InfoBasics – NDSN

Date	Event	Category	Recurring?
18^th January	Martin Luther King Day	International	Yearly
24^th January	International Day of Education	International	Yearly

FEBRUARY

Date	Event	Category	Recurring?
11^th February	International Day of Women and Girls in Science	International	Yearly
20^th February	World Day of Social Justice	International	Yearly

MARCH

Date	Event	Category	Recurring?
5th – 14^th March	Healthcare Science Week	National	Yearly
8th March	International Women’s Day	International	Yearly
21^st March	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	International	Yearly
29^th March – 4^th April	World Autism Awareness Week	International	Yearly

APRIL

Date	Event	Category	Recurring?
5^th April	International Day of Conscience	International	Yearly
7^th April	World Health day	International	Yearly
22nd April	Stephen Lawrence Day	National	Yearly
1^st – 30^th April	Stress Awareness Month	National	Yearly

MAY

Date	Event	Category	Recurring?
1^st – 31^st May	National Walking Month	National	Yearly
10^th – 16^th May	National Mental Health Awareness Week	National	Yearly
16^th May	International Day of Living in Peace	International	Yearly

JUNE

Date	Event	Category	Recurring?
5^th June	World Environment Day	International	Yearly
14^th June	World Blood Donor Day	International	Yearly
20^th June	World Refugee Day	International	Yearly

JULY

Date	Event	Category	Recurring?
18^th July	Nelson Mandela International Day	International	Yearly
30^th July	International Day of Friendship	International	Yearly

AUGUST

Date	Event	Category	Recurring?
12^th August	International Youth day	International	Yearly
19^th August	World Humanitarian day	International	Yearly

SEPTEMBER

Date	Event	Category	Recurring?
8^th September	International Literacy Day	International	Yearly
15^th September	International Day of Democracy	International	Yearly

OCTOBER

Date	Event	Category	Recurring?
4^th – 10^th October	World Space Week	International/Careers	Yearly
10^th October	World Mental Health Day	International	Yearly
27^th October	National Mentoring Day	National/Careers	Yearly

NOVEMBER

Date	Event	Category	Recurring?
8^th & 11^th November	SQE 1 Assessment Exam Sitting Days	Careers	Yearly – but date may change!
16^th November	International Day for Tolerance	International

DECEMBER

Date	Event	Category	Recurring?
2^nd December	International Day for Abolition of Slavery	International	Yearly
10^th December	Human Rights Day	International	Yearly

Interfaith Calendar

13^th January – Lohri (Sikh)

20^th January – Gurpurab (Sikh)

14^th February – St Valentine’s Day (Christian)

16^th February – Shrove Tuesday (Christian)

17^th March – St Patrick’s Day (Christian)

21^st March – Norooz (New Year) Persian/Zoroastrian

21^st March – Naw – Ruz (New Year) (Baha’i)

25^th March – Mahavir Jayanti (Jain)

28^th March – Magha Puja Day (Buddhist)

4^th April – Easter Sunday (Christian)

13^th April – Ramadan begins (Islam)

14^th April – Vaisakhi birth of Sikhism (Khalsa) (Sikh)

2^nd May – Pascha (Easter) – Orthodox Christian

14^th – 16^th May – Eid al Fitr (Islam)

16^th June 0 Martyrdom of guru Rajan Dev (Sikh)

20-23^rd July – Eid al Adha (Sacrifice Day) (Islam)

23^rd July – Emperor Haile Selassie’s Birthday (Rastafaria)

24^th July – Asalha Puja Day (Buddhist)

3^rd August – Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)

7^th September – Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)

11^th September – Paryushana Parva (Jain)

11^th September – Ethiopian New Year (Rastafaria)

13^th September – Yom Kippur (Jewish)

15^th October – Dasar (Hindu)

4^th November – Diwali (Hindu/Jain)

4^th – 8^th November – Diwali Festival of Lights – release of guru hargobind from prison (Sikh)

5^th November – Vikram New Year (Hindu)

13^th November – Jain New Year (Jain)

19^th November – Gurpurab birthday of guru Nanak (Sikh)

29^th November – 6^th December – Hanukkah (Jewish)

25^th December – Christmas (Christian)

Note – some of the dates will vary from year to year based on different calendars used