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leading the world in diversity
Diversity Calendar 2016
April
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
201
You may never know what
results come of your
action, but if you do
nothing there will be no
result.
Mahatma Gandhi
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April is Autism Awareness Month | Alcohol Awareness Month | Stress Awareness Month
| Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Special Days
3
Week 2
Diversity Perspectives
‘No matter
who you
Diversity
Champion
are, you have
sameTime
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is diversity
as your
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for fostering
connect
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innovation, creative
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problem
solving and
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building a competitive
advantage?
Friday
1st April Fools Day
2nd World Autism Awareness Day
4th Annunciation of the Lord – Catholic
Christian
7th World Health Day – Secular
8th New Year – Hindu
International Romani Day
14th Vaisakhi New Year – Sikh
15th Ram Navami – Hindu
18th Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur – Sikh
Birthday of Guru Angad Dev – Sikh
19th Mahavir Jayanti – Jain
21st First Day of Ridvan – Baha’i
22nd Theravadin New Year – Buddhist
Hanuman Jayanti – Hindu
Pesach (Passover) begins at sundown
– Judaism
Earth Day
23rd Saint George’s Day – Christian
Lazarus Saturday – Orthodox Christian
Shakespeare Day
24th Palm Sunday – Orthodox Christian
28th World Day for Health & Safety at Work
29th Ninth Day of Ridvan – Baha’i
Good Friday – Orthodox Christian
30th Saint James the Great Day – Orthodox
Christian
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Monday
Tuesday
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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Learn to get in touch with
Learn
to getwithin
in touch
with
the
silence
yourself,
the
silence
within
yourself,
and know that everything
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that everything
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lifeknow
has purpose.
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in
life
has
purpose.
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are no mistakes,
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allno
events
coincidences,
all events
are blessings given
to us to
are blessings
learn
from. given to us to
learn from.
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Dr Paul Beckley
Clinical Psychologist AWP
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Diversity Perspectives
‘If ‘you’ seem different or
Question
unusual from
where Tme
‘I’ stand,
then ‘I’ am likely to seem
different and strange from
is responsible
whereWho
‘you’
stand.’
for managing diversity?
Sunday
Week 6
May is Action on Stroke Month | Mental Health Awareness Month
Family Wellness Month | Cystic Fibrosis Month | Hepatitis Awareness Month
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Special Days
1st
Pascha (Easter) – Orthodox Christian
Beltane – Wicca/Pagan
2nd Bank Holiday – England, Wales,
Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI
Twelfth Day of Ridvan – Baha’i
Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev – Sikh
3rd World Press Freedom Day
5th Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial
Day) – Judaism
Lailat al Miraj – Islam
Ascension Day – Christian
8th World Red Cross Red Crescent Day
11th Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day)
– Judaism
12th Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Israeli
Independence Day) – Judaism
International Nurses Day – Secular
13th Our Lady of Fatima – Catholic Christian
15th Visakha Puja – Buddha Day – Buddhist
Pentecost – Christian
International Day of Families
16th Whit Monday – Christian
17th International Day Against
Homophobia, Transphobia
and Biphobia – Secular
21st World Day for Cultural Diversity for
Dialogue and Development – Secular
Lailat al Bara’a – Islam
22nd International Day for Biological
Diversity
Trinity Sunday – Christian
23rd Birthday of Guru Amar Das – Sikh
Declaration of the Báb – Baha’i
26th Lag B’Omer – Judaism
Corpus Christi – Catholic Christian
29th Ascension of Baha’u’llah – Baha’i
International Day of United Nations
Peacekeepers – Secular
30th Spring Bank Holiday – England, Wales,
Scotland and Northern Ireland
31st World No Tobacco Day
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June
Monday
Tuesday
2016
No one is born hating
another person because
of the colour of his skin.
Wednesday
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2
Friday
3
Saturday
4
Sunday
Special Days
5
1st
3rd
Nelson Mandela
Week 2
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5th
6th
9th
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14th
16th
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Week 4
Diversity Perspectives
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19th
20th
Champion
‘EqualityDiversity
is making
sure
Question
people have equal Time
opportunities to tell us about
their care and learning from
Have you Equality,
what they tell us.’
Diversity and Respect
policies?
Sally Wood
Week 5
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28
29
30
24th
26th
29th
Patient Experience Manager
AWP
June is Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Month | Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Awareness Month
LGBT Pride Month | Men’s Health Awareness Month | Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month
National Hospice Month (UK)
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
International Children’s Day
Sacred Heart of Jesus – Catholic
Christian
International Day of Innocent Children
Victims of Aggression
World Environment Day
Bank Holiday – ROI
Ramadan begins – Islam
Ascension of Jesus – Orthodox
Christian
Saint Columba of Iona – Celtic
Christian
Shavuot begins at sundown – Judaism
Trooping the Colour
World Blood Donor Day
Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom – Sikh
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Father’s Day
Pentecost – Orthodox Christian
World Sickle Cell Disease
Awareness Day
World Refugee Day
Summer Solstice
Litha – Wicca/Pagan (northern
hemisphere)
Yule – Wicca/Pagan (southern
hemisphere)
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
– Christian
All Saints – Orthodox Christian
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
– Christian
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July
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
2016
Be generous with kindly
words, especially about
those who are absent.
Johann Wolfgang
Von Goethe
Week 1
Question
Time
‘Let us serve
each other
in our diversity and
What are you doing
humanity.’
this month to address
John
McWilliam
gender,
race and cultural
Service User
challenges in your
organisation?
Saturday
Sunday
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Diversity Perspectives
Diversity Champion
Friday
July is UV Safety Month | Family Reunion Month | Make a Difference to Children Month
International Women with Alopecia Month
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Special Days
2nd
4th
5th
7th
9th
11th
Laylat al Qadr – Islam
Independence Day
Birthday of Guru Hargobind – Sikh
Eid al Fitr – Islam
Martyrdom of the Báb – Baha’i
Saint Benedict Day – Catholic Christian
World Population Day – Secular
12th Orangemen’s Day
Bank Holiday – Northern Ireland
13th Obon (Ulambana) – Buddhist – Shinto
15th Saint Vladimir the Great Day
– Orthodox Christian
17th International Justice Day
19th Asalha Puja (Dharma Day) – Buddhist
22nd Feast Day of Saint Mary Magdalene
– Christian
23rd Birthday of Guru Har Krishen – Sikh
Birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie
– Rastafari
24th Pioneer Day – Mormon Christian
Parent’s Day – Secular
25th Saint James the Great Day – Christian
28th World Hepatitis Day
30th International Day of Friendship
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leading the world in diversity
Diversity Calendar 2016
August
Monday
2016
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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Diversity Perspectives
‘DIVERSITY = Individual
Diversity
Champion
differences
celebrated,
Question
Time
nurtured and respected
for what they bring to
humanity= EQUALITY’
How are staff held
accountable
Carer
for diversity?
Tuesday
August is Health & Safety Month | National Immunizations Awareness Month
Black Business Month | Children’s Eye Health & Safety Month
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Special Days
1st
Summer Bank Holiday – Scotland
and ROI
Lammas – Christian
Lughnassad – Imbolc – Wicca/Pagan
Northern and Southern hemispheres
Fast in honour of Holy Mother of Lord
Jesus – Orthodox Christian
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Christian
9th International Day of the World’s
Indigenous Peoples – Secular
12th International Youth Day
14th Tish’a B’av – Jewish
15th Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary
– Catholic Christian
Dormition of the Theotokos – Orthodox
Christian
Obon (Bon) – Buddhist
18th Raksha Bandhan – Hindu
19th World Humanitarian Day
22nd Queenship of Mary – Catholic Christian
25th Krishna Janmashtami – Hindu
29th Summer Bank Holiday – England,
Wales and Northern Ireland
Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
– Christian
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September
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
2016
It is literally true that you
can succeed best and
quickest by helping others
to succeed.
Napoleon Hill
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3
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26
27
28
29
30
What is your
Emma Ingram
Service
User Representative
Organisation's
business
case for diversity?
September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month | Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
International Blood Cancer Awareness Month | World Alzheimer’s Month
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Special Days
4
Week 2
Diversity Perspectives
‘I felt I belonged, I felt
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accepted. Question
They sawTime
past
my Illness, They saw me.’
Thursday
1st
Ecclesiastical year begins – Orthodox
Christian
5th Ganesh Chaturthi – Hindu
International Day of Charity
6th Paryushan Parva – Jain
8th Nativity of Virgin Mary – Christian
International Literacy Day
10th Waqf al Arafa (Hajj Day) – Islam
World Suicide Prevention Day
11th Eid al Adha – Islam
Ethiopian New Year – Rastafari
14th The Triumph of the Cross – Christian
15th Anant Chaturdashi – Hindu
International Day of Democracy
– secular
21st International Day of Peace
World Alzheimer’s Day
22nd Autumn Equinox
Mabon – Wicca/Pagan northern
hemisphere
Ostara – Wicca/Pagan southern
hemisphere
27th Meskel – Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
28th International Right to Know Day
Freedom from Hunger Day
29th Michaelmas – Saint Michael and All
Angels – Christian
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leading the world in diversity
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October
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
2016
Enlightenment is
understanding that there is
nowhere to go, nothing to
do, and nobody you have
to be except exactly who
you're being right now.
Week 1
Week 2
Neale Donald Walsch
Week 3
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Diversity Perspectives
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Special Days
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13th
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16th
17th
18th
20th
Diversity Champion
Week 5
‘If you expect
people
to be
Question
Time
the same as you, you’ll
always
be disappointed.’
Is training
in diversity,
equality and respect
Julie
anMusk
integral component
Internal Communication
of staff development?
and Involvement
Specialist
AWP
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24th
Week 6
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29th
30th
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31st
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month | Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month | Black History Month (UK) | Aids Awareness Month
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Navaratri begins – Hindu
International Day of Older Persons
Muharram New Year – Islam
International Day of Non-­Violence
– Secular
Feast of the Guardian Angels
– Christian
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
– Jewish
Saint Francis Day – Catholic Christian
Blessing of the Animals – Christian
World Teachers’ Day
World Post Day
Birthday of Guru Ram Das Sikh
Thanksgiving (Canada) – Interfaith
World Mental Health Day – Secular
Dasara – Hindu
Ashura – Islam
Yom Kippur begins at sundown
– Jewish
World Sight Day
International Day of Rural Women
Sukkot begins at sundown – Jewish
World Food Day
International Day for the Eradication
of Poverty
Saint Luke, Apostle & Evangelist
– Christian
Birth of the Báb – Baha’i
Installation of the Scriptures of Guru
Granth Sahib – Sikh
Shemini Atzeret begins at sundown
– Jewish
Simchat Torah begins at sundown
– Jewish
United Nations Day
Milvian Bridge Day – Christian
World Stroke Day
Diwali – Deepavali – Hindu, Sikh, Jain
British Summertime ends
All Hallows’ Eve – Christian
Samhain (Halloween) – Pagan
Reformation Day – Protestant Christian
New Year – Jain
Bank Holiday – ROI
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November
Monday
2016
You pay God a
compliment by asking
great things of Him.
Tuesday
1
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Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
Special Days
6
1st
Teresa of Avila
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5th
9th
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13th
14th
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Diversity Perspectives
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19th
20th
24th
‘Equality means everyone
is an equally
valued,
Diversity
Champion
participating
personTime
who
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that affect
their
lives.’
Do you
regularly
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29
30
25th
26th
27th
28th
30th
quantify the benefits of
Judith
Brownand promote
diversity
Chair Bristol Older People’s Forum
the
organization's
and Deputy Chair Bristol Ageing Better
successes?
November is Epilepsy Awareness Month | Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
All Saints’ Day – Christian
Samhain – Beltane – Wicca/Pagan
northern and southern hemispheres
All Souls’ Day – Christian
Coronation of Emperor Haile
Selassie I – Rastafari
Guy Fawkes Night
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
– Catholic Christian
Armistice Day – Interfaith
Birthday of Baha’u’llah – Baha’i
Remembrance Sunday
World Kindness Day
Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib
– Sikh
World Diabetes Day – Secular
Nativity Fast begins – Orthodox
Christian
International Men’s Day
Feast of Christ the King – Christian
Universal Children’s Day
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur – Sikh
Thanksgiving – Interfaith USA
International Day for the Elimination
of Violence against Women
Day of the Covenant – Baha’i
Advent Sunday – Christian
Ascension of Abdul’l-­Baha – Baha’i
Saint Andrew’s Day – Christian
Bank Holiday – Scotland
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December
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
2016
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Diversity Perspectives
‘EqualityDiversity
is about Champion
treating
people as Question
they wantTime
to be
treated, not as I think they
want
to be
Is there
a treated.’
clear leadership
commitment to diversity
Julie Benfell
at all levels
Head of Compliance
in your organisation?
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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2
3
4
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AWP
December is Universal Human Rights Month | Spiritual Literacy Month
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Special Days
1st World AIDS Day
2nd International Day for the Abolition
of Slavery – Secular
3rd International Day of Persons with
Disabilities – Secular
6th Saint Nicholas’ Day
8th Feast of the Immaculate Conception
– Christian
Rohatsu (Bodhi Day) – Buddhist
9th International Anti-­Corruption Day
10th Human Rights Day
12th Mawlid an Nabi – Islam
Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe
– Catholic Christian
16th Posadas Navidenas – Hispanic
Christian (16th – 25th)
18th International Migrants Day – Secular
20th International Human Solidarity Day
21st Winter Solstice
Yule – Wicca/Pagan northern
hemisphere
Litha – Wicca/Pagan southern
hemisphere
Yule – Christian
24th Christmas Eve – Christian
Chanukah begins at sundown – Jewish
(24th December – 1st January)
25th Christmas Day – Christian
Feast of the Nativity – Orthodox
Christian
26th Saint Stephen’s Day – Christian
Boxing Day – Secular
Bank Holiday – England, Wales,
Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI
Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet
Zarathushtra) – Zoroastrian
27th Bank Holiday – England, Wales,
Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI
28th Holy Innocents – Christian
30th Feast of the Holy Family – Catholic
Christian
31st New Year’s Eve
Watch Night – Christian
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January
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
2017
We must be willing to let
go of the life we have
planned so as to have the
life that is waiting for us.
Joseph Campbell
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Question Time
‘Different identities – one
world.
Let’sclear
celebrate!
’
Have you
objectives
and a plan to promote
Quote
from aand
Carer
inclusion
respect
in 2016?
Special Days
1st
Diversity Perspectives
Diversity Champion
Sunday
January is National Eye Care Month | Cervical Health Awareness Month
Celebration of Life Month | Alcohol Concern Dry January
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Mary, Mother of God – Catholic
Christian
Feast of Saint Basil – Orthodox
Christian
Gantan-­sai (New Year) – Shinto
New Year’s Day/Hogmanay – Secular
2nd Bank Holiday – England, Wales,
Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI
3rd Bank Holiday – Scotland
4th World Braille Day
5th Twelfth Night – Christian
Birthday of Guru Gobindh Singh – Sikh
6th Epiphany – Christian
Feast of the Theophany – Orthodox
Christian
Dia de los Reyes – Christian
Nativity of Christ – Armenian Orthodox
Christian
7th Christmas Day – Orthodox Christian
Christmas Day – Ethiopian Rastafari
Feast of the Nativity – Orthodox
Christian
8th Baptism of the Lord Jesus – Christian
9th Seijin no hi (Coming of Age Day)
– Shinto
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12th 12-­15 Mahayana New Year – Buddhist
13th Saint Hilary’s Day – Christian
Maghi – Sikh
14th New Year – Orthodox Christian
Makar Sankranti – Hindu
15th World Religion Day – Baha’i
16th Martin Luther King Jnr. Day
17th Blessing of the Animals – Hispanic
Catholic Christian
18th 18-­25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
– Christian
19th Timkat – Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
21st Saint Agnes Day – Christian
25th Robert Burns Night (Burns Night)
Saint Paul’s Day – Christian
26th Australia Day
27th Holocaust Memorial Day
28th Saint Thomas Aquinas Day – Christian
Data Privacy Day
Chinese New Year – Confucian, Daoist,
Buddhist
31st Birthday of Guru Har Rai – Sikh
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leading the world in diversity
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February
Monday
Tuesday
2017
It isn't what you have, or
who you are, or where you
are, or what you are doing
that makes you happy or
unhappy. It is what you
think about.
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Sunday
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Diversity Perspectives
Question Time
‘Diversity matters,
We all need to count.’
Have you identified
your main
Wendy Kelvin
Headdiversity
of Learningchallenges?
and Development
Thursday
Week 2
Dale Carnegie
Diversity Champion
Wednesday
AWP
February is National Heart Month | Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month
Raynaud’s and Scleroderma Awareness Month | Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Special Days
1st Vasant Panchami – Hindu
2nd Candlemas (Presentation of Christ in
the Temple) – Christian
Imbolc – Lughnassadh
– Wicca/Pagan
Presentation of Christ in the Temple
– Christian
Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Saint Brigid of Kildare – Celtic Christian
3rd Setsubun-­sai – Shinto
Saint Blaise Day – Christian
4th World Cancer Day
5th Four Chaplains Sunday – Interfaith
10th Tu BiShvat begins at sundown – Jewish
11th Our Lady of Lourdes – Christian
12th Darwin Day
Triodion begins – Orthodox Christian
14th Saint Valentine’s Day
15th Nirvana Day – Buddhist – Jain
International Childhood Cancer Day
19th Meatfare Sunday – Orthodox Christian
20th World Day of Social Justice
25th Maha Shivaratri – Hindu
26th Cheesefare Sunday – Orthodox
Christian
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27th Clean Monday – Orthodox Christian
28th Shrove Tuesday – Christian
diversiton
leading the world in diversity
Diversity Calendar 2016
March
Monday
Tuesday
2017
Get out of your own way…
Stop the paralysis by
analysis… Dream your
dream… Then wake up
and bring it to life!
Steve Maraboli
Diversity Perspectives
‘We can use ‘differences’
to educate
not separate…
Diversity
Champion
Question Time
We can use ‘differences’
to thrive not discriminate…
What resources have you
to meeting
Wecommitted
can use ‘differences’
your
diversity
and
to value ourselves, inclusion
this year?
not topriorities
denigrate…’
Quote from a Health Care
Assistant AWP
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Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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March is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month | Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Save your Vision Month | Women’s History Month | Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
Brain Tumour Awareness Month
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Special Days
1st
Zero Discrimination Day – Secular
Saint David’s Day
Ash Wednesday – Christian
Self Injury Awareness Day
2nd Nineteen Day Fast (start) – Baha’i
5th Saint Piran’s Day – Christian
Orthodox Sunday – Orthodox Christian
8th International Women’s Day
9th No Smoking Day (UK)
11th Purim begins at sundown – Judaism
12th Magha Puja (Sangha Day) – Buddhist
Disabled Access Day (UK)
13th Hola Mohalla – Sikh
Holi – Hindu
17th Saint Patrick’s Day – Christian
Bank Holiday – Northern Ireland
and ROI
19th Saint Joseph’s Day
20th Spring Equinox
Ostara – Wicca/Pagan, Northern
hemisphere
Mabon – Wicca/Pagan, Southern
hemisphere
International Day of Happiness
Naw-­Rúz (New Year) – Baha’i
21st Norooz (New Year)
– Persian/Zoroastrian
International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination – Secular
22nd World Water Day
23rd World Meteorological Day
24th World TB Day
25th Annunciation to the Theotokos
– Orthodox Christian
26th British Summertime begins
Mothering Sunday
28th Ramayana – Hindu
Hindu New Year – Hindu
Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet
Zarathushtra) – Zoroastrian
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DIVERSITY
CALENDAR 2016
The Cover, June and September images used
in this calendar are taken from the Fresh Art@
Project. This project is run as a partnership
between AWP & Creativity Works as well as Bath
Museums, The Holburne Museum, The American
Museum in Britain and No1 Royal Crescent.
Fresh Art@ is a socially engaged creative group
providing ‘fresh artwork’ that promotes
conversation and inspiration within AWP clinical
settings. Fresh Art@ support participating artists
to develop new creative transferable skills as
well as a sense of pride to having work on
display within the Clinical spaces of the AWP.
Participating artists are people with experience
of mental health challenges plus friends, family
and staff. Fresh Art@ presents mental health in
a positive light, breaking down the stigma often
associated with mental health. If you would like
to support Fresh Art@ you can visit
www.creativityworks.org.uk/get-­involved