Each year, thousands of people take part in Wound Awareness Week to show their support for more than 450,000 Australians living with chronic, hard to heal wounds. 

In 2026, we're stepping things up and sending out an SOS for skin health! 

Our theme is Be Wound Aware | SOS: Save Our Skin. We're calling on YOU to help us showcase the vital role skin plays in protecting health and wellbeing and, in the lead-up to Wound Awareness Week (28 September to 4 October), we'll be revealing lots of great ways you can get involved, including:

• A fun and free national event you can take part in wherever you are... no skill needed!
• Free training for clinicians – and, for the first time during Wound Awareness Week, consumers!
• The Big Oozie Bake Off morning tea
• Social media tiles, posters and much more.

Sign up to our Be Wound Aware newsletter to stay informed.

Why help us?

Hundreds of thousands of Australians are right now living with wounds that are preventable or slow to heal, often leading to pain, reduced quality of life, and avoidable hospitalisations. The positive news is, so many chronic wounds could be healed sooner with the right treatment at the right time, or even prevented entirely through proper acute care and appropriate lifestyle changes, like twice daily moisturising.  

Education and awareness are key to driving the behavioural changes necessary to reducing chronic wounds.

Be Wound Aware is our national year-round campaign to educate individuals, carers and health professionals to recognise the early warning signs of chronic wounds and seek timely care. Wound Awareness Week is an annual week of action when we put chronic wounds under the spotlight. This year's SOS: Save Our Skin theme will provide so many opportunities to look at the important role of the skin in keeping us healthy – and where to go for help when you need it.

About the Week

Wound Awareness Week is Wounds Australia's national initiative dedicated to educating the community about wound prevention, identification, and treatment. Throughout the week, healthcare organisations, clinicians, consumers and community partners participate in activities that promote skin health and support people living with wounds. 

More information, campaign resources and ways to get involved will be released soon. Watch out for announcements in the Be Wound Aware news centre or sign up to our newsletters: 

• Be Wound Aware (consumers)
• The Gauzette (clinicians)