Swallowing Awareness Day 2026
Swallowing Awareness Day is a time to raise awareness of how speech and language therapists (SLTs) help people living with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties.
Eating, drinking and swallowing is an essential part of most people’s day and is often taken for granted, but for some people it is not that easy. Eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties, also known as dysphagia, can affect a person’s quality of life and can lead to other health complications. This is why SLTs have a pivotal role in this area.
This year’s Swallowing Awareness Day takes place on Wednesday 18 March, as part of Nutrition and Hydration Week.
We have created posters and social media graphics in both English and Welsh to support your Swallowing Awareness Day activity. Download these on the next tabs and help spread the word about how SLTs support people with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties.
Don’t forget to use #SwallowAware2026 and keep the conversation about eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties going.
Posters
We have created a suite of posters for Swallowing Awareness Day 2026 in both English and Welsh. You can preview the English versions below.
Click on each image below to download them individually or download the whole suite as a zip file. Once the zip file is downloaded you can double click the file to open (or you may need to right-click on the file and select “extract all”) which will create a folder with the poster files ready for printing.
Download all in English (ZIP, 248kb)
Download all in Welsh (ZIP, 244kb)
Social media graphics
You can use the social media graphics on this page on Instagram (for Instagram square posts), LinkedIn and X and other social media platforms to talk about Swallowing Awareness Day 2026. Don’t forget to use #SwallowAware2026 to join the conversation and tag @RCSLT so we can see what you’re up to! Both English and Welsh versions are available. Just click on each image below or download the whole suite as a zip file.
Download all in English (ZIP, 3.2MB)
Download all in Welsh (ZIP, 2.9 MB)
