L-W-O Community supports primary and secondary lymphoedema by promoting emotional wellness, lymphatic health, self-care, patient empowerment, online and in the community.
L-W-O Community Supports
World Lymphoedema Day
March 6th
Lymphoedema Awareness Month 1st March - 31st March 2026
Celebrating World Lymphoedema Day, and a historic first for the UK World Lymphoedema Month.
World Lymphoedema Day is fast approaching, and this year carries a new sense of momentum and possibility. It’s a moment to honour everyone living with lymphoedema, to amplify our collective voice, and to shine a brighter light on a condition that deserves far greater recognition and understanding.
March carries a different weight when you live with lymphoedema. It’s more than a page on the calendar; it’s a moment to pause, raise awareness, share knowledge, and stand alongside everyone affected by lymphoedema and lymphatic malformations. It’s a month that reminds us we’re part of a community that learns, adapts, and supports one another every step of the way.
For the first time ever, the UK will not be marking just a single awareness week; we will be celebrating Lymphoedema Awareness Month throughout the whole of March. This is a powerful step forward. A whole month gives us more space to educate, advocate, challenge misconceptions, and celebrate the strength of our community.
L‑W‑O Community is proud to stand alongside other UK lymphoedema organisations as we take part in this expanded national effort. Together, we’ll be sharing stories, raising awareness, championing self‑care, and reminding everyone that lymphoedema is not a footnote; it is a lived reality that deserves visibility, respect, and action.
This is our moment to unite, uplift, and be heard.
This is our month.
CALL TO ACTION
Gaynor Leech
A personal message from me on behalf of all of our members and followers, as well as anyone else dealing with lymphoedema.
I'm urging everyone in the lymphoedema/lymphedema community to share our postings on social media so that we may reach out to patients, the general public, physicians, lawmakers, policymakers, and health care professionals. We will use World Lymphoedema Day (WLD) and Lymphoedema Awareness Week (LAW) to show the world that:
“Lymphoedema exists, we exist”.
Patient Voice
I am passionate about giving those that live with lymphoedema a voice.
Our World Lymphoedema Day campaign continues to reach more individuals worldwide than I could have dreamed. Everything I do revolves around patient empowerment and community engagement.
This year, my goal is to reinforce our aims by continuing to raise the voices of people living with lymphoedema in order to promote lymphatic health, provide self-care information, and improve well-being.
L-W-O Community is proud of our efforts to raise awareness of lymphoedema/lymphedema among the public, patients, patient advocates, patient associations, and healthcare professionals.
Past Campaigns
One of the most amazing aspects of running L-W-O Community is the amazing people I meet whether that person is one of our members or one of the many professional people in our community. Mary Fickling of PhysioPod UK Ltd is one of the great people I met through Twitter in 2017 and has been an inspirational supporter of ours, sharing our blogs, occasionally offering advice, and becoming a valued friend. We originally met in 2018 and reconnected at the MLD Conference in 2019.
Mary Fickling
Between 2021 and 2023, Mary and I have collaborated extensively to raise awareness and knowledge of lymphoedema. We produced three digital lymphoedema awareness campaigns that gained global recognition. Even though we remain independent soundboards for each other’s ideas and frequently proofread each other’s work, time restraints have prevented the creation of a new lymphoedema awareness campaign this year.
In previous years, we have successfully run joint campaigns for #WLD (World Lymphoedema Day) and #LAW (Lymphoedema Awareness Week).
You can view your prior campaigns through the provided buttons.
To view our prior campaigns, click the buttons below.
