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DiversityEventsCalendar

2010

©Copyright MMU 2010

Diversity EventsCalendar

2010The calendar is animportant resource forMMU, particularly interms of academicplanning aroundreligious festivals andholidays. It will alsohelp raise awareness ofequality and diversityand more generally wellbeing issues.

Please note, some of thedates forevents/religiousholidays may be subjectto change

Key:Academic Dates

Baha’i:

http://www.bahai.org.uk

Christian:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/

Jewish:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/

Rastafarian:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/rastafari/

Zoroastrian:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/zoroastrian/

Buddhist:

http://www.buddhanet.net/

Hindu:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/hinduism/

Muslim:

http://www.islamfortoday.com/beliefs.htm

Shinto:

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2056.html

Chinese:

http://www.religionfacts.com/chinese_religion/index.htm

Jain:

http://www.jaincentre.com/

Pagan:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/paganism/

Sikh

http://www.sikhs.org/

“Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important,in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not”

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 64) U.S. novelist and short-story writer

January 2010

Spring Term11 January – 26 March

‘Feel Good Week’ –Student Union18 – 24 Januarywww.mmunion.co.uk

Week of Prayer forChristian Unity18 – 25 January

Week1

Week2

Week3

Week4

Week5

Diversity Events Calendar 2010 January

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

4WWoorrlldd BBrraaiillllee DDaayy

11SSpprriinngg TTeerrmm SSttaarrttss

18

25Honen Memorial Day(Buddhist)

St Paul’s Day – His conversionon the road to Damascus(Christian)

5Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh(Sikh)

12

19

26

6Christmas Day(Christian – ArmenianOrthodox)

Theophany – Baptism of Jesus(Christian – Orthodox)

Epiphany(Christian)

13St Hilary’s Day – “coldest day of the year”(Christian)

20Vasant Panchami(Hindu)

27NNaattiioonnaall HHoollooccaauusstt MMeemmoorriiaall DDaayy

7Christmas Day(Rastafari – Ethiopian)

Christmas Day(Christian – Orthodox)

14Makar Sankrant/Lohri(Hindu)

21St Agnes – Patron Saint of girls(Christian)

28St Thomas Aquinas(Christian)

1BBaannkk HHoolliiddaayyNew Year’s Day(Western Calendar)

Day Jesus was Circumcised(Christian – Secular)

Festival of St Basil the Great (Christian – Orthodox)

Oshogatsu/Shogatsu(Shinto)

8

15Sejjin Shiki (Adult’s Day)(Shinto)

22

29

2

9

16Shinran Memorial Day(Buddhist)

23

30Tu B’Shevat – New Year for Trees(Jewish)

3Epiphany(Christian – Catholic)

10Baptism of the Lord(Christian)

17WWoorrlldd RReelliiggiioonn DDaayy

24

31Birthday of Guru Har Rai(Sikh)

“Action may not always bring happiness…but there is no happiness

without action.”Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 81) British Prime Minister

February 2010

LGBT History Month

Wear Red for NationalHeart Month1 – 28 Febwww.bhf.org.uk/red

Obsessive CompulsiveDisorder Week6 – 13 Febwww.ocdaction.org.uk

International ChildhoodCancer Day15 Febwww.icccpo.org

International MotherLanguage Day21 Febwww.un.org

World Thinking Day22 Febwww.worldthinkingday.org/en/home

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Diversity Events Calendar 2010 February

1Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

8Parinirvana – Nirvana Day(Buddhist)

15IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaallCChhiillddhhoooodd CCaanncceerrDDaayy

Nirvana Day (Alternative day)(Buddhist)

Clean Monday – Beginning of Lent(Christian – Orthodox)

22WWoorrlldd TThhiinnkkiinngg DDaayy (Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)

2Candlemas(Christian – Anglican)

Presentation of the Lord (Christian – Catholic)

Imbolc(Pagan)

9

16Nichiren Daishonin born 1222(Buddhist)

Shrove Tuesday(Christian)

23

3Rissun (Setsubun)(Shinto)

10

17Ash Wednesday (1st Day of Lent)(Christian – Western)

Vasant Panchami/SaraswatiPuja(Hindu)

24

4

11Our Lady of Lourdes(Christian)

18

25Fast of Esther (Taanit Esther)(Jewish)

5

12Mahashivrati(Hindu)

19

26Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (20th Aug 570 CE)(Muslim – Sunni)

6IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall DDaayyAAggaaiinnsstt FFeemmaalleeGGeenniittaallMMuuttiillaattiioonn//CCuuttttiinngg

13

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27

7

14Losar(Buddhist)

Chinese New Year – Year of the Tiger

St Valentine’s Day(Christian)

21IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall MMootthheerr LLaanngguuaaggee DDaayy

28Magha Puja(Buddhist)

Tengh Chieh(Chinese)

Holi 1st day(Hindu)

Purim(Jewish)

“In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on thedifference between their own creed and yours; whilst the charm of the study is in finding the agreements and identities in all thereligions of humanity.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) American essayist, philosopher and poet

March 2010

Prostrate Cancer Awareness Month

Manchester IrishFestival5 – 21 Marwww.manchesteririshfestival.com/

Mind, Body and SpiritWeek at MMU15 - 19 Mar

Brain Awareness Week15 – 21 Marwww.edab.net

Mental Health Action Week23 – 29 Marwww.mentalhealth.org.uk

Holy Week (Christian)28 Mar – 4 April

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Diversity Events Calendar 2010 March


St David’s Day/Dewi Sant –Patron Saint of Wales(Christian)

Holi 2nd day(Hindu)

Shushan Purim(Jewish)

Hola Mohalla (Lunar calendar)(Sikh)

8IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaallWWoommeenn’’ss DDaayywwwwww..uunn..oorrgg

Nineteen Days Fast(Baha’i)

15Nineteen Days Fast(Baha’i)

22WWoorrlldd WWaatteerr DDaayy

29Hanuman Jayanti 29th – 30th Mar(Hindu)

Fast of the Firstborn(Jewish)

2Nineteen Day Fast (start)(Baha’i)

Hola Mahalla/Mohalla(Sikh)



23

30Hanuman Jayanti(Hindu)

Passover/Pesach(Jewish)

Theravada New Year(Buddhist)

Magha Puja(Buddhist)

3Hina-matsuri – Festival of Dolla(Shinto)

Milad un Nabi (Shia)(Muslim)



17St Patrick’s Day – Patron Saint of Ireland(Christian)


24WWoorrlldd TTBB DDaayy

Rama Navami(Hindu)

Swaminarayan Jayanti(Hindu)

31Passover/Pesach(Jewish)




25The Annunciation of the Lord to Mary(Christian)

5WWoommeenn’’ss WWoorrlldd DDaayy ooff PPrraayyeerr((CChhrriissttiiaann))

St Piran’s Day – Patron Saint ofCornwall and tin miners(Christian)



19St Joseph’s day – Husband of the Blessed Mary(Christian)


26SSpprriinngg TTeerrmm EEnnddss

Khordad Sal (Fasli)(Zoroastrian)




Spring Equinox – Eoster 20th - 21st March(Pagan)

27WWoorrlldd TThheeaattrree DDaayy


14Mothering Sunday – 4th Sunday of Lent(Christian)


21IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall DDaayy ffoorr tthhee EElliimmiinnaattiioonn ooff RRaacciissmm

WWoorrlldd DDoowwnn SSyynnddrroommee DDaayy

WWoorrlldd PPooeettrryy DDaayy

Jamshedi Noruz (Fasli)(Zoroastrian)

Shubun-sai – Equinox day(Shinto)

Naw-Ruz(Baha’i)

28Palm Sunday – 6th and last Sunday of Lent(Christian)

Mahavira Jayanti 28th – 29thMarch(Jain)

“Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.”

Elbert Hubbard (1856 – 1915) Writer, publisher, artist, philosopher

April 2010

Summer Term19 April – 25 June

Holy Week - Christian28 Mar - 4 April

World Health Day4 Aprilwww.who.int/world-health-day/2010/en

Parkinson’s AwarenessWeek20 – 26 Aprilwww.whathealth.com/awareness/event/parkinsonsweek.html

Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

Week 18

Diversity Events Calendar 2010 April


5BBaannkk HHoolliiddaayy

Ch’ing Ming/Festival of PureBrightness(Chinese)


12

19SSuummmmeerr TTeerrmm SSttaarrttss

Yom Ha’atzmaut – Israel’sIndependence Day(Jewish)

26RReevviissiioonn WWeeeekk

Sixth day of Ridvan(Baha’i)

6Passover/Pesach(Jewish)

13Vaisakhi/Baisakhi(Sikh)

20

27Seventh day of Ridvan(BAha’i)

7

14Birthday of Guru Nanak(Nanakshahi calendar)(Sikh)

Hola Mohalla (Nanakshahicalendar)(Sikh)

21First day of Ridvan(Baha’i)

Anniversary of Haile Selassie’svisit to Jamaica(Rastafari)

28IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall WWoorrkkeerrss’’ MMeemmoorriiaallDDaayy

Eighth day of Ridvan(Baha’i)

1Maundy Thursday(Christian)


8Hanamatsuri(Buddhist)

15

22Second day of Ridvan(Baha’i)

29IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall DDaannccee DDaayy

Ninth day of Ridvan – Arrivalof Baha’u’llah’s familay at theRidvan garden(Baha’i)

2BBaannkk HHoolliiddaayy

World Austism Awareness Day

Good Friday(Christian)


9

16

23St George’s Day – Patron Saint of England(Christian)

Third day of Ridvan(Baha’i)

30Tenth day of Ridvan(Baha’i)

3Holy Saturday(Christian)


10

17WWoorrlldd HHaaeemmoopphhiilllliiaa DDaayy

24Fourth day of Ridvan(Baha’i)

4WWoorrlldd HHeeaalltthh DDaayy

International Day for MineAwareness and Mine Action

Easter Sunday(Christian – Western andOrthodox)


11Yom Hashoah – JewishHolocaust Memorial Day(Jewish)

18WWoorrlldd HHeerriittaaggee DDaayyBirthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur(Nanakshahi calendar)(Sikh)

Birthday of Guru Angad Dev(Nanakshahi calendar)(Sikh)

Yom Hazikaron(Jewish)

25WWoorrlldd MMaallaarriiaa DDaayy

Fifth day of Ridvan(Baha’i)

“The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute forexperience, while the error of age is to believe that experience is asubstitute for intelligence.”

Lyman Bryson (1888 – 1959) U.S. educator

May 2010

Deaf Awareness WeekEarly May 2010www.rnid.org.uk/howwehelp/campaigning/

Christian Aid Week9 – 15 May

Queer Up NorthInternational Festival12 – 25 Maywww.queerupnorth.com

InternationalConscientiousObjectors’ Day – AWorld Without War!15 Maywww.wri-irg.org

National Family Week31 May – 6 Junewww.nationalfamilyweek.co.uk

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Week 19

Week 20

Week 21

Week 22

Week 23

Diversity Events Calendar 2010 May


3MMaayyddaayy BBaannkk HHoolliiddaayy

EExxaammiinnaattiioonn WWeeeekk 11

WWoorrlldd PPrreessss FFrreeeeddoomm DDaayy

10EExxaammiinnaattiioonn WWeeeekk 22

17EExxaammiinnaattiioonn WWeeeekk 33

24

31SSpprriinngg BBaannkk HHoolliiddaayy

4

11

18

25

31

5IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall DDaayy ooff tthhee MMiiddwwiiffee

12Yom Yerushalayim – Jerusalem day(Jewish)

19Shavuot (1st day)(Jewish)

26Zartusht-No-Diso(Zoroastrian)

6

13Ascension Day (40 days afterEaster)(Christian)

20Shavuot (2nd day)(Jewish)

27Wesak or Buddha day(Buddhist)

7

14

21

28

1Eleventh day of Ridvan(Baha’i)

Beltiane(Pagan)

8WWoorrlldd RReedd CCrroossss RReedd CCrreesscceenntt DDaayy((AAnnnniivveerrssaarryy ooff tthheeffoouunnddeerr ooff tthhee RReeddCCrroossss))

15IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall CCoonnsscciieennttiioouuss OObbjjeeccttoorrss’’ DDaayy –– AAWWoorrlldd WWiitthhoouutt WWaarr!!

IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall DDaayy ooffFFaammiilliieess

22

29Ascension of Baha’u’llah(Baha’i)

2Twelfth day of Ridvan –Baha’u’llah’s departure from the Ridvan garden(Baha’i)

Lag B’Omer(Jewish)

Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev(Nanakshahi calendar)(Sikh)

9

16Ascension Day(Christian – Catholic)

23Declaration of the Bab(Baha’i)

Pentecost – Whitsun(Christian)

Birthday of Guru Amar Das(Nanakshahi calendar)(Sikh)

30Trinity Sunday(Christian)

All Saint’s Day(Christian – Orthodox)

“Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.”

John F Kennedy (1917 – 63) U.S. president

June 2010

National Family Week31 May – 6 Junewww.nationalfamilyweek.co.uk

National Men’s HealthWeek14 - 20 Junewww.menshealthforum.org.uk

Refuge Week16 – 22 Junewww.rnid.org.uk/howwehelp/campaigning/

Combined HonoursBoards Results IssuedTo Students 21 - 25 June

Week 23

Week 24

Week 25

Week 26

Week 27

Diversity Events Calendar 2010 June


7PPrrooggrreessssiioonn && FFiinnaall AAsssseessssmmeennttBBooaarrddss WWeeeekk 11

14PPrrooggrreessssiioonn && FFiinnaall AAsssseessssmmeennttBBooaarrddss WWeeeekk 22

21Summer Solstice – Litha – Longest day of the year(Pagan)

28

1

8

15

22

29St Peter’s day(Christian)

17th Tammuz(Jewish)

2

9

16Dragon Boat Festival(Chinese)

Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev(Nanakshahi calendar)(Sikh)

23

30

3Corpus Christi(Christian)

Day of Thanksgiving for theInstitution of Holy Communion(Christian – Anglican)

10

17

24

31

4

11

18

25SSuummmmeerr TTeerrmm EEnnddss

5

12

19

26

6Corpus Christi(Christian – Catholic)

13

20

27

“Tolerance is the first principal of community; it is the spirit whichconserves the best that all men think.”

Helen Keller (1880 – 1968) U.S. deafblind author and activist

July 2010

The Great Indoors – liveevents and join-inactivities aimed atchildren and families,Manchester Town Hall10.30am – 5.30pm11-12 Julywww.mif.co.uk

Carnival of Caribbeantradition of the steel pan,Alexandra Park18 -19 Julywww.caribbeancarnivalofmanchester.co.uk

Urban MovesInternational DanceFestival23 – 25 Julywww.urbanmovesfestival.co.uk/UM08/UM_downloads/sponsors.pdf

Manchester Jazz Festival,Various Venues24 July – 1 Augustwww.manchesterjazz.com

Celebration of SouthAsian arts and culture,Platt Fields Park25 – 26 Julywww.manchestermela.co.uk

Week 27

Week 28

Week 29

Week 30

Week 31

Diversity Events Calendar 2010 July


5Birthday of Guru Hargobind(Nanakshani calendar)(Sikh)

12AAwwaarrdd CCeerreemmoonniieess 1122tthh –– 1166tthh

19

26Asalha Puja – Dharma Day(Buddhist)

The night of forgiveness 26th – 27th(Muslim)

6

13Ratha Yatra(Hindu)

20Tisha B’Av(Jewish)

Jamshedi Noruz (Qadimi)(Zoroastrian)

27

7

14

21

28

1

8The Prophets night journey and ascension 8th – 9th (Muslim)

15BBPP SSuummmmeerr bbiiggSSccrreeeennss –– EExxcchhaannggee SSqquuaarreewww.roh.org.uk/bpbigscreens

Chokor(Budhhist)

St Swithin’s Day(Christian)

22

29

2

9Martyrdom of the Bab(Baha’i)

16

23Pioneer Day(Mormon)

Birthday of Haile Selassie I(Rastafari)

Birthday of Guru Har Krishen(Nanakshahi calendar)(Sikh)

30

3

10

17

24

31

4

11

18

25Khordad Sal (Qadimi)(Zoroastrian)

“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right

to be different is maybe even greater.Paul David Hewson “Bono”

(1960 – present) Lead Singer of U2

August 2010

Exodus Festival, Urbisand Cathedral Gardens Date tbcwww.can.uk.com/exodus

Manchester Pride 2010Date tbcwww.manchesterpride.com

Skyride ManchesterDate tbcwww.goskyride.com

United NationsInternational Youth Day12 Augwww.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/international-youth-day

Week 31

Week 32

Week 33

Week 34

Week 35

Week 36

Diversity Events Calendar 2010 August


2SSttaarrtt ooff AAccaaddeemmiicc YYrr 1100//1111

9Farvardigan 9th – 18th(Muktad)(Zoroastrian)

16Ramadam(Muslim)

23Ramadam(Muslim)

30SSuummmmeerr BBaannkk HHoolliiddaayy

Ramadam(Muslim)

3

10

17Ramadam(Muslim)

Birthday of Marcus Garvey(Rastafari)

24Raksha Bandhan(Hindu)

Ramadam(Muslim)

Khordad Sal (Shenshai)(Zoroastrian)

31Ramadam(Muslim)

4

11

18Ramadam(Muslim)

25Ramadam(Muslim)

5

12UUnniitteedd NNaattiioonnss IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall YYoouutthhDDaayy

Ramadam begins (30 days)(Muslim)

19Ramadam(Muslim)

Jamshedi Noruz (Shenshaicalendar)(Zoroastrian)

26Ramadam(Muslim)

6The Transfiguration(Christian – Orthodox)

13Ramadam(Muslim)

O-Bon 13th – 16th(Shinto)

20Ramadam(Muslim)

27Ramadam(Muslim)

7

14Ramadam(Muslim)

21Ramadam(Muslim)

28Ramadam(Muslim)

1Lyghnasadh – Lammas(Pagan)

8

15Assumption of the BlessedVirgin Mary(Christian)

Dormition of the Theotokos(Christian – Orthodox)

Ramadam(Muslim)

22Ramadam(Muslim)

29Ramadam(Muslim)

“Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in thecomparison and conciliation of differences”

Mikhail Gorbachev(1931 - present) President of the Soviet Union

September2010

Autumn Term20 Sept – 17 Dec

Freshers Week20 – 26 Sept

World Alzheimer’s Day21 Septwww.alzheimers.org.uk/

Week 36

Week 37

Week 38

Week 39

Week 40

Diversity Events Calendar 2010 September


6RReessiitt BBooaarrddss 66tthh –– 1100tthh

Ramadam(Muslim)

13CCoommbb HHoonnss RReessiittBBooaarrddss 1133tthh –– 1177tthh

20AAuuttuummnn TTeerrmm bbeeggiinnss

EEnnrroollmmeenntt//IInndduuccttiioonnWWeeeekk

FFrreesshheerrss WWeeeekk

27TTeeaacchhiinngg SSttaarrttss

Sukkot(Jewish)

7Ramadam(Muslim)

14

21WWoorrlldd AAllzzhheeiimmeerr’’ss DDaayy

28Sukkot(Jewish)

1Ramadam(Muslim)

Installation of Sikh Scripture inHarmandir Sahib(Sikh)

8Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary(Christian – Catholic)

Nativity of the Theotokos(Christian – Orthodox)

Ramadam(Muslim)

15

22Sukkot (1st day)(Jewish)

Ganesh Chaturthi(Hindu)

Autumn Equinox(Pagan)

Shubun No Hi (Higan)(Shinto)

29Michaelmas/St Michael’s Day (Angel)(Christian)

Hoshanah Rabbah (7th day ofSukkot)(Jewish)

2Janmashtami – Krishna Jayanti(Hindu)

Ramadam(Muslim)

9Rosh Hashana (1st day)(Jewish)

Ramadam(Muslim)

16

23Sukkot(Jewish)

30Shemini Atzeret(Jewish)

3Ramadam(Muslim)

10Rosh Hashana (Last day)(Jewish)

Eid Al Fitr (end of Ramadan)(Muslim)

17

24Sukkot(Jewish)

4Ramadam(Muslim)

Lailat-Ul-Qadr 5th – 6th(Muslim)

11Fast of Gedalliah(Jewish)

Ethiopian new Year(Rastafari)

18Yom Kippur (Most solemn day of the Jewish Year) (Jewish)

25Sukkot(Jewish)

5Paryushana 5th – 12th (Jain)

Ramadam(Muslim)

12

19

26Sukkot(Jewish)

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in anation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin butby the content of their character.”

Martin Luther King (1929 – 68) U.S. civil rights leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

October 2010

Black History Monthwww.black-history-month.co.uk/

Breast CancerAwareness Monthwww.breastcancercare.org.uk

World Mental HealthDay10 Octwww.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/wmhd/

Interfaith Week ofPrayer for World PeaceDate tbc

Week 41

Week 42

Week 43

Week 44

Week 45

Diversity Events Calendar 2010 October


4

11Navaratri (Hindu)

18

25

5

12Navaratri (Hindu)

19

26

6

13St Edward’s day – Edward the Confessor wasKing of England 1042-1066(Christian)

Navaratri (Hindu)

20Birth of the Bab(Baha’i)

Conferring of Guruship on GuruGranth Sahib by Guru GobindSingh 1708(Sikh)

27

7

14Navaratri (Hindu)

21

28

1Simchat Torah(Jewish)

8Navaratri (start)(Hindu)

15Navaratri (Hindu)

22Pavarana(Buddhist)

29

2Soka Gakkai International (SGI) World Peace Day(Buddhist)

9Navaratri (Hindu)

Birthday of Guru Ram Das(Nanakshahi calendar)(Sikh)

16Chung Yuan(Chinese)

Navaratri (Last night)(Hindu)

23

30

3

10WWoorrlldd MMeennttaall HHeeaalltthh DDaayy

Navaratri (Hindu)

17Dussehra/Durga Puja(Hindu)

24

31Hallowe’en (All Hallows’ Eve)(Christian)

Samhain (Hallowe’en)(Pagan)

All Saints Day(Christian – Catholic)

“Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and itshould therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference isto respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace: respect for diversity.”

John Hume (1937 – present) founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party and co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize

November2010

National StressAwareness Day4 Novwww.isma.org.uk

Transgender Day ofRemembrance20 Novwww.transgenderdor.org/

Manchester ChristmasMarketsDate tbcwww.manchester.gov.uk/markets

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Week 46

Week 47

Week 48

Week 49

Diversity Events Calendar 2010 November


All Saints’ Day (Hallowmas, All Hallows’)(Christian – Anglicans andRoman Catholics)

8

15Shichigosan (7-5-3 festival)(Shinto)

22

29

2All Souls’ Day(Christian)

Coronation of Emperor HaileSelassie I(Rastafari)

9

16

23Niinamesei(Shinto)

30St Andrew’s Day – Patron Saint of Scotland,Greece and Russia(Christian)

3

10

17Eid al Adha/The Festival of Sacrifice (First Day)(Muslim)

24Martyrdom of Guru TeghBahadur (Nanakshahi calendar)(Sikh)

4NNaattiioonnaall SSttrreessssAAwwaarreenneessss DDaayy

11AArrmmiissttiiccee DDaayy ––mmaarrkkss tthhee eenndd ooff tthheeFFiirrsstt WWoorrlldd WWaarr

18Soka Gakkai founded 1930(Buddhist)

Eid al Adha/The Festival ofSacrifice(Muslim)

25

5Diwali – Festival of Lights(Hindu/Jain/Sikh)

12Birth of Baha’u’lah(Baha’i)

19Eid al Adha/The Festival of Sacrifice(Muslim)

26Day of the Covenant(Baha’i)

6

13

20Transgender Day ofRemembrance

Eid al Adha/The Festival ofSacrifice (Last day)(Muslim)

27

7

14RReemmeemmbbrraannccee SSuunnddaayy

21Anapasati day(Buddhist)

Birthday of Guru Nanak (Lunar Calendar)(Sikh)

28Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha(Baha’i)

Advent Sunday(Christian)

“One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attentionto things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or ourgender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.”

Franklin Thomas (1932 – present) Head of the TFF Study Group, a nonprofit institutionassisting development in South Africa

December2010

Manchester ChristmasMarketsDate tbcwww.manchester.gov.uk/markets

World Aids Day1 Decwww.worldaidsday.org

International Day ofPersons withDisabilities3 Decwww.un.org/disabilities/

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Week 51

Week 52

Week 53

Diversity Events Calendar 2010 December


5

13St Lucy’s Day(Christian)

20

27CChhrriissttmmaass DDaayyHHoolliiddaayy

7Al-Hijira – Islamic New Year(Muslim)

14

21Winter Solstice – Yule(Pagan)

28BBooxxiinngg DDaayy HHoolliiddaayy

1WWoorrlldd AAiiddss DDaayy

8Feast of the ImmaculateConception of the BlessedVirgin Mary(Christian)

Bodhi Day(Buddhist)

15

22

29

2Hanukkah – Festival of Lights 2nd – 9th (Jewish)

9

16Ashura(Muslim)

23

30

3IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall DDaayy ooff PPeerrssoonnss wwiitthh DDiissaabbiilliittiieess

10

17Autumn Term finishes

24Christmas Eve(Christian)

31NNeeww YYeeaarrss EEvvee(Western Calendar)

Omisoka(Shinto)

4

11

18

25Christmas Day(Christian)

5

12

19

26BBooxxiinngg DDaayy

St Stephen’s Day – 1stChristian Martyr(Christian)

Zartusht-No-Diso(Zoroastrian)

Equality and Diversity Team

Equality and Diversity Manager – Wendy [email protected] 0161 247 6294

Equality and Diversity Officer – Mona [email protected] 0161 247 3301

Equality and Diversity Co-ordinator – Vicci [email protected] 0161 247 6415

Equality and Diversity Assistant – Katherine [email protected] 0161 247 6417

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