World Hormone Day is the ideal opportunity to reach out to political representatives and seek support for better hormone health policies.
To support your policy and advocacy efforts, ESE created a policy toolkit with useful resources, including:
- a guide with specific actions you can take at national and regional level
- key messages about why hormones matter that you can share with policymakers and others
- a template letter you can adapt and send to your political representatives.
Although ESE's policy and advocacy efforts focus on Europe, the tips and materials can be adapted for your country or region, wherever you are.
And while the materials were developed with World Hormone Day in mind, you can use them at any time.
Please keep ESE informed of your activities and let us know if your national politicians support the cause by contacting the ESE Team.
You can also find a wide selection of "evergreen" social media and printed materials ready to download and share in our World Hormone Day public outreach toolkit.
These materials will be updated for World Hormone Day in due course.
The World Hormone Day Policy Toolkit Guide includes everything you need to help you engage with politicians and policymakers.
This has been created for World Hormone Day, but the suggestions apply any time.
Template letter to send to your local, national and European political representatives, seeking their support for World Hormone Day and policies that promote hormone health and research.
You can adapt this to suit your specific communications – there are sections highlighted in yellow with suggestions you can edit. Don't forget to delete these highlighted sections when sending!
Key messages on the importance of hormone health for both individuals and society for you to share with policymakers and in other communications. Please adapt as needed.
Update on the present status of chemical legislation relating to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), including REACH, and the critical decisions needed to address these important issues.
The World Hormone Day Public Outreach Toolkit includes visual materials that can be shared by policymakers on social media on or around World Hormone Day. This includes 'evergreen' versions without the date that can be used any time.
The toolkit includes:
- World Hormone Day logos
- Save the date graphics
- Posters
- Videos
- Why Hormones Matter – infographics, social media graphics and animations (with global and European statistics)
- 10 Recommendations for Good Hormone Health – infographics, social media graphics and animations
- Calendar of hormone-related awareness days
- Social media profile picture frame
- Press release template
- Blog post/article template
- Media pitch checklist and template
- Quick-guide to finding an endocrine champion
- Using social media to support WHD
- Workshop recordings
The Milano Declaration sets out what we expect from politicians to secure better health for all citizens in Europe.
The annex to the Milano Declaration provides 10 Recommendations for Good Hormone Health, including in an infographic format.
You will also find social media materials based on the 10 Recommendations in the World Hormone Day Public Outreach Toolkit, also available in multiple languages.
For those who may be less familiar with the world of social media, we have a quick guide with tips for using social media to support World Hormone Day. This sets out some simple ways to get started with social media and support World Hormone Day.
This workshop a chance to learn more about how to engage with national and European politicians, hear examples of how other organisations work to influence policy, and see a walk-through of the World Hormone Day Policy Toolkit.