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DIVERSITY & INCLUSION CALENDAR 2020-21 2 0 2 0 Special Days
05 Sep: International Day of Charity SEPTEMBER 08 Sep: International Literacy Day 10 Sep: World Suicide Prevention Day
15 Sep: International Day of Democracy
18-20 Sep: Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)
21 Sep: International Day of Peace World Alzheimer’s Day
21-27 Sep: Recycle Week
27-28 Sep: Yom Kippur – (Jewish) 2 0 2 0 Special Days
01 Oct: National Poetry Day 01-31 Oct: The Big Draw Festival OCTOBER Black History Month 4 Oct: Grandparents Day World Dyslexia Awareness Day 5 Oct: World Teachers Day World Smile Day 10 Oct: World Mental Health Day 10-17 Oct: National Hate Crime Awareness Week 23 Oct: Wear it Pink (breast cancer campaign) 29 Oct: Mawlid al Nabi (Islam) 31 Oct: Halloween 2 0 2 0 Special Days
01 Nov: All Saints’ Day (Christian) NOVEMBER 05 Nov: Guy Fawkes Night 11 Nov: Remembrance Sunday
16-20 Nov: Anti Bullying Week
30 Nov: Saint Andrew’s Day (Christian) 2 0 2 0 Special Days
01 Dec: World AIDS Day DECEMBER 06 Dec: Saint Nicholas Day (Christian) 10 Dec: First day of Hannukkah (Jewish)
18 Dec: Last day of Hannukkah (Jewish)
25 Dec: Christmas Day 2 0 2 1 Special Days
01 Jan: New Year’s Day JANUARY 07 Jan: Christmas Day (Ethiopian and Orthodox Christian)
25 Jan: Burns Night
27 Jan: Holocaust Memorial Day
30 Jan-6 Feb: National Storytelling Week 2 0 2 1 Special Days
30 Jan-6 Feb: National Storytelling Week FEBRUARY 06 Feb: International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM
08 Feb: Parinirvana - Nirvana Day, anniversary of Buddha’s death (Buddhist)
12 Feb: Chinese New Year (Year of the Ox)
14 Feb: St Valentine’s Day (Christian)
16 Feb: Shrove Tuesday (Christian) Pancake Day 2 0 2 1 Special Days
01 Mar: Saint David’s Day MARCH 04 Mar: World Book Day 08 Mar: International Women’s Day
14 Mar: Mother’s Day (Mothering Sunday)
17 Mar: Ash Wednesday (Christian) Saint Patrick’s Day (Christian)
18 Mar: Global Recycling Day
21 Mar: World Poetry Day
26 Mar: Purim (Jewish)
27 Mar: First day of Passover (Jewish) 2 0 2 1 Special Days
01 Apr: April Fool’s Day APRIL 02 Apr: Good Friday (Christian) World Autism Awareness Day
04 Apr: Passover, last day (Jewish) Easter Day, celebrates Jesus’ resurrection (Christian)
05 Apr: Easter Monday (Christian)
12 Apr: Start of Ramadan (Islam)
22 Apr: Earth Day
23 Apr: St George’s Day 2 0 2 1 Special Days
01 May: May Day MAY 08 May: Laylat al Qadr, Night of Destiny (Islam)
11 May: End of Ramadan (Islam)
12 May: Eid ul Fitr (Islam)
16-22 May: Mental Health Awareness Week
17 May: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
21 May: World Cultural Diversity Day
26 May: Vesak Day / Buddha’s Birthday (Buddhist) 2 0 2 1 Special Days
17-23 Jun: Festival of Learning (previously JUNE Adult Learners’ Week) 20 Jun: Father’s Day World Refugee Day 2 0 2 1 Special Days
18 Jul: Fast of Tish’a B’Av (Jewish) JULY 18 Jul-17 Aug: South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM)
19 Jul: Waqt al Arafa Hajj Day (Islam)
20 Jul: Eid al-Adha (Islam)
30 Jul: World Friendship Day
TBC: Pride in London parade (LGBT) 2 0 2 1 Special Days
18 Jul-17 Aug: South Asian Heritage Month AUGUST (SAHM)