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DIVERSITY CALENDAR 2012

THE UK’S

LEADING & MOS

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OVER 260 IMPORTANT DATES

INCLUDING HOLY DAYS, SPECIAL

EVENTS, FESTIVALS AND BANK

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FEATURES ‘GREAT QUOTES

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New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

January

2012

Diversity

Perspectives

Diversity is at the heart of

employee effectiveness and

meeting customer needs. It

is the foundation for building

incredible organisations.

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the direction of your

dream

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you have imagined.

Henry David Thoreau

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1st Mary, Mother of God- Catholic Christian

)HDVWRI6W%DVLO- Orthodox Christian

Gantan-sai (New Year)- Shinto

New Year’s Day / Hogmany

(Secular) 2nd 1HZ<HDU·V'D\%DQN+ROLGD\ LQOLHXRIVW- England/NI/ Scotland/Wales/ROI 3rd %DQN+ROLGD\LQOLHXRIQG -Scotland 4th :RUOG%UDLOOH'D\ 5th 7ZHOIWK1LJKW- Christian

Birthday of Guru Gobindh Singh- Sikh

6th Epiphany- Christian

Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian

'LDGHORV5H\HV- Hispanic Christian

Nativity of Christ- Armenian Orthodox Christian

7th Feast of the Nativity- Orthodox Christian

8th Baptism of Jesus- Christian

9th Mahayana New Year begins -Buddhist

12th Mahayana New Year ends -Buddhist

13th Maghi- Sikh

15th :RUOG5HOLJLRQ'D\- Bahá’í

17th %OHVVLQJRIWKH$QLPDOV -Hispanic Catholic Christian

18th Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins- Christian

20th Timkat- Ethiopian Orthodox Christian

23rd Chinese New Year- Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist

25th &RQYHUVLRQRI6DLQW3DXO -Christian

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ends- Christian

Robert Burns Night (Burns Night) 27th +RORFDXVW0HPRULDO'D\ 28th Vasant Panchami- Hindu

31st Birthday of Guru Har Rai- Sikh

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February

2012

Diversity

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Kindness day is every day

We work to become,

not to acquire.

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2nd &DQGOHPDV- Christian

Presentation of Christ in the 7HPSOH- Anglican Christian

Triodion- Orthodox Christian

,PEROF- Wicca - Northern and Southern Hemispheres

3rd Maha Shavartri - Hindu

Setsubum-sai- Shinto

4th 0DZOLGDQ1DEL%LUWKGD\RI the Prophet Muhammad) -Islam

5th )RXU&KDSODLQV6XQGD\ -Interfaith

8th Tu B’Shevat- Judaism

Parinirvana - Nirvana Day -Buddhist, Jain

14th 6DLQW9DOHQWLQHV'D\- Christian

15th 1LUYDQD'D\DOWHUQDWLYHGDWH

- Buddhist, Jain

19th Meatfare Sunday- Orthodox Christian

7UDQVÀJXUDWLRQ - Christian

20th :RUOG'D\RI6RFLDO-XVWLFH 21st Shrove Tuesday - Christian

22nd Ash Wednesday - Lent begins

- Christian

26th ,QWHUFDODU\'D\VEHJLQ- Bahá’í

Cheesefare Sunday- Orthodox Christian

27th &OHDQ0RQGD\*UHDW/HQW begins - Orthodox Christian

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March

2012

Diversity

Perspectives

The internet offers an

amazing diversity of

opportunities, contacts,

ideas and perspectives.

Every day is a new

opportunity. You can

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success or put its

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1st Saint David’s Day - Christian

2nd Nineteen Day Fast begins -Bahá’í

4th Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian

8th Purim- Judaism

Magha Puja Day- Buddhist

+ROL- Hindu

,QWHUQDWLRQDO:RPHQ·V'D\ 9th +ROD0RKDOOD- Sikh

13th L Ron Hubbard birthday -Scientology

17th St Patrick’s Day- Christian,

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18th Mothering Sunday- Christian

19th Saint Joseph’s Day-Christian

20th Spring Equinox

Ostara- Wicca Northern hemisphere

Mabon- Wicca Southern hemisphere

Nineteen Day Fast ends -Bahá’í

21st Naw Ruz (New Year)- Bahá’í

Norouz (New Year)- Persian/ Zoroastrian

,QWHUQDWLRQDO'D\IRUWKH HOLPLQDWLRQRI5DFLDO Discrimination 23rd New Year- Hindu

Ramayana begins- Hindu

25th $QQXQFLDWLRQRIWKH%OHVVHG Virgin Mary- Christian

26th .KRUGDG6DO%LUWKRI3URSKHW Zaranhushtra) - Zoroastrian

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is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month |

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April

2012

Diversity

Perspectives

Shoe size is an element of

diversity.

Write it on your heart

that every day is the

best day in the year.

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1st 3DOP6XQGD\ - Christian

Ramayana ends - Hindu

Ramanavami - Hindu

2nd :RUOG$XWLVP$ZDUHQHVV'D\ 5th Maundy Thursday - Christian

6th Good Friday - All Christians

Theravadin New Year begins -Buddhist

/RUG·V(YHQLQJ0HDO -Jehovah’s Witness Christians

Hanuman Jayanti- Hindu

Mahavir Jayanti - Jain

%DQN+ROLGD\ - England/NI/ Scotland/Wales/ROI

7th Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian

Pesach (Passover) begins - Judaism

:RUOG+HDOWK'D\ 8th Easter Sunday - Christian

3DOP6XQGD\ - Orthodox Christian

9th Theravadin New Year ends - Buddhist

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- England/NI/Scotland/Wales/ ROI

13th +RO\)ULGD\ - Orthodox Christian

Vaisakhi- Sikh

14th Birthday of Guru Nanak- Sikh

Baisakhi New Year - Sikh

Pesach (Passover) ends - Judaism

15th Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian

18th Birthday of Guru Angad Dev -

Sikh

19th Yom HaShoah- Judaism

21st First Day of Ridvan- Bahá’í

23rd St. George’s Day - Christian

25th :RUOG0DODULD'D\ 26th Yom Ha’Atzmaut - Judaism

29th Ninth Day of Ridvan - Bahá’í

30th Saint James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian

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May

2012

Diversity

Perspectives

The rainbow needs all its

colours or it wouldn’t be a

rainbow.

Live out of your

imagination, not your

history.

Stephen R. Covey

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1st %HOWDQH - Samhain - Wicca Northern and Southern hemispheres

2nd 7ZHOIWK'D\RI5LGYDQ - Bahá’í

3rd 1DWLRQDO'D\RI3UD\HU - Interfaith USA

5th Buddha Day - Wesak - Buddhist

7th (DUO\0D\%DQN+ROLGD\ - England/NI/Scotland/Wales/ ROI

8th :RUOG5HG&URVV'D\ 9th Europe Day of the European

Union (EU)

10th Lag B’Omer - Judaism

12th ,QWHUQDWLRQDO1XUVHV'D\ 15th ,QWHUQDWLRQDO'D\RI)DPLOLHV 17th Ascension Day - Christian

20th <RP<HUXVKDOD\LP-Judaism

21st :RUOG'D\IRU&XOWXUDO'LYHUVLW\ 'LDORJXHDQG'HYHORSPHQW 23rd 'HFODUDWLRQRIWKH%DE - Bahá’í

Birthday of Guru Amar Das - Sikh

24th Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian

27th Pentecost - Christian

Shavuot begins - Judaism

29th $VFHQVLRQRI%DKD·X·OODK - Bahá’í

,QWHUQDWLRQDO'D\RI81 Peacekeepers

Shavuot ends - Judaism

31st :RUOG1R6PRNLQJ'D\

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is National Stroke Awareness Month | Cystic Fibrosis Month |

Mental Health Awareness Month

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June

2012

Diversity

Perspectives

Fairness is treating all

children like they are your

own children.

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way.

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3rd Trinity Sunday - Christian

4th 6SULQJ%DQN+ROLGD\- England/ NI/Scotland/Wales/ROI 5th 4XHHQ·V'LDPRQG-XELOHH %DQN+ROLGD\ - England/NI/ Scotland/Wales :RUOG(QYLURQPHQW'D\ 7th Corpus Christi - Catholic

Christian

9th 6DLQW&ROXPEDRI,RQD -Christian

10th $OO6DLQWV- Orthodox Christian

Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian

14th :RUOG%ORRG'RQRU'D\ 16th /DLODWDO0LUDM- Islam

Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh

17th Fathers’ Day

:RUOG'D\WR&RPEDW 'HVHUWLÀFDWLRQDQG'URXJKW 19th New Church Day -

Swedenborgian Christian

20th 6XPPHU6ROVWLFH Litha - Wicca Northern hemisphere

<XOH - Wicca Southern hemisphere

Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox

:RUOG5HIXJHH'D\ 29th 6DLQWV3HWHUDQG3DXO - Christian

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is Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month

Male Cancer Awareness Month

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July

2012

Diversity

Perspectives

Inclusion means saying hello

to the person sitting begging

on the street with an old

coffee cup.

Happiness is not a

destination. It is a

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3rd $VDOKD3XMD'KDUPD'D\ - Buddhist 4th /DLODWDW%DUD·DK - Islam

9th Martyrdom of the Bab - Bahá’í

11th :RUOG3RSXODWLRQ'D\ 12th %DQN+ROLGD\%DWOHRIWKH

Boyne - NI

13th Obon begins - Buddhist - Shinto

15th Saint Swithin’s Day - Christian

6DLQW9ODGLPLU'D\3DWURQRI 5XVVLDQ&DWKROLFV - Christian

16th Obon ends - Buddhist - Shinto

19th Jamshedi Noruz – Qadimi Zoroastrian

20th Ramadan begins - Islam

22nd 6W0DU\0DJGDOHQH- Christian

Parents’ Day

23rd (PSHURU+DLOH6HODVVL,ELUWKGD\

- Rastafari

Birthday of Guru Har Krishen

- Sikh

24th Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian

.KRUGDG6DO4DGLPL - Zoroastrian

25th Saint James the Great Day - Christian

27th Opening Ceremony of the /RQGRQ2O\PSLF*DPHV 29th Tisha B’Av - Judaism

30th Friendship Day

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August

2012

Diversity

Perspectives

You can promote diversity

by planting ‘a golden

seed’. Take a moment to

tell someone what they are

really good at.

Action expresses

priorities.

Mahatma Gandhi

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1st )DVWLQ+RQRXURI+RO\0RWKHU of Jesus - Orthodox Christian

Lammas - Christian

2nd Raksha Bandhan - Hindu

Lugnassad- Imbolc - Wicca Northern and Southern hemispheres 6th 7UDQVÀJXUDWLRQRIWKH/RUG - Orthodox Christian 6XPPHU%DQN+ROLGD\ - Scotland/ROI 9th ,QWHUQDWLRQDO'D\RIWKH:RUOG·V ,QGLJHQRXV3HRSOH

10th Krishna Janmashtami - Hindu

12th &ORVLQJ&HUHPRQ\RIWKH /RQGRQ2O\PSLF*DPHV ,QWHUQDWLRQDO<RXWK'D\ 14th /DLODWDO.DGU - Islam

15th Assumption of Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian

Dormition of the Theotokos -Orthodox Christian

18th Jamshedi Noruz, Shenshai - Zoroastrian

Ramadan ends - Islam

19th (LGDO)LWU - Islam

23rd .KRUGDG6DO6KHQVKDL - Zoroastrian

27th 6XPPHU%DQN+ROLGD\ - England/NI/Wales

29th Opening Ceremony of the /RQGRQ3DUDO\PSLF Games

Beheading of John the Baptist

- Christian

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September

2012

Diversity

Perspectives

We live in a country of

communities.

Be kind, for everyone

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1st (FFOHVLDVWLFDO<HDUEHJLQV - Orthodox Christian

8th Nativity of Mary - Christian

,QWHUQDWLRQDO/LWHUDF\'D\ 9th &ORVLQJ&HUHPRQ\RIWKH /RQGRQ3DUDO\PSLF Games

14th (OHYDWLRQRIWKH/LIH*LYLQJ Cross - Holy Cross Day - Christian

15th ,QWHUQDWLRQDO'D\RI Democracy

17th Rosh Hashanah begins - Judaism

18th Rosh Hashanah ends - Judaism

19th Ganesh Chaturthi - Hindu

20th Paryushana Parva begins - Jain

21st ,QWHUQDWLRQDO'D\RI3HDFH :RUOG$O]KHLPHU·V'D\ 22nd Autumn Equinox

Mabon - Wicca Northern hemisphere

Ostata - Wicca Southern hemisphere

26th Yom Kippur - Judaism

28th Mesket- Ethiopian Orthodox Christian

29th 0LFKDHOPDV - Michael and All Angels - Christian

Paryushana Parva ends - Jain

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October

2012

Diversity

Perspectives

Wisdom comes with age.

We have a growing elderly

population. How can we

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insight and understanding?

Ideas are the

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fortunes.

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Sukkot begins (1-2 Primary 2EOLJDWLRQ'D\V- Judaism

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4th Saint Francis Day - Catholic Christian

7th Sukkot ends - Judaism

8th Shemini Atzeret - Judaism

Thanksgiving - Canada, Interfaith

9th Birthday of Guru Ram Das - Sikh

Simhat Torah - Judaism

10th :RUOG0HQWDO+HDOWK'D\ 16th Navaratri begins - Hindu

:RUOG)RRG'D\ 17th ,QWHUQDWLRQDO'D\IRUWKH

Eradication of Poverty 18th 6DLQW/XNH$SRVWOHDQG

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20th Birth of the Báb - Bahá’í

,QVWDOODWLRQRI6FULSWXUHVDV Gukru Granth - Sikh

23rd Navaratri ends - Hindu

24th Dasera - Hindu

United Nations Day

25th :DTIDO$UDID+DMM'D\- Islam

26th (LGDO$GKD- Islam

28th 0LOYLDQ%ULGJH'D\- Christian

Reformation Day - Protestant Christian 29th 2FWREHU%DQN+ROLGD\- ROI 31st $OO+DOORZV(YH- Christian

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31 October

is Black History Month (BHM) | National Poetry Month |

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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November

2012

Diversity

Perspectives

Stereotyping is the opposite

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and reduces. The other

expands and explores.

Nothing is worth more

than this day.

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Goethe

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1st $OO6DLQWV·'D\ - Christian

6DPKDLQ%HOWDQH - Wicca Northern and Southern hemispheres

2nd $OO6RXOV·'D\ - Catholic Christian

Jain New Year - Jain

11th Armistice Day - Multifaith

Remembrance Sunday - Multifaith

12th %LUWKRI%DKD·X·OODK - Bahá’í

13th 'LZDOL - Hindu - Jain - Sikh

:RUOG.LQGQHVV'D\ 14th :RUOG'LDEHWHV'D\ 15th Hijra - New Year - Islam

Nativity Fast begins through Dec 24 - Orthodox Christian

16th ,QWHUQDWLRQDO'D\IRU7ROHUDQFH 20th 8QLYHUVDO&KLOGUHQ·V'D\ 21st Thanksgiving - Interfaith

22nd <XOH - Christian

24th Ashura - Islam

Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom

- Sikh

25th Christ the King - Christian

26th Day of the Covenant - Bahá’í

28th $VFHQVLRQRI$EGX·O%DKD - Bahá’í

Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh

30th Saint Andrew’s Day - Christian, Bank Holiday Scotland

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is Lung Cancer Awareness Month | Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month |

National Homeless Youth Awareness Month

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December

2012

Diversity

Perspectives

A Christmas present is to

celebrate a Christmas past.

Change your thoughts,

and you change your

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2nd Advent - First Sunday - Christian

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3rd ,QWHUQDWLRQDO'D\RI3HUVRQV ZLWK'LVDELOLWLHV

6th 6DLQW1LFKRODV'D\ - Christian

8th Rohatsu (Bodhi Day) - Buddhist

,PPDFXODWH&RQFHSWLRQRI Mary - Catholic Christian

Hanukkah begins - Judaism

10th Human Rights Day

16th Posadas Navidenas begins - Christian

Hanukkah ends - Judaism

18th ,QWHUQDWLRQDO0LJUDQWV'D\ 21st :LQWHU6ROVWLFH

<XOH - Wicca Northern hemisphere

Litha - Wicca Southern hemisphere

<XOH - Christian

25th Christmas - Christian

Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian

Posadas Navidenas ends - Christian

%DQN+ROLGD\ - England/NI/ Scotland/Wales/ROI

26th Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) - Zoroastrian

St Stephen’s Day - Christian

%R[LQJ'D\%DQN+ROLGD\ - England/NI/Scotland/Wales/ ROI 28th +RO\,QQRFHQWV - Christian 30th )HDVWRIWKH+RO\)DPLO\ - Catholic Christian

31st Watch Night - Christian

Hogmany/New Year’s Eve

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‘Work It Out!’

‘A new approach to work

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nature of the modern

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Essentials of Jainism

Essentials of 18 more Religions and Beliefs

Some thoughts on Prayer

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Victimisation, Harassment and Discrimination in the

Workplace

Religion and Belief 20 Minute Workplace Audit

Building and Promoting Respect in the Workplace -

a handbook for Managers

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