Inclusion Calendar 2023
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20 21 22 Chinese
23 24 International Day of Education. 25 Conversion
26 Vasant
27 Holocaust
Day. 28 29 Zaccheus
30 31 Birthday
January 2023 lamda.ac.uk
Cervical
Alcohol
All Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the evening
Mary, Mother of GodCatholic Christian Gantan-sai (New Year) - Shinto Global Family Day, New Year’s Day/Hogmanay
Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland & ROI.
Holiday - Scotland
Braille Day.
Night - Christian, Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh - Sikh.
- Christian, Feast of the TheophanyOrthodox Christian.
day Mahayana New Year begins - Buddhist, Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian.
Baptism of the Lord JesusChristian.
no hi (Coming of Age Day) - Shinto.
- Hindu, Sikh.
Sankranti - Hindu, Old New Year - Orthodox Christian.
Pongal - Hindu, World Religion Day.
Monday, Martin Luther King Jnr.
Prayer for Christian
begins - Christian.
- Ethiopian Orthodox Christian.
New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist.
of Saint Paul - Christian, Robert Burns Night (Burns Night).
Panchami - Hindu.
Memorial
Sunday - Orthodox Christian.
of Guru Har Rai - Sikh.
January is;
Health Awareness Month | Celebration of Life Month
Concern Dry January | Thyroid Awareness Month
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3 Setsubun-sai - Shinto. 4 World Cancer Day. 5 Thaipusam - Hindu, Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian.
6 Tu BiShvat - Judaism, Bank Holiday - ROI, UK Race Equality Week begins. 7 8 9 10 11 International Day of Women and Girls in Science, World Day of the Sick. 12
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1 World Hijab Day World Interfaith Harmony Week begins, Imbolc - Lughnassadh - Wicca/ Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres. February 2023 lamda.ac.uk
Candlemas (Presentation of Christ in the Temple) - Christian.
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Valentine’s Day.
International Childhood Cancer Day, Parinirvana Day/Nirvana DayBuddhist.
World Human Spirit Day. 18 Maha Shivaratri - Hindu, Lailat al Miraj - Islam.
Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian.
World Day of Social Justice. 21 Shrove Tuesday - Christian, Ramakrishna Jayanti - Hindu.
Ash Wednesday - Christian.
International STAND UP to Bullying Day.
Intercalary Days begin - Baha’i, Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian.
Great Lent begins - Clean Monday - Orthodox Christian.
February is; UK National Heart Month | Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month Raynaud’s and Scleroderma Awareness Month All Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the evening before.
March is; Prostate Cancer Awareness Month | Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month UK Marie Curie Cancer Care Great Daffodil Appeal Month
1 1st Intercalary Days (end)Baha’i, Saint David’s Day - Christian, International Wheelchair Day, Self Injury Awareness Day, Zero Discrimination Day.
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Nineteen Day Fast beginsBaha’i.
3 World Hearing Day, International Writer’s Day.
4 5 Sunday of Orthodoxy - Orthodox Christian. 6
Magha Puja (Sangha Day)Buddhist.
7 Holika Dahan - Hindu, Lailat al Bara’ah - Islam, Purim - Judaism
8 Holi - Hindu, International Women’s Day.
9 10 11 12 13 14 Nanakshahi (New Year) - Sikh. 15 International Day to Combat Islamophobia.
16 17 Saint Patrick’s Day - Christian, Bank Holiday - Northern Ireland and ROI.
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Naw-Rúz (New Year) - Baha’i, Norooz (New Year) - Persian/ Zoroastrian, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, World Down’s Syndrome Day.
22 Ramayana begins - Hindu, Ugadi New Year - Hindu
23 Ramadan begins - Islam. 24 25 The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary - Christian Annunciation to the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian.
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18 Global Recycling Day. 19 Saint Joseph’s Day - Christian, Mothering Sunday. 20 Ostara - Mabon - Wicca/ Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres, International Day of Happiness, Spring Equinox, World Day of Theatre for Children. World Storytelling Day
Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra) - Zoroastrian, British Summer Time begins. 27
World Theatre Day. 28 29 30
31 International Transgender Day of Visibility.
All Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the evening before.
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Rama Navami - Hindu, World Bipolar Day. March 2023 lamda.ac.uk
Mahavir Jayanti - Jain, Lord’s Evening Meal - Jehovah’s Witness.
Easter Monday - Christian, Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Northern Ireland and ROI.
Lailat al-Qadr - Islam, Yom HaShoah - Judaism, Birthday of Guru Angad DevSikh, Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur - Sikh.
Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist - Christian, Yom HaZikaron - Judaism
Theravada New Year - Buddhist, Maundy Thursday - Christian, Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu, Passover - Judaism, International Asexuality Day.
Songkran (Thai New Year)Buddhist.
Good Friday - Christian, World Health Day, Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Songkran (Thai New Year)Buddhist.
Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian, International Romani Day.
Easter Sunday - Christian, Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian.
Pascha (Easter) - Orthodox Christian.
First Day of Ridvan - Baha’i, Eid al Fitr - Islam.
April is; Autism Awareness Month | Stress Awareness Month Bowel Cancer Awareness Month | Parkinson’s Awareness Month All Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the evening before.
Akshaya Tritiya - Hindu, Jain, Earth Day.
Saint George’s Day - Christian. Shakespeare’s Birthday.
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 April Fool’s Day. 2 Palm Sunday - Christian, World Autism Awareness Day.
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26 Yom Ha’Atzmaut - Judaism, Lesbian Visibility Day. 27 28 World Day for Health & Safety at Work 29 Ninth Day of Ridvan - Baha’i. 30
Beltane - Samhain - Wicca/ Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres, Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI.
Day of Ridvan - Baha’i, Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev - Sikh.
of Saints Philip and James - Catholic Christian, World Press Freedom Day
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- Judaism.
Pentecost - Christian.
Ascension of Baha’u’llah - Baha’i, International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian, World No Tobacco Day
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International Firefighters Day. 5 Vesak/Visakha Puja - Buddhist. 6 7 8 World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. 9 Lag BaOmer - Judaism. 10 11 12 International Nurses Day. 13 14
International Day of Families. 16 17 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
Ascension Day - Christian, Global Accessibility Awareness Day. 19 Yom Yerushalayim - Judaism. 20 21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.
International Day for Biological Diversity. 23 Birthday of Guru Amar Das - Sikh. 24 Declaration of the Báb - Baha’i.
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May is; Action on Stroke Month | Mental Health Awareness Month Hepatitis Awareness Month | UK National Walking Month | Celiac Awareness Month All Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the evening before.
Trinity Sunday - Christian, Pentecost - Orthodox Christian, International Day of Innocent Children, Victims of Aggression.
Race Unity Day - Baha’i, All Saints Day - Orthodox Christian.
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Global Day of Parents.
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World Environment Day, Bank Holiday - ROI.
Corpus ChristiCatholic Christian
Global Wellness Day. Global Wellness Day.
The Fast of the Holy Apostles - Orthodox Christian, World Day against Child Labour.
Blood Donor Day.
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian, Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev - Sikh.
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
Autistic Pride Day, Father’s Day.
Refugee
Solstice, Litha - Yule - Wicca/ Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres, World Humanist Day.
Windrush Day.
of Saint John the Baptist - Christian.
Hajj - Islam.
al Arafa - Islam.
al Adha - Islam.
of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian.
June is; Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Month | Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Awareness Month LGBTQ Pride Month | Men’s Health Awareness Month | Gypsy, Roma & Traveller History Month
Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the evening before.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 2 3 Asalha Puja (Dharma Day)Buddhist. 4 US Independence Day. 5 Birthday of Guru HargobindSikh. 6 7 8 9 10 Martyrdom of the Báb - Baha’i. 11 World Population Day. 12 Orangemen’s Day, Bank Holiday - Northern Ireland. 13 14 International Non Binary People’s Day. 15 Saint Vladimir the Great DayOrthodox Christian, World Youth Skills Day. 16 17 World Day for International Justice. 18 Nelson Mandela International Day, South Asian Heritage Month begins. 19 Al-Hijra/MuharramNew Year - Islam. 20 21 22 Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene - Christian. 23 Birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie - Rastafari, Birthday of Guru Har Krishan - Sikh 24 Pioneer Day - Mormonism. 25 Saint James the Great DayChristian 26 27 Tish’a B’av - Judaism. 28 Ashura - Islam, World Hepatitis Day. 29 30 International Day of Friendship, World Day against Trafficking Persons. 31 July 2023 lamda.ac.uk July is; UV Safety Month | Make a Difference to Children Month International Women with Alopecia Month | Group B Strep Awareness Month All Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the evening before.
Summer Bank Holiday - England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Lammas - Christian, Fast in honour of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian, Lughnasadh - Imbolc - Wicca/ Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Feast of Saint Lawrence - Christian.
Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian, Dormition of the TheotokosOrthodox Christian.
Queenship of MaryCatholic Christian International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief.
Beheading of Saint John the Baptist - Christian.
Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
Bandhan - Hindu.
of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle - Christian.
Feast of Transfiguration of Our Lord - Christian, Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian.
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Summer Bank Holiday - Scotland and ROI.
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
International Youth Day.
World Humanitarian Day.
International
Feast
Raksha
August is; Health & Safety Month | Psoriasis Awareness Month | Black Business Month (US Children’s Eye Health & Safety Month | MedicAlert Awareness Month
Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the evening before.
September is; Sickle Cell Awareness Month | Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Blood Cancer Awareness Month | World Alzheimer’s Month World Dementia Awareness Month
Anant Chaturdashi - Hindu. Meskel - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian. International Right to Know Day.
Michaelmas - Saint Michael and All Angels - Christian, World Heart Day.
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Day of Charity.
Colour Blind Awareness Day.
Nativity of Virgin Mary - Christian, Nativity of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian, International Literacy Day.
Suicide Prevention Day.
of the Cross - Christian, Exaltation of the Cross - Orthodox Christian.
International Day of Democracy.
Rosh Hashanah- Judaism,
of Gedaliah - Judaism, International Equal Pay Day.
of Saint Matthew - Christian International Day of Peace, World Alzheimer’s Day.
Autumn Equinox, Mabon - Ostara - Wicca/ Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres, Bi Visibility Day, International Day of Sign Languages.
World Deaf Day.
Yom Kippur - Judaism, UK National Inclusion Week begins.
Mawlid al-Nabi - Islam.
Sukkot begins - Judaism,
All Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the evening before.
October is; Breast Cancer Awareness Month | Down Syndrome Awareness Month Black History Month (UK) | Lupus Awareness Month Global Diversity Awareness Month | Menopause Awareness Month
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3 4 Blessing
5 6 World
Day. 7 Shemini Atzeret - Judaism 8 Simchat Torah
9 Birthday
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13 14 15 Navaratri
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19 International
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International Day of Older Persons.
of the Guardian Angels - Christian International Day of Non-Violence.
of the Animals - Christian, Saint Francis’ Day - Christian.
Cerebral Palsy
- Judaism,
of Guru Ram Das - Sikh.
World Homeless Day, World Mental Health Day, International Stage Management Day.
Day of the Girl Child.
Chhor Divas - Sikh World Sight Day.
begins - Hindu, International Day of Rural Women.
Food Day.
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
of Saint Luke - Christian, World Menopause Day.
Pronouns Day.
- Dasara - Hindu.
Nations Day.
of the Báb - Baha’i, Intersex Awareness Day.
of Baha’u’llah - Baha’i, Feast of Saints Simon and Jude - Christian.
World Stroke Day, British Summer Time ends.
All Hallows’ Eve - Christian, Reformation Day, Samhain (Halloween) - Beltane - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres, Bank Holiday - ROI.
Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the evening before.
World Kindness Day.
World Diabetes Day.
Transgender Day of Remembrance, Universal Children’s Day.
Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev - Sikh,
November is;
Lung Cancer Awareness Month | Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month Mouth Cancer Action Month | COPD Awareness Month Movember Men’s Health Awareness Month
All Saints’ Day - Christian 2 All Souls’ Day - Christian, Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I - Rastafari.
Intersex Day of Solidarity. 9 Dedication of the Lateran Basilica - Catholic Christian.
Nativity Fast begins - Orthodox Christian.
Presentation of the TheotokosOrthodox Christian.
International Day for Tolerance, UK Disability History Month begins.
US Thanksgiving.
Ascension of Abdu’l-Bahá - Baha’i.
Saint Andrew’s Day - Christian, Bank Holiday - Scotland.
International Students’ Day, International STAND UP to Bullying Day.
Armistice Day. 12 Simchat Torah - Judaism, Remembrance Sunday, UK Interfaith Week begins.
International Men’s Day.
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur - Sikh.
All Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the evening before.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Day of the Covenant - Baha’i. Feast of Christ the King - Christian,
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Christmas Day - Christian, Feast of the NativityOrthodox Christian. Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI.
Saint Stephen’s Day - Christian, Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) - Zoroastrian, Boxing Day, Kwanzaa begins, Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI.
Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian, Watch Night - Christian, New Year’s Eve/Hogmanay.
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Day. 11 12 International Universal Health Coverage Day. 13 14 15 16 17 18 International Migrants Day. 19 20 International Human Solidarity Day.. 21 Winter
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World AIDS Day. 2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.
Advent Sunday - Christian, International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
(Bodhi Day) - Buddhist, Chanukah begins - Judaism, Feast of the Immaculate Conception - Christian.
Rights
Solstice, Yule - Litha - Wicca/ Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Christmas Eve - Christian.
Holy Innocents - Christian.
December is; Universal Month for Human Rights | AIDS Awareness Month Decembeard | Spiritual Literacy Month
Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the evening before.