Equality Calendar 2021
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
January
Dates | Events |
|---|---|
1 January | New Year’s Day |
4 January | World Braille Day (external link) |
5 January | Guru Gobind Singh’s birthday (Sikh) |
7 January | Orthodox Christmas Day (Christian) |
14 January | Orthodox New Years Day (Christian) |
17 January | World Religion Day (external link) |
18 January | Dr Martin Luther King Jr Day (external link) |
20 January | Bodhi Day (Buddhist) |
27 January | Holocaust Memorial Day (external link) |
28 January | Tu B'Shevat (Jewish) |
February
Dates | Events |
|---|---|
| All month | National LGBT+ History Month (external link) |
1 February | Imbolc (Pagan) |
4 February | World Cancer Day (external link) |
4 to 11 February | Children’s Mental Health Week (external link) |
3 to 9 February | National Apprenticeships Week (external link) |
6 February | Time to Talk Day (external link) |
6 February | International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM (external link) |
11 February | International Day of Women and Girls in Science (external link) |
12 February | Chinese New Year |
20 February | World Day of Social Justice (external link) |
25 February | Purim (Jewish) |
29 February | International Stand Up To Bullying Day (external link) |
March
April
Dates | Events |
|---|---|
| All month | National Autism Awareness Month (external link) |
2 April | Easter Friday (Christian) |
2 April | World Autism Day (external link) |
4 April | Easter Sunday (Christian) |
7 April | World Health Day (external link) |
7 April | International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Rwanda Genocide (external link) |
7 April | Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day |
12 April to 11 May (approximate) | Ramadan Month (Muslim) |
14 April | Vaisakhi (Sikh) |
14 April | Day of Remembrance of the Anfal Campaign and Kurdish Genocide (external link) |
19 to 25 April | MS Awareness Week (external link) |
22 April | Stephen Lawrence Day (external link) |
23 April | Battle of Wood Green |
22 April | Earth Day (external link) |
26 April | Lesbian Visibility Day (external link) |
30 April | Lag Baomer (Jewish) |
30 April | Orthodox Easter Friday (Christian) |
May
Dates | Events |
|---|---|
1 May | Beltane (Pagan) |
1 May | Labour Day/International Workers' Day (external link) |
12 April to 11 May (approximate) | Ramadan Month (Muslim) |
2 May | Orthodox Easter Sunday (Christian) |
3 to 9 May | Deaf Awareness Week (external link) |
8 May | VE Day (external link) |
9 May | Laylat al-Qadr (Muslim) |
10 to 16 May | Mental Health Awareness Week (external link) |
10 May | Yom Yerushalayim (Jewish) |
12 May | International Nurses Day (external link) |
12 May | Eid al-Fitr (Muslim) |
17 May | International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia |
17 May | Shavuot (Jewish) |
17 to 23 May | Dementia Action Week (external link) |
20 to 25 May | Epilepsy Awareness Week (external link) |
24 May | Pansexual Visibility Day (external link) |
June
Dates | Events |
|---|---|
| All month | |
| 1 to 7 June | Volunteers' Week (external link) |
5 June | |
8 to 13 June | |
14 to 20 June | |
15 June | |
18 June | |
19 June | International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (external link) |
20 June | |
21 June | Summer Solstice |
22 to 28 June | |
22 June | |
27 June |
July
Dates | Events |
|---|---|
12 July | Disability Awareness Day |
14 July | |
18 July to 17h August | |
18 July | Tisha B'Av (Jewish) |
18 July | |
19 to 23 July | Eid Al-Adha (Muslim) |
29 July | |
30 July | |
31 July | Remembrance of the Barzani disappearance in 1983 |
August
Dates | Events |
|---|---|
1 August | Lammas (Pagan) |
6 August | |
9 August | |
12 August | |
18 August | Remembrance of the mass killing in Surria village in 1969 |
23 August | International Day of Remembrance for Abolition of Slave Trade |
September
Dates | Events |
|---|---|
4 September | Remembrance of the mass killing of Fayli Kurds in 1980 (external link) |
6 September | Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) |
8 September | International Literacy Day (external link) |
8 September | Fast of Gedaliah (Jewish) |
10 September | World Suicide Prevention Day (external link) |
| 11 September | Pride (external link) |
15 September | Yom Kippur (Jewish) |
16 to 22 September | Sexual Health Week (external link) |
21 September | International Day of Peace (external link) |
21 to 27 September | Sukkot (Jewish) |
22 September | Autumn Equinox |
23 September | Bi Visibility Day (external link) |
25 September | World's Biggest Coffee Morning (external link) |
26 September | International Day for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (external link) |
27 September | Shemini Atzeret (Jewish) |
27 to 29 September | Simchat Torah (the Joy of the Torah) (Jewish) |
October
Dates | Events |
|---|---|
| All month | |
| All month | |
1 October | |
2 October | |
4 October | Battle of Cable Street |
5 October | |
5 October | |
7 to 11 October | |
9 to 14 October | |
10 October | |
10 to 17 October | |
11 October | |
11 October | |
15 October | Dussehra Dasara (Hindu) |
16 October | |
17 October | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (external link) |
18 October | |
18 October | |
18 to 19 October | Mawlid al-Nabi (Muslim) |
23 October | |
24 October | |
26 October | |
31 October | Samhain (Pagan)/Hallowe'en |
November
Dates | Events |
|---|---|
Usually 3rd week | |
All month | Movember (external link) (men's awareness month for mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer) |
| All month | |
| All month | |
2 to 6 November (approximately) | |
3 November | |
4 November | Diwali (Hindu, Jain and Sikh) |
8 November | |
11 November | |
13 to 19 November | |
14 November | |
16 to 24 November | |
18 November to 20 December | |
19 November | |
20 November | |
20 November | |
25 November | International Day to End Violence Against Women and Girls (external link) |
25 November to 10 December | |
25 November | White Ribbon Day (external link) (Speaking Out Against Domestic Violence) |
26 November | |
28 November to 6 December | Hanukkah (Jewish) |
29 November | International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People (external link) |
30 November | Guru Nanak Birthday (Sikh) |
December
Dates | Events |
|---|---|
1 December | |
2 December | International Day of the Abolition of Slavery (external link) |
3 December | International Day of Persons with Disabilities (external link) |
8 December | |
10 December | |
18 December | |
21 December | Winter Solstice |
25 December | Christmas (Christian) |
26 December to 1 January | Kwanzaa (Annual celebration of African-American culture) |
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