SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT New Years Day World Braille Day Birthday of Guru Epiphany - Christian Christmas Day - Gantan-Sai - Shinto Gobind Singh - Sikh Orthodox Christian JAN 2017 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Week/1 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Asara B’Tevet - Seijin no hi (Coming Human Trafficking 12-15 Mahayana New Maghi – Sikh New Year – Orthodox Judaism of Age Day) - Shinto Awareness Day Year - Buddhist Christian Makar Sankranti – Hindu

08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Week 2/Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 National Eye Care Month | World Religion Day Martin Luther King Cervical Health Awareness Jnr. Day Month | Celebration of Life Month | Alcohol Concern Dry January 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Week 3/Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20 Day 21 Burns Night Chinese New Year – Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Week 4/Day 22 Day 23 Day 24 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27 Day 28 Birthday of Guru Har Rai – Sikh

29 30 31 01 02 03 04 Week 5/Day 29 Day 30 Day 31 Day 32 Day 33 Day 34 Day 35 NOTES

05 06 Week 6/Day 36 Day 37

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Vasant Panchami – Setsubun-Sai – Shinto World Cancer Day Hindu FEB 2017 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 Day 29 Day 30 Day 31 Week/5 Day 32 Day 33 Day 34 Day 35

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 National Heart Month | Week 6/Day 36 Day 37 Day 38 Day 39 Day 40 Day 41 Day 42 Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans St Valentines Day Nirvana Day – History Month | Raynaud’s Buddhist – Jain and Scleroderma | Awareness Month | Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Week 7/Day 43 Day 44 Day 45 Day 46 Day 47 Day 48 Day 49 World Day of Social Justice

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Week 8/Day 50 Day 51 Day 52 Day 53 Day 54 Day 55 Day 56 Shrove Tuesday – Christian

26 27 28 01 02 03 04 Week 9/Day 57 Day 58 Day 59 Day 60 Day 61 Day 62 Day 63 NOTES

05 06 Week 10/Day 64 Day 65

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Saint David’s Day Ash Wednesday – MAR 2017 Christian 26 27 28 01 02 03 04 Day 57 Day 58 Day 59 Week/9 Day 60 Day 61 Day 62 Day 63 International Ta’anit Esther – Women’s Day Judaism No Smoking Day

Prostate Cancer 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Awareness Month | Week 10/Day 64 Day 65 Day 66 Day 67 Day 68 Day 69 Day 70 Ovarian Cancer Purim – Judaism Hola Mohalla – Sikh Saint Patrick’s Day Awareness Month | Holi – Hindu Women’s History Month | Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month | Brain Tumour Awareness 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Month Week 11/Day 71 Day 72 Day 73 Day 74 Day 75 Day 76 Day 77 World Water Day World TB Day

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Week 12/Day 78 Day 79 Day 80 Day 81 Day 82 Day 83 Day 84 Mothering Sunday New Year – Hindu

26 27 28 29 30 31 01 Week 13/Day 85 Day 86 Day 87 Day 88 Day 89 Day 90 Day 91 NOTES

02 03 Week 14/Day 92 Day 93

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APR 2017 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 Day 85 Day 86 Day 87 Day 88 Day 89 Day 90 Week/13 Day 91 World Autism Ram Navami – Hindu World Health Day Awareness Day

02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Week 14/Day 92 Day 93 Day 94 Day 95 Day 96 Day 97 Day 98 Autism Awareness Month| Palm Sunday – Maundy Thursday – Good Friday – Pesach (Passover) – Alcohol Awareness Month | Christian Christian Christian Judaism Stress Awareness Month | Vaisakhi New Year – Theravada New Year – Bowel Cancer Awareness Sikh Buddhist Month | National Pet Month | Parkinson’s Awareness Month 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 Week 15/Day 99 Day 100 Day 101 Day 102 Day 103 Day 104 Day 105 Easter Sunday – Easter Monday – Birthday of Guru Tegh Earth Day Christian Christian Bahadur – Sikh Birthday of Guru Angad Dev – Sikh

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Week 16/Day 106 Day 107 Day 108 Day 109 Day 110 Day 111 Day 112 Yom HaShoah World Malaria Day Akshaya Tritiya – (Holocaust Hindu, Jain Remembrance Day) – Judaism

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Week 17/Day 113 Day 114 Day 115 Day 116 Day 117 Day 118 Day 119 NOTES

30 01 Week 18/Day 120 Day 121

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Yom Hazikaron (Israeli Yom Ha’atzmaut Memorial Day) - (Israeli Independence MAY Judaism Day) – Judaism Birthday of Guru 2017 Arjan Dev – Sikh 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 Day 120 Week/18 Day 121 Day 122 Day 123 Day 124 Day 125 Day 126 World Ovarian Cancer Day Vesak – Buddha Day – Lailat al Bara’ah – Lag B’Omer – Judaism Day Buddhist Islam

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 Week 19/Day 127 Day 128 Day 129 Day 130 Day 131 Day 132 Day 133 Stroke Month | Mental Health International Day of International Day Awareness Month | Cystic Families Against , Fibrosis Month | Hepatitis and Awareness Month | Hughes Biphobia Syndrome Awareness Month | National Walking Month | Foster Care Month 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Week 20/Day 134 Day 135 Day 136 Day 137 Day 138 Day 139 Day 140 World Day for Cultural International Day for Birthday of Guru Yom Yerushalayim Ascension Day – Ramadan begins – Diversity for Dialogue Biological Diversity Amar Das – Sikh (Jerusalem Day) – Christian Islam and Development Declaration of the Báb Judaism – Baha’i

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Week 21/Day 141 Day 142 Day 143 Day 144 Day 145 Day 146 Day 147 World No Tobacco Day Shavuot – Judaism

28 29 30 31 01 02 03 Week 22/Day 148 Day 149 Day 150 Day 151 Day 152 Day 153 Day 154 NOTES

04 05 Week 23/Day 155 Day 156

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JUN 2017 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 Day 148 Day 149 Day 150 Day 151 Week/22 Day 152 Day 153 Day 154 Pentecost – Christian

Motor Neurone Disease 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Awareness Month | Stillbirth & Week 23/Day 155 Day 156 Day 157 Day 158 Day 159 Day 160 Day 161 Neonatal Death Awareness Trinity Sunday – World Blood Donor Corpus Christi – Africa Oye - Sefton Month | LGBT Pride Month | Christian Day Catholic Christian Park Men’s Health Awareness Month | Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month | National Hospice Month (UK) | Carers Week | Refugee Week 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Week 24/Day 162 Day 163 Day 164 Day 165 Day 166 Day 167 Day 168 Father’s Day World Refugee Day Laylat al Qadr – Islam Quds Day – Islam Armed Forces Day Africa Oye - Sefton Park

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Week 25/Day 169 Day 170 Day 171 Day 172 Day 173 Day 174 Day 175 Eid al Fitr – Islam

25 26 27 28 29 30 01 Week 26/Day 176 Day 177 Day 178 Day 179 Day 180 Day 181 Day 182 NOTES

02 03 Week 27/Day 183 Day 184

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JUL 2017 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 Day 176 Day 177 Day 178 Day 179 Day 180 Day 181 Week/26 Day 182 Birthday of Guru Martyrdom of the Arab Arts Hargobind – Sikh Báb – Baha’i Festival

UV Safety Month | Family Reunion Month | Make a Difference to Children 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Month | International Week 27/Day 183 Day 184 Day 185 Day 186 Day 187 Day 188 Day 189 Women with Alopecia Liverpool Arab Arts Liverpool Arab Arts Liverpool Arab Arts Liverpool Arab Arts Liverpool Arab Arts Liverpool Arab Arts Liverpool Arab Arts Month | Group B Strep Festival Festival Festival Festival Festival Festival Festival Awareness Month | Scams Liverpool - Young Liverpool Brouhaha Liverpool Brouhaha Liverpool Brouhaha Awareness Month Dada Fest Liverpool - Young Asalha Puja (Dharma Dada Fest Day) – Buddhist Obon (Ulambana) – Buddhist – Shinto 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 Week 28/Day 190 Day 191 Day 192 Day 193 Day 194 Day 195 Day 196 Liverpool Arab Arts Liverpool Brouhaha Liverpool Brouhaha Liverpool Brouhaha Liverpool Brouhaha Liverpool Brouhaha Liverpool Brouhaha Festival World Day for Liverpool Liverpool Brouhaha International Justice International Music Festival - Sefton Park 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Week 29/Day 197 Day 198 Day 199 Day 200 Day 201 Day 202 Day 203 Liverpool Brouhaha Liverpool Brouhaha World Hepatitis Day Liverpool Pride Liverpool Pioneer Day – International Music Mormon Christian Festival - Sefton Park Birthday of Guru Har Krishan – Sikh Birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie – Rastafar 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Week 30/Day 204 Day 205 Day 206 Day 207 Day 208 Day 209 Day 210 Liverpool Pride NOTES International Day of Liverpool Brouhaha - Brouhaha International presents an innovative global festival offer for a global City, covering a wide range of art Friendship forms and locations, contributing to the city’s economic future, social health and tourism benefits as the UK’s ultimate city of visitor destination http://www.brouhaha.uk.com/

DaDaFest is an innovative disability arts organisation based in Liverpool, delivering the Festival and other arts events to promote high 30 31 quality disability & deaf arts from unique cultural perspectives. It also produces opportunities for disabled and d/Deaf people to access the arts, including training and a young people’s programme http://www.dadafest.co.uk/

Liverpool Arab Arts Festival - Founded in 1998, Liverpool Arab Arts Festival is a registered charity delivering arts and community Week 31/Day 211 Day 212 programmes that bring diverse cultures together, increasing appreciation and awareness of Arab culture and arts at a local, national and international level http://www.arabartsfestival.com/about-us

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Tish’a B’av – Judaism

AUG 2017 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 Day 211 Day 212 Week/31 Day 213 Day 214 Day 215 Day 216 Day 217 Raksha Bandhan – International Day of International Youth Hindu the World’s Day Indigenous Peoples

06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Week 32/Day 218 Day 219 Day 220 Day 221 Day 222 Day 223 Day 224 Health & Safety Month | Krishna Janmashtami Paryushana-Parva – Chester Pride National Immunizations – Hindu Jain World Humanitarian Awareness Month | Day Black Business Month | Children’s Eye Health & Safety Month 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Week 33/Day 225 Day 226 Day 227 Day 228 Day 229 Day 230 Day 231 Manchester Pride Ganesh Chaturthi – Hindu Samvatsari – Jain

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Week 34/Day 232 Day 233 Day 234 Day 235 Day 236 Day 237 Day 238 Manchester Pride Manchester Pride Waqf al Arafa (Hajj Day) – Islam

27 28 29 30 31 01 02 Week 35/Day 239 Day 240 Day 241 Day 242 Day 243 Day 244 Day 245 NOTES

03 04 Week 36/Day 246 Day 247

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Eid al Adha – Islam

SEP 2017 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 Day 239 Day 240 Day 241 Day 242 Day 243 Week/35 Day 244 Day 245 International Day of International Literacy Charity Kshamavani Day – Jain Sickle Cell Awareness Month | Childhood Cancer Awareness Month | 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 International Blood Cancer Week 36/Day 246 Day 247 Day 248 Day 249 Day 250 Day 251 Day 252 Awareness Month | World World Suicide International Day of Alzheimer’s Month | Thyroid Prevention Day Democracy Cancer Awareness Month | Hearing Awareness Month | World Dementia Awareness Month 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Week 37/Day 253 Day 254 Day 255 Day 256 Day 257 Day 258 Day 259 Rosh Hashanah – Jean for Genes Day Bi Visibility Day Judaism Al-Hijra/Muharram – International Day of New Year – Islam Peace World Alzheimer’s Day Navaratri begins – Hindu

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Week 38/Day 260 Day 261 Day 262 Day 263 Day 264 Day 265 Day 266 International Right to Dussehra – Dasara – Know Day Hindu Freedom from Hunger Yom Kippur – Day Judaism

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Week 39/Day 267 Day 268 Day 269 Day 270 Day 271 Day 272 Day 273 NOTES

01 02 Week 40/Day 274 Day 275

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT International Day of International Day of Sukkot – Judaism National Personal Older Persons Non-Violence Safety Day OCT 2017 Ashura – Islam 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Week/40 Day 274 Day 275 Day 276 Day 277 Day 278 Day 279 Day 280 World Mental Health World Sight Day World Thrombosis Day Shemini Atzeret – Day Simchat Torah – Judaism Breast Cancer Awareness Judaism Month | Down Syndrome Awareness Month | Domestic Violence 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Awareness Month | Black Week 41/Day 281 Day 282 Day 283 Day 284 Day 285 Day 286 Day 287 History Month (UK)/Aids International Day of World Food Day International Day for Liverpool Irish Liverpool Irish Liverpool Irish Awareness Month | Rural Women the Eradication of Festival Festival Festival Lupus Awareness Month | Poverty Diwali – Deepavali – New Year – Jain World Blindness Hindu, Sikh, Jain Awareness Month Bandi Chhor Divas – 15 16 17 18 Sikh 19 20 21 Week 42/Day 288 Day 289 Day 290 Day 291 Day 292 Day 293 Day 294 Liverpool Irish Festival Liverpool Irish Liverpool Irish Festival Festival United Nations Day

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Week 43/Day 295 Day 296 Day 297 Day 298 Day 299 Day 300 Day 301 World Stroke Day All Hallows’ Eve – Christian

29 30 31 01 02 03 04 Week 44/Day 302 Day 303 Day 304 Day 305 Day 306 Day 307 Day 308 NOTES

05 06 Week 45/Day 309 Day 310

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia National Stress All Souls’ Day – Birthday of Guru Awareness Day Christian Nanak Dev – Sikh All Saints’ Day – Coronation of NOV Christian Emperor Haile Selassie I – Rastafari 2017 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Guy Fawkes Night Armistice Day

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Epilepsy Awareness Month Week 45/Day 309 Day 310 Day 311 Day 312 Day 313 Day 314 Day 315 | Lung Cancer Awareness Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Month | Remembrance Sunday World Kindness Day World Diabetes Day Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month | Mouth Cancer Action Month | COPD Awareness Month | 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Adoption Month | Movember Week 46/Day 316 Day 317 Day 318 Day 319 Day 320 Day 321 Day 322 Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia International Men’s Universal Children’s Thanksgiving Martyrdom of Guru International Day for Day Day Tegh Bahadur – Sikh the Elimination of Violence against Women

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Week 47/Day 323 Day 324 Day 325 Day 326 Day 327 Day 328 Day 329 Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia Liverpool Homotopia

26 27 28 29 30 01 02 Week 48/Day 330 Day 331 Day 332 Day 333 Day 334 Day 335 Day 336 Homotopia - Homotopia is the UK leading LGBT arts & cultural festivals. Each November they present a month long annual festival featuring world premieres and new commissions across theatre, visual art, film, heritage, live art, dance & cabaret http://www.homotopia.net/

03 04 Week 49/Day 337 Day 338

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT World AIDS Day International Day for Mawlid al-Nabi – Islam the Abolition of DEC Slavery 2017 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 Day 330 Day 331 Day 332 Day 333 Day 334 Week/48 Day 335 Day 336 International Day of Feast of the International Anti- Persons with Immaculate Corruption Day Disabilities Conception – Christian

Universal Human Rights 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 Month | Spiritual Literacy Week 49/Day 337 Day 338 Day 339 Day 340 Day 341 Day 342 Day 343 Month Human Rights Day Chanukah – Judaism

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Week 50/Day 344 Day 345 Day 346 Day 347 Day 348 Day 349 Day 350 International Migrants International Human Day Solidarity Day

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Week 51/Day 351 Day 352 Day 353 Day 354 Day 355 Day 356 Day 357 Christmas Eve – Christmas Day – Christian Christian

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Week 52/Day 358 Day 359 Day 360 Day 361 Day 362 Day 363 Day 364 NOTES

31 01 Week 53/Day 365 Day 1