community Resuscitation Development Officer, Mike Froome of Guernsey Cardiac Action Group on Restart a Heart Week and what is going on locally and how they support the Guernsey community.
With each awareness day think about how it might be relevant to your business, your clients and the problems you are solving with your products and services.
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So let’s start with……
#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth promoting the screening and prevention of breast cancer. October can feel different for everyone. Some wear pink to celebrate, some quietly observe the month, some feel grief, some feel unseen or misunderstood and some get active. Studies show that by increasing your physical activity, you can significantly reduce your risk by as much as 20%. Breastcanceruk.org.uk is encouraging you to get active to raise money and reduce your risk of breast cancer. You can take on a 30-day challenge, download their social media pack so you can share their prevention message, order your fundraising pack or simply make a donation.
Next up is………
#DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth acknowledging domestic violence survivors and being a voice for its victims. To raise awareness about domestic violence you can educate yourself, teach the community, speak out against domestic violence and support victims of domestic violence.
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#GoSoberForOctober encouraging people to go alcohol-free in October to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support, a charity doing whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. You can sign up for the challenge at gosober.org.uk and download social media images to use to show you are taking part or supporting the campaign.
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#WorldVegetarianDay on 1st October raising awareness and promoting the benefits of a plant-based approach. Whether you’re new to vegetarianism or a seasoned pro, this is a time to share your knowledge about the many benefits of this way of life, including your favourite veggie restaurant, product to use, health facts or recipes.
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#NationalPoetryDay on 5th October celebrating poetry and all things poetical, this year's theme for #NationalPoetryDay is ‘Refuge’. Select your favourite poem and share it on social media or record a video of yourself reading a poem, then share it on social media.
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#InternationalWalktoSchoolDay on 7th October encouraging getting some exercise whilst commuting to school. Why not find school friends living near you and form a group to walk together and don’t forget to take some photos and post them on social media using #WalkToSchoolDay.
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#BabyLossAwarenessWeek from 9th to 15th October, an opportunity to give anyone touched by pregnancy and baby loss a safe and supportive space to share their experiences and feel that they are not alone. If you are a bereaved parent or family member, a charity or healthcare professional, there are plenty of ways to get involved and help raise awareness.
Get your street or local landmark to light up pink & blue, hold an online remembrance event or take part in the global Wave of Light on Baby Loss Awareness Day on 15th October from 7-8pm. For more information, download the specially designed Baby Loss Awareness Week images and sign up to obtain the Twibbon for your social media profiles, visit babyloss-awareness.org.
If you are posting about the week on social media use #BLAW2023 and if you are taking part in the Wave of Light event you can light a candle and post a photo of it using #WaveofLight.
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#WorldMentalHealthDay on 10th October celebrating the theme ''Mental health is a universal human right', as set by the World Federation for Mental Health. World Mental Health Day is about raising awareness of mental health and driving positive change for everyone’s mental health. It’s also a chance to talk about mental health, how we need to look after it and how important it is to get help if you are struggling.
Come together with friends, families or colleagues this World Mental Health Day by holding a Tea & Talk event and help spread the word about the importance of mental health by downloading images to share on social media or a poster to print using #MentalHealthAwarenessDay and #ToHelpMyAnxiety.
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#WorldHospiceandPalliativeCareDay on 14th October celebrating and supporting hospice and palliative care around the world. This year’s theme is ‘Compassionate Communities: Together for Palliative Care’. Compassionate communities care for people, assist people to live in the place they call home, connect people to services, and raise awareness about end-of-life issues. You can download a wealth of resources including a toolkit with social media assets and suggested social media content for you to adapt at thewhpca.org. If you are posting about the day use #CompassionateCommunities and #WHPCDay23.
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#RestartaHeartDay on 16th October led by Resuscitation Council UK in partnership with the British Heart Foundation, British Red Cross, St John Ambulance and alliance of ambulance services.
In 2017 the initiative went global with the formation of World Restart a Heart Day which takes place on 16th October every year with health organisations from all over the world working together to increase public awareness of cardiac arrests and increase the number of people trained in life-saving CPR. They do this by organising and facilitating training events and by providing opportunities for people to learn CPR and defibrillation.
It’s so important to learn these skills because when someone collapses and stops breathing normally, it is important to quickly call 999, perform hands-only CPR and use a defibrillator (AED). Anyone can be affected by a cardiac arrest at any time and without intervention, the person will quickly die.
To learn more about Restart a Heart Day you can download the digital communication pack and a training provider pack from the Resuscitation Council UK website www.resus.org.uk.
This leads me nicely to our guests today Gerry Le Roy and Mike Froome from the Guernsey Cardiac Action Group who together with professional ambulance staff and volunteers from St John’s Ambulance will be giving Islanders the opportunity to learn these life-saving skills at free CPR and AED demonstrations at venues around Guernsey during Restart a Heart Week from 16th to 21st October.
Welcome both of you and thanks for talking with me today.
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If anyone locally wishes to book a place on one of these events or find out more about the Guernsey Cardiac Action Group, please get in touch via 07781 129539, visit cag.org.gg, email info@cag.org.gg or visit their Facebook page and message them.
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#WorldMenopauseDay on 18th October raising awareness of the menopause and the support options available for improving health and wellbeing. Professionals and women are being encouraged to participate in this global awareness raising campaign by printing and sharing these materials, organising events to engage their communities, and sharing World Menopause Day social media posts. This year’s theme is ‘Cardiovascular Disease’. For more information and an engagement toolkit including social media assets visit the International Menopause Society website imsociety.org.
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#RecycleWeek from 16th to 22nd October celebrating recycling and encouraging both consumers and businesses to reduce waste and recycle more. This year's theme ‘The Big Recycling Hunt’ is focusing on missed capture: the items that can be recycled but are commonly missed in the home.
This year Recycle Week is celebrating its 20th anniversary and will be inspiring children, families and whole communities to get involved. The campaign will have two distinct elements: firstly for schools – encouraging children to partake in fun activities throughout Recycle Week, plus a focus on local authorities, partners and brands to share the central message.
To sign up for the Action Pack to receive all the latest information and details on how you can take part and access the campaign toolkit, visit recyclenow.com.
That’s nearly it, but I’ve just got one more awareness day to finish with……….
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#Halloween on 31st October celebrating the dead. An opportunity to share Halloween-themed recipes, scary good offers, spooktacular events, haunting facts, your team’s terrifying costumes and your hairraising competition.
And that’s it for October content ideas! Thanks so much for listening.
If you post content having listened to this, let us know in the comments and keep an eye out for our November Awareness Dates next month.
Happy post-creating.
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