Foot Health Week

Foot Health Week

Thank you for your interest in Foot Health Week, which this year has been discontinued.

As part of the Royal College of Podiatry's (RCPod's) 2025-30 strategy, the organisation is moving to a different campaigning model to promote the profession. Instead of a dedicated Foot Health Week, each year the RCPod will identify a theme to campaign on throughout the year.

This year-long approach will give the organisation, its members and stakeholders the opportunity to delve much deeper into a single issue. It will present the RCPod with a larger timeframe to work to, giving the message we wish to promote the possibility to have a real and lasting impact. It will also allow the organisation to invest in creating resources and assets that will be used for a long time.

We look forward to updating the membership in due course about the campaign for 2025.

Foot health resources

Although there is no longer a dedicated Foot Health Week, we want to encourage you to continue to talk about podiatry and create a better understanding of the profession – what it is and why it matters. Your patients, your community and the people you work with will know more about podiatry and the impact it has on people’s lives.

We have therefore updated our foot health week resources to make them appropriate for use any time you wish to undertake promotional activities. These are downloadable from our member-only only shop here. Welsh language versions are also available.

The resources include the six posters below:

• Tennis: A promotional graphic by the Royal College of Podiatry, featuring an athlete running, with text about foot health importance and anatomical information.
  
  
• Dancing: A promotional graphic by the Royal College of Podiatry, featuring two people dancing, with text about foot health importance and anatomical information.
  
  
• Swim: Image of a woman standing by a pool, wearing a swimsuit and preparing to jump in. Text overlay highlights foot health importance and anatomical information.
  
  
• Sing: Image of a woman holding a microphone and singing. Text overlay says that the foot is a masterpiece of engineering alongside text highlighting foot health importance and anatomical information.
  
  
• Guitar: Image of a man holding playing the guitar excitedly and joyfully. Text overlay says that the foot is a masterpiece of engineering, alongside text highlighting foot health importance and anatomical information.
  
  
• Parent and child: Image of a mother holding her child's hands to help them walk; both look joyful. Text overlay says that the foot is a masterpiece of engineering alongside text highlighting foot health importance and anatomical information.

What can I do to help promote the profession?

There are three things you can focus on:

• Talk about podiatry: Weave podiatry into every conversation you have and help people understand this special profession. Go out and give educational talks and presentations, speak to your patients, or give speeches at local schools.
  
  
• Promote podiatry as a career: It’s a fantastic career for so many, and people need to know about it. From young people starting to think about their professional careers, to career-changers in healthcare and beyond; you can even use our updated careers page to share information.
  
  
• Plan activities: it can be anything – an event in your practice, a community walk, or a drop-in session for the public.