Foot Health Week 2024

Foot Health Week 2024

Foot Health Week starts on Monday 22 April and finishes on Sunday 28 April.

Good foot and lower limb health is essential to our mobility, our health and our quality of life. They are the reason we journey, travel, exercise and live. Podiatrists help people to stay active and pain-free.

What do we want to achieve?

We want to support you 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.

How is the College going to help?

We’re updating our resources now, and they will be ready at the end of March. Keep checking this page and your emails for the launch of this year’s campaign resources and how to use them.

We're making lots of resources available, including:

• Posters for your workplace
• Graphics for social media
• Banners for your email signatures
• Decorations for your practice or clinic
• Text for social media, websites and newsletters (coming soon)
• Five-minute reflection tool
• Calendar of suggested activities.

Alt text

Alt text is short for 'alternative text'. It is descriptive text which conveys the meaning and context of a visual item in a digital setting, like a web page. It can help to improve accessibility by describing what an image is showing to visitors who do not have the ability to see them. 

We have provided Alt text for our social media graphics. 

The running images - A Foot Health Week 2024 advertisement featuring an illustration of a runner with highlighted feet, promoting foot health awareness with text about foot joints and flexibility.

Tennis - A promotional graphic for the UK Foot Health Week by the Royal College of Podiatry, featuring an athlete running, with text about foot health importance and anatomical information.

Dancing - A promotional graphic for the UK Foot Health Week by the Royal College of Podiatry, featuring two people dancing, with text 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 this Foot Health Week?

There are three things you can focus on this Foot Health Week:

• 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.