National Advance Care Planning Day
The UK's National Advance Care Plan Day
The UK’s national Advance Care Planning Day highlights the importance of Advance Care Planning Advance Care Plans and sensitive conversations.
ACP Day 2026 will return on the 1st July 2026. It builds upon the success and impact of the National Advance Care Plan Days in 2024 and 2025.
The day of action and awareness encourages society to document, share and discuss their health and care wishes in advance.
It emboldens and empowers care professionals through education, collaboration and the sharing of experiences.
How you can participate in 2026
There are a number of ways in which you, your charity or hospice can participate. Activities across the UK will take place in the week around the national day and on the day itself.
ACP Day 2026 will includes a national, free to attend conference in Norfolk. This can be attended in person or virtually using our live video stream.
Supporting people and communities who are marginalised
In order for Palliative Care services to be available to all, special requirements and different ways of working is often required.
Due to a lack of education, knowledge, pathways and awareness, many communities are marginalised and disenfranchised during the Advance Care Planning process. This can have profoundly negative outcomes during the person’s life, at the end of their life and in the memory of their loved one’s.
Universal Advance Care Planning
When Universal Advance Care Planning is a goal, we must adapt service delivery to various marginalised and disenfranchised people and communities.
We invite inclusive charities, not for profit and other organisations who believe in this year’s theme to engage, collaborate and empower.
We will collectively celebrate and share work that is being undertaken. We will learn from both good and bad experiences.
Dates for the diary...
This year’s campaign will kick off with a bang on the 1st June 2026.
The Day of Action and Awareness will take place on the 1st July.
The National Conference will take place (in-person and live streamed on the 1st July.
ACP Day events will take place across the UK between the 29th June – 4th July.
Now is time to start preparing and getting ready
Events and awareness activities will take place online and across various locations in late June and early July. 😍
Ways that you and your organisation can prepare...
Make suitable plans for yourself and those your care about
Talk with anyone who is important to you or might provide care to you now or in the future.
Host your own ACP Day 2026 event (let us know about it and we will help promote it)
Share Advance Care Planning resources and stories
Register to attend The National Conference (in-person or virtually, both ticketing options are free)
Add ACP Day 2026 to your calendar and to your organisation’s editorial calendar
Add your organisation as an ‘ACP Day Supporter’ and be listed on our website for free.
Share an Advance Care Planning story with us (good or bad). We will add it to our website.
Learn with us and tell others about ACP Day 2025 across social media.
Preparing (expanded upon) 👇👇👇
Attend the National Conference in 2026
In 2026 the UK’s National ACP Day Conference will return to Norfolk. Speakers already confirmed include; Dr Kathryn Mannix (author), Dr Jed Jerwood (No Barriers Here) and Professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne (The Victoria & Stuart Project).
You can register attend in person or virtually (both are free) using the button below.
Host your own ACP Day 2026 event
This year we will be supporting organisations who would like to host their own ACP Day events. Simply send us your event details and we will list and promote it.
Events can be face to face, virtual or hybrid. They can be for the general public, for professionals or for both.
Start sharing information and empowering 
Announce ACP Day on social media
To help kick start ACP Day 2026 consider downloading and sharing one of resources using the hashtag #ACPDay2026. We will re-share your support your evenings and campaigning
Share your support on social media..
A number of social media sharing cards (images) and other resources are being developed.
The 2026 resources will be published and made available to all, for free very soon.
Watch the 'how to share' tutorial video ..
TUTORIAL: How to download & share an #ACPDay2024 pledge
— Advance Care Plan Day 2025 (@ACPDay2025) May 4, 2024
1) Visit https://t.co/uM2BRuxg6S
2) Choose the card you would like to share
3) Click on the download button
4) Navigate to the download icon and click on it
5) Upload it to X, Facebook etc with your personal message
Done😍 pic.twitter.com/aBHIH671Qs
List your charity, NHS Trust or Organisation as a ACP Day supporter
“Thank you” to all of the charities, NHS Trusts and organisations who are support the national Advance Care Plan Day.
If you would like to learn more, view the current supporters and for your organisation to be listed as a supporter (for free), click on the button below.
Share your Advance Care Planning story
If you would like to tell us about your own Advance Care Planning stories (good or bad) we would love to read it. We welcome contributions from the general public, health and social care professionals
A number of selected stories will be told on the days leading up to this year’s Advance Care Plan Day.
This year's theme...
The theme in 2026 is ‘supporting people and communities who are marginalised’.
Within the UK these groups include; people with physical and mental disabilities, prisoners, LGBTQ+ communities, those who do not have English as their first language, those who live within underserved and rural communities.
Our Objectives...
The National Advance Care Plan Day 2026 will builds upon the success and impact made in 2024 and 2025.
Our objectives remain the same, for everyone to document, discuss and share their unique wishes and for wishes to be adhered to and delivered in a professional and suitable way.
Each year we explore and expand different ways in which we all can help our communities to achieve these goals
We work across the various nations, support professionals to host their own ACP Day events, host a national conference and provide resources to help make this happen.
ACP Day is a Not for Profit Awareness Day and Conference. It takes place due to the kind support of volunteers, financial support from Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Charity and the good will of those participating. This year we are delighted to have Sue Ryder supporting our mission and collaborating with us.
We are looking to widen the network of collaborators passionate about Advance Care Planning ahead of the Second, National Advance Care Plan Day. If you would like be involved in someway, shape or form, get in touch using advancecareplanday.org/contact #ACPDay2025 #advancecareplanning #careplanning
— Advance Care Plan Day 2025 (@advancecareplan.bsky.social) 17 December 2024 at 13:30
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Get Involved...(planning for planning)
How will you make plans in 2026?
You might decide to ‘make a pledge‘ to document your wishes within one or more care planning document. You might simply decide to learn more about this important area and have a conversation about your wishes with a loved one.
If you are a professional, charitable or other organisation you might also want to run your own Advance Care Plan Day event. We can assist you with this.
Organisers
The UK’s National Advance Care Plan Day and the National Advance Care Planning Conference is organised by:
Core Team
James Norris founder of MyWishes & The Digital Legacy Association. Digital Research Fellow at Harlington Hospice.
Dani Ayre, Palliative Care Educator at Norfolk & Norwich Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Clare Fuller, Advance Care Planning advocate, coach and educator at Speak For Me LPA.
National Partner
The wonderful Sue Ryder Charity has partnered with us this year.
Sue Ryder’s mission is for everyone approaching the end of their life or living with grief to access the support they need.
Advance Care Planning Education (101)
Advance Care Planning (also known as Future Care Planning) should take place before someone become’s ill. It can include conversations and a variety of different tasks based on the person’s stage in life and their unique wishes for the future. Some of the reflective questions someone might ask themself include; what do you want to happen?, what do you not want to happen?, who would speak for you if you were unable to? and what do you want to be remembered for?
An output might be the creation of an Advance Care Plan, a Future Care Plan and a variety of specialist care planning documentation.
There isn’t one set way to talk about, document and share your wishes.
An Advance Care Plan (or a Future Care Plan) is a document that outlines what someone would and would not want to happen in the future. Once completed it should be shared with at least one trusted person, their GP and anyone who might be involved with their care now or in the future… It’s like a Last Will & Testament but instead of being about things you own… it’s about you!
Advance Care Plan and Future Care Plan documents can be updated at anytime in the future and whenever life and health circumstances change.
An Advance Care Plan Advance Care Planning can consist of a number of different elements and documents. To learn more and start making plans, select the area that is of most interest
- Creating an Advance Care Plan (overview)
- Creating a Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment
- Creating a Lasting Power of Attorney
- Creating a CPR / DNACPR document
- Creating a Digital Assets & Digital Legacy document
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🗓️Save the Date: 1st July 2026
— Advance Care Plan Day 2026 (@ACPDay2026) December 4, 2025
The UK’s National Advance Care Planning Day will return on the 1st July 2026. This annual day or awareness and action will include:
😍 Collaboration & empowerment
😍 Lots of ways to get involved
😍 A National Conference
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BIG NEWS: The UK's National Advance Care Planning day will return in 2026… 📅 1st July (save the date) 🤔 Think about how you & your organisation will be involved 💡 Let us know how ACPDay can be improved in 2026 advancecareplanday.org #AdvanceCarePlanning #WhatMattersMost #ACPDay2026
— Advance Care Plan Day 2026 (@advancecareplan.bsky.social) 17 September 2025 at 16:57
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Thank you
Thank you for taking the time to learn about this year’s Advance Care Plan Day. If you would like to get involved: host your own event, attend the national conference, learn, document your wishes and empower others.
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