HR Holidays Calendar | Reward Gateway

September

October

November

December

Sep | World Alzheimer’s Month

2-8th | Zero Waste Week
Encourage employees to join a zero waste challenge by offering tips of reducing plastic use and enhancing recycling practices.

3rd | Holiday Magic
Did you know employees using the SmartSpending™ platform have been known to save more than £15.3 million in just one quarter.

4th | Black History Month Preparation
Prepare for the upcoming Black History Month and encourage your teams to contribute to ideas on how to celebrate.

5th | Mental Wellbeing Survey
To prevent burnout, distribute a survey to your workforce to gather their feedback on their needs.

6th | National Read A Book Day

9-15th | National Pension Awareness Week

10th | World Suicide Prevention Day
Organise mental health awareness sessions and provide suicide prevention resources and encourage open conversations about mental health in the workplace.

12th | Read Blog Post
Three ways to maximise employee discounts adoption.

16th | 100 Days Until Christmas

18th | National Fitness Day
Motivate your team with movement! Guide them to the Wellbeing Centre and inspire your colleagues to stay active with the featured workout videos!

19th | Budget Tip
Have you set your final budgets for the new financial year? It’s time to make sure everything’s in order!

20th | Introduce SmartTech
Support your employees in maximising their income before the holidays by introducing SmartTech™. This will enable your workforce to make essential purchases of white goods or enjoy interest-free financing on the gifts they desire.

21st | World Gratitude Day

22nd | End Of Summer, Start Of Autumn

23-29th | International Week Of Happiness At Work

23-29th | National Inclusion Week

25th | Consider Employee Discounts
Who doesn’t love saving money, especially with the holiday season approaching? If you have an employee discounts programme, make sure your team knows how to take full advantage of it!

26th | Read Blog Post
Employee benefit ideas for the coming festive season

29th | World Heart Day

30th | International Podcast Day
Tune in to our 'In Conversation with' series here.

Oct | Black History Month
This year’s theme is ‘Reclaiming Narratives’ and aims to shine a light on Black heroes and challenge narratives that have overlooked their contributions and achievements.

Diversity and celebrating Black History isn’t just for one month of a year. Focus on education and raising awareness of your wider DEIB strategy.

2nd | 12 Weeks Until Christmas!

3rd | Rosh Hashanah
Begin the Jewish New Year with reflection, prayer and joy. It’s a time for renewal and fresh starts.

7-13th | National Work Life Week

8th | Consider Peer-To-Peer Recognition
The run-up to the holiday season can be stressful and overwhelming for employees. Ensure that you and your team express gratitude for one another through peer-to-peer recognition.

10th | World Mental Health Day
Remind your employees how you’re committed to supporting their mental wellbeing.

11th | Yom Kippur

15th | Financial Support In The Festive Season
Could your people benefit from a perk that puts a little extra cash in their pocket, like adiscounts programme?

16th | Black History Month Watch Party
Join the annual #BHMUK24 movie watch party.

18th | World Menopause Day

22nd | Handy Reminder
Have you sorted out your end-of-year and festive season awards? Use tech to reduce admin with bulk awards and give people the gift of choice.

24th | Read Our Blog
10 simple ideas to bring employees into the holiday spirit

25th | Many Religious Holidays Are Approaching
Allow your employees to send peer-to-peer recognition with bespoke and branded eCards, flexible for any celebration.

27th | British Summer Time Ends
The clocks will go back 1 hour

28th | Save Through Discounts Platform
Did you know that during Oct-Dec last year, employees saved a total of £3.3 million on groceries through our Discounts Platform? That's some serious holiday cheer for your wallets!

29th | Diwali Starts

31st | Halloween
Throw a costume party in the office or on video. Award the best dressed a prize!

Nov | Movember (Men’s Health Awareness Month)

Nov | National Gratitude Month

4th | Diwali
Organise a Diwali-themed potluck lunch at your company, encouraging employees to bring in traditional dishes for a cultural celebration.

5th | Read our blog
Maximising savings ahead of the festive season

6th | National Stress Awareness Day
What are you doing to support your employees?

7th | Festive Savings
Did you know that Oct-Dec last year, a total of £12.4 million was saved on gift cards through our Discounts Platform during the lead-up to the holiday season? See how much your employees could save.

8th | Be Mission Led
Be mission-led Share stories of how employees have lived and celebrated your company mission in 2024 through customised and engaging blog posts.

11th | Remembrance Day

12th | Activity
Create a holiday playlist for the office to get employees into the festive spirit.

13th | World Kindness Day

13th | 6 weeks until Christmas

14th | World Diabetes Days

15th | Automate recognition
Not enough time to send manual recognition in the lead up to Christmas? Why not make it quick and easy by moving to digital recognition and start sending eCards.

18th | Centre your values.
Design your Reward & Recognition programme around your company values.

19th | Decorate Your Space
Kick-off the countdown by decorating your home or office with Christmas lights, ornaments and a tree.

20th | Transgender Day of Remembrance

22nd | Share your traditions
Share your holiday season traditions on your internal communications platform.

25th | Black Friday Reminder
Buying for Christmas on Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Our SmartTech™ platform lets your employees choose from 5,000+ products and spread the cost over 12-24 months, directly from their salary.

27th | Advent Begins!
Create an advent calendar with daily surprises or activities for your employees to enjoy and boost their holiday spirit.

29th | Black Friday
With SmartSpending™, you can give your employees double savings to support their financial wellbeing. In 2023, employees saved over £4m during this period using their discounts.

30th | St Andrew's Day

1st | Winter Begins

2nd | Cyber Monday

2nd | Bank Holiday St Andrew’s Day
(Substitute day) (Scotland only)

3rd | International Day Of Persons With Disabilities

4th | End-Of-Year Celebrations
Bring your people together and thank them for their hard work in 2024.

5th | International Volunteer Day
Launch a holiday charity drive, encouraging employees to donate and volunteer.

6th | Planning Tip
Start planning your employee engagement plan for wellbeing ahead of wellness month in January. Want some ideas?

9th | Festive Spending
Did you know that the average UK household spends 29% more in December?

10th | Holiday Savings Alert
Ease the burden of Christmas food shopping. Through our Discounts Platform, your employees can save money at Sainsbury's, Tesco, Asda, M&S, Morrisons, Waitrose, Co-op and more.

12th | Christmas Jumper Day
Encourage your workforce to wear their best (or ugliest) Christmas jumper to work.

13th | Take A Moment To Reflect
What lessons will you take into 2025? What have you learned about employee engagement?

16th | End-Of-Year Awards
Celebrate your end-of-year awards this week. Awards are a great way to celebrate the employees who have embodied your company values in 2024.

18th | Holiday Celebrations
Make sure to plan inclusive work events, considering diverse religious and cultural backgrounds. Ensure decoration, food, drink and music choices cater to all.

20th | Take A Break
The run-up to Christmas can be busy, organise a festive-themed lunch or coffee break to touch-base with your workforce.

21st | Winter Solstice

23rd | Festive Fact
Employees saved a whopping £499k on groceries during Christmas Week last year through our Discounts Programme!

24th | Christmas Eve

25th | Christmas Day

25th | Hanukkah

26th | Boxing Day

26th | Kwanzaa

27th | Year-End Employee Appreciation
Schedule your end of-year-appreciation by sending your employees a festive / end of year eCard.

30th | Share Achievements
Encourage employees to share their achievements from the past year and set goals for the next year!

31st | New Year's Eve