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1 THE UK S LEADING & MOST TRUSTED DIVERSITY CALENDAR 240+ IMPORTANT DATES, HOLY DAYS, FESTIVALS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND BANK HOLIDAYS DIVERSITY CALENDAR 2014

2 diversiton leading the world in diversity Diversity Calendar 2014

3 January 2014 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path. Kahlil Gibran Diversity Perspectives (61) Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons... Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week st 2nd 5th 6th 7th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 18th 19th 20th 25th 26th 28th 31st Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian Feast of St. Basil - Orthodox Christian New Year s Day / Hogmany - Secular Gantan-sai - Shinto Bank Holiday - England/Scotland /Wales/Northern Ireland Bank Holiday - Scotland Guru Gobind Singh Birthday - Sikh Twelfth Night - Christian Epiphany - Christian Feast of Theophany - Orthodox Christian Christmas Day - Orthodox Christian Christmas Day - Ethiopian Rastafari Human Trafficking Awareness Day Baptism of Jesus - Christian Milad un Nabi - Islam Maghi - Sikh St Hilary s Day - Christian Makar Sankranti - Hindu Seijin Shiki (Adults Day) - Shinto Mahayana New Year Buddhist Tu B'Shevat - Jewish Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian World Religion Day - Bahá'í Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian St Paul s Day - Christian Australia Day Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian St Thomas Aquinas - Christian Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist Birthday of Guru Har Rai - Sikh January is Cervical Health Awareness Month Celebration of Life Month National Glaucoma Awareness Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

4 diversiton leading the world in diversity Diversity Calendar 2014

5 February 2014 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days The place to be happy is here, the time to be happy is now. Robert Ingersoll Week Diversity Perspectives (62) Desiderata...Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.... Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week st 2nd 3rd 4th 7th 8th 11th 12th 14th 15th 16th 20th 26th Saint Brigid of Kildare - Christian Candlemas - Christian Imbolc - Wicca/Pagan Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian Rissun Setsubun - Shinto Vasant Panchami - Hindu Deity as Mulk - Sacred Dominion - Bahá'í Parinirvana - Nirvana Day - Buddhist Our Lady of Lourdes - Christian Darwin Day Saint Valentine's Day - Christian Purim Katan - Judaism Nirvana Day - Buddhist Triodion begins - Christian World Day of Social Justice Ayyam-i-ha - Intercalary Days begin - Bahá'í (26th - 1st March) February is World Cancer Awareness Month Youth Leadership Month Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

6 diversiton leading the world in diversity Diversity Calendar 2014

7 March 2014 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days None of us is as smart as all of us. Japanese Proverb Diversity Perspectives (63) Desiderata...Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.... Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 March is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month International Women's Month st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 8th 9th 13th 16th 17th 19th 20th 21st 25th 26th 30th 31st Saint David s Day - Christian Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian Shabbat Shekalim - Judaism Nineteen Day Fast begins - Bahá'í Clean Monday - Lent begins - Orthodox Christian Hina-matsuri - Festival of dolls - Shinto Shrove Tuesday - Christian Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Christian International Womens Day - Secular Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian Ta'anit Esther - Judaism L. Ron Hubbard Birthday - Scientology Purim - Judaism Magha Puja Day - Buddhist Saint Patrick's Day - Christian Hola Mohalla - Sikh Shushan Purim - Jewish Bank Holiday - Northern Ireland Saint Joseph's Day - Christian Spring Equinox Ostara - Wicca Northem hemisphere Mabon - Wicca Southern hemisphere International Day of Happiness Naw Ruz - Bahá'í Jamshedi Noruz - Fasli - Zoroastrian Shubun-sai - Equinox Day - Shinto International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Secular Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian Khordad Sal - Zoroastrian Mothering Sunday - Christian British Summertime begins (BST) Ugadi - (Yugadi) - Hindu New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

8 diversiton leading the world in diversity Diversity Calendar 2014

9 April 2014 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days Teach this triple truth to all A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. Buddha Diversity Perspectives (64) Desiderata...If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.... Week 14 Week 15 Week 16 Week 17 Week st 7th 8th 12th 13th 14th 15th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 23rd 27th 29th April Fools Day World Health Day - Secular Swaminarayan Jayanti - Hindu Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday - Christian Vaisakhi - Sikh Birthday of Guru Nanak - Sikh Hola Mohalla - Sikh Fast of the Firstborn - Judaism Theravada New Year Passover (1st day) - Judaism Holy (Maundy) Thursday - Christian Good Friday - Christian Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur - Sikh Birthday of Guru Angad Dev - Sikh Bank Holiday - England/Wales/ Scotland/Northern Ireland Holy Saturday - Christian Easter Sunday - Christian Easter - Orthodox Christian First Day of Ridvan - Bahá'í Anniversary of Haile Selassie's visit to Jamaica - Rastafari Easter Monday - Christian Bank Holiday - England/Wales/ NI/Scotland/ROI First day of Ridvan - Bahá'í Passover ends - Judaism Saint George's Day - Christian Yom Hashoah - Low Sunday - Judaism Ninth Day of Ridvan - Bahá'í April is Autism Awareness Month Stress Awareness Month Bowel Cancer Awareness Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

10 diversiton leading the world in diversity Diversity Calendar 2014

11 May 2014 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind. John Allston Diversity Perspectives (65) Desiderata...Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.... Week 18 Week 19 Week 20 Week 21 Week st 2nd 4th 5th 8th 9th 12th 14th 15th 16th 18th 21st 23rd 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 31st Beltane - Wicca/Pagan National Day of Prayer - Interfaith Ridvan- Twelth Day - Bahá'í Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi calendar) - Sikh Yom Hazikaron - Judaism Yom Ha'Atzmaut - Judaism Bank Holiday - England/Wales/ Scotland/Northern Ireland World Red Cross Day Europe Day of the European Union - Secular International Nurses Day - Secular Wesak or Buddha Day - Buddhist Theravadin New Year - Buddhist (15th - 18th) International Day of Families International Day Against Homophobia - Secular Lag B'Omer - Judaism World Day for Cultural Diversity Dialogue and Development - Secular Declaration of the Bab - Bahá'í Birthday of Guru Amar Das - Sikh Saint Bede the Venerable - Christian Spring Bank Holiday - England/ Wales/Scotland/Northern Ireland Lailat al Miraj - Islam Yom Yerushalayim - Judaism Ascension of Baha'u'llah - Bahá'í Ascension Day - Christian International Day of UN Peacekeepers - Secular World No Smoking Day May is National Stroke Awareness Month Family Wellness Month Mental Health Awareness Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

12 diversiton leading the world in diversity Diversity Calendar 2014

13 June 2014 We are what we repeatedly do. Aristotle Diversity Perspectives (66) Desiderata...But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection.... Week 22 Week 23 Week 24 Week 25 Week 26 Week 27 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days 1st 4th 5th 8th 9th 14th 15th 16th 17th 19th 20th 21st 27th 28th 29th Ascension Day - Christian Children s Day - International Shavuot 1st Day - Judaism (4th - 5th) World Environment Day - Secular Pentecost - Christian Saint Columba of Iona - Christian Lailat al Bara'ah - Islam Trooping the Colour - Bank Holiday - Scotland World Blood Donor Day - Secular Trinity Sunday - Christian All Saints' Day - Orthodox Christian Father's Day - UK Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom - Sikh World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - Secular Corpus Christi - Christian - Roman Catholic Wolrd Refugee Day - Secular Summer Solstice Litha - Wicca Northern hemisphere Yule - Wicca Southern hemisphere Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian First day of Ramadan - Islam Saint's Peter and Paul's Day - Christian June is National Cancer Survivors Day Gay & Lesbian Pride Month Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month National Smile Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

14 diversiton leading the world in diversity Diversity Calendar 2014

15 July 2014 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days Enough shovels of earth - a mountain. Enough pails of water - a river. Chinese Proverb Diversity Perspectives (67) Desiderata...Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth... Week 27 Week 28 Week 29 Week 30 Week th 5th 9th 11th 12th 14th 15th 17th 19th 22nd 23rd 24th 28th 30th Independence Day - U.S. Birthday of Guru Hargobind - Sikh Martyrdom of the Bab - Bahá'í World Population Day - Secular Asala- Dharma Day - Buddhist Orangemen's Day Battle of the Boyne - Bank Holiday - Northern Ireland Bank Holiday - Northern Ireland Saint Vladimir Day - Christian Saint Swithin's Day - Christian Justice Day - International Jamshedi Noruz - Zoroastrian Saint Mary Magdalene - Christian Lalat al Kadr - Islam Birthday of Guru Har Krishen - Sikh Birthday of Haile Selassie I - Rastafari Pioneer Day - Mormon Khordad Sal - Zoroastrian Eid-Ul-Fitr - Islam (28th - 31st) Parent s Day - Secular Friendship Day - Secular July is National Ice Cream Month Make a Difference to Children Month Family Reunion Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

16 diversiton leading the world in diversity Diversity Calendar 2014

17 August 2014 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. Confucius Diversity Perspectives (68) Desiderata...Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.... Week 31 Week 32 Week 33 Week 34 Week st 4th 5th 6th 9th 12th 15th 17th 18th 23rd 25th 26th 29th 30th Lughnassad - Imbolc - Wicca Northern and Southern hemispheres Lammas - Christian Summer Bank Holiday - Scotland Independence Day - U.S. Tisha B'Av - Judaism Birthday of Guru Hargobind - Sikh Transfiguration - Christian International Day of the World s Indigenous People - Secular International Youth Day Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian Birthday of Marcus Garvey - Rastafari Krishna Janmashtami - Hindu Jamshedi Noruz - Shenshai, Zoroastrian Khordad Sal - Shenshai, Zoroastrian Summer Bank Holiday - England/ Wales/NI/Scotland Women s Equality Day Ganesh Chaturthi - Hindu Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian Paryushana Parva - Jainism August is Women s Small Business Month What will be your Legacy Month Black Business Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

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19 September 2014 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days Eighty percent of success is showing up. Woody Allen Diversity Perspectives (69) Desiderata...Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.... Week 36 Week 37 Week 38 Week 39 Week st 8th 11th 14th 15th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 27th 29th Ecclesiastical year begins - Orthodox Christian Nativity of Theotokos - Orthodox Christian Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian International Literacy Day Ethiopian New Year - Rastafari The Triumph of the Cross - Christian International Day of Democracy - Secular Leil Selichot - Judaism World s Alzheimer s Day - Secular International Day of Peace Autumn Equinox Mabon -Wicca Northern hemisphere Ostata - Wicca Southern hemisphere Summer Equinox - Pagan Saint Pio of Pietrelcina - Catholic Erev Rosh Hashana - Judaism Rosh Hashanah (eve) - Judaism Rosh Hashanah - Judaism Navaratri - Hindu (start) Meskel - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Fast of Gedalliah - Judaism Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel and Saint Raphael's Day - Christian September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month People Skills Month Women s Friendship Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

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21 October 2014 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. Thomas Edison Diversity Perspectives (70) Desiderata...And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.... Week 40 Week 41 Week 42 Week 43 Week October is Black History Month (UK) Breast Cancer Awareness Month Down Syndrome Awareness Month 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 9th 10th 13th 15th 16th 17th 20th 23rd 24th 25th 26th 28th 31st International Day of Older Persons - Secular Feast of the Guardian Angels - Christian International Day of Non-Violence - Secular Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day - Islam Navaratri - Hindu (ends) Dussera - Hindu Saint Francis Day - Catholic Christian Yom Kippur - Judaism Eid al Adha - Islam (4th - 7th) Sukkot - Judaism (9th - 15th) Tabernacles (Succoth) Birthday of Guru Ram Das - Sikh World Mental Health Day - Secular Saint Edward's Day - Christian Thanksgiving - Canada - Interfaith Hoshanah Rabbah - Judaism Al-Hijira - Islam Shemini Atzeret - Judaism World Food Day - Secular Simchat Torah - Judaism World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty - Secular Birth of the Bab - Bahá'í Installation of the scriptures as Gukru Granth - Sikh Diwali - Deepavali - Hindu/ Jainism/Sikh Jain New Year - Jainism United Nations Day Hijra New Year - Islam Reformation Day - Protestant Christian British Summer time ends (BST) - UK Milvian Bridge Day - Christian All Hallow's Eve - Christian Samhain (Halloween) - Pagan New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

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23 November 2014 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success. Dr. Joyce Brothers Diversity Perspectives (72) Desiderata...Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.... Week 44 Week 45 Week 46 Week 47 Week st 2nd 3rd 6th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 20th 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 30th All Saints Day - Christian All Souls Day - Catholic Christian All Saints Day - Christian Catholic Church England & Wales Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I - Rastafari Ashura - Islam Birthday of Guru Nanak - Sikh Armistice Day - Interfaith Birth of Baha'u'llah - Bahá'í World Kindess Day - Secular World Diabetes Day - Secular Shichigosan - Shinto Winter Lent - Orthodox Christians (start) International Day for Tolerance Saint Hilda - Christian Universal Children s Day - UN Christ the King - Christian Niinamese - Shinto Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh Winter Lent - Orthodox Christians (end) Day of the Convenant - Bahá'í Thanksgiving - Interfaith USA Ascension of the Abdu'l - Baha - Bahá'í Saint Andrew's Day - Christian Advent Sunday - Christian November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month Inspirational Role Models Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

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25 December 2014 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days Never look back unless you are planning to go that way. Henry David Thoreau Diversity Perspectives (73)...With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata" Week 49 Week 50 Week 51 Week 52 Week December is National Drink Driving Prevention Month Spiritual Literacy Month Write to a Friend month 1st 2nd 3rd 5th 6th 8th 10th 12th 13th 18th 21st 24th 25th 26th 28th 31st Bank Holiday - Scotland World AIDS Day - Secular International Day for the Abolition of Slavery - Secular International Day of Persons with Disabilities - Secular International Volunteer Day for Economoc and Social Development - Secular Saint Nicholas Day - Christian Feast of the Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian Rohatsu - Bodhi Day - Buddhist Human Rights Day Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian Saint Lucy s Day - Christian Pasadas Navidenas - Christian (start) International Migrants Day - Secular Winter Solstice Litha - Wicca/Pagan Southern Hemisphere Yule - Wicca/Pagan Northern Hemisphere Yule - Christian Christmas Eve - Christian Christmas Day - Christian Bank Holiday - England/Wales/ Scotland /Northern Ireland/ROI Saint Stephen's Day - Christian Boxing Day - Secular Zarathosht Diso - Zoroastrian Bank Holiday - England/Wales/ Scotland/Northern Ireland/ROI Holy Innocents - Christian Watch Night - Christian Hogmany / New Year's Eve New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

26 Diversity Champion Award 2014 Diversiton s Member Area is available for all your Staff All of your staff can have use of the full collection of ebooks throughout 2014 for one all inclusive cost of just 895 per organisation. This is irrespective of the number of employees. A two year license costs just carmel@diversiton.com and quote Membership offer or call Shanine on We will give immediate access to all your staff. Here's some of the resources Best Practice Guides in Equality and Diversity Is your Organisation a Diversity Champion? The Diversity Champion Award is the International Diversity Mark which recognises and promotes organisational excellence and achievement in Diversity. The Diversity Champion Awards are open to all organisations - irrespective of size, geographical location or sector. Award winners can include the Diversity Champion logo on their website, letterhead and signage to promote their achievements in the field of Diversity. Key features of the Diversity Champion Award 1 A straightforward single status awards model. 2 A one tier approach. There is no need to progress through different levels of administration. 3 Inclusive and comprehensive. The Awards encompass all aspects of diversity. 4 Cost effective. There is a one registration fee with concessions for smaller organizations and non profits. 5 There is no requirement to purchase other services. 6 'Fast track' assessment of ALL applications. There is a two week timescale for the assessment of your application. 7 Independent. The Diversity Champion Awards are a 'not for profit' initiative administered by Diversiton. 8 All application are independently verified. Apply now Applications are welcome at any time. Please see If you have any questions or if we can help in any way with your application please do not hesitate to contact us. We can also work through the online form with you - tel: ~ Respect at Work ~ What is Diversity? ~ Meeting people from other Religions and Beliefs ~ 20 Minute Audit of Religion & Belief in the Workplace The 5 minute Guides to World Faiths The 5 Minute Guides to World Faiths are including each of the following: Humanism, Jainism, Bahá í faith, Hinduism, 18 more Religions and Beliefs, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Atheism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, Agnosticism, Secularism, Paganism, Quakers, Scientology, Postmodernism, Rastafarianism, Taoism, Confucianism and many more. ~ The A to Z of Religion and Belief ~ Age Diversity in the Workplace ~ Transgender in the Workplace ~ Discrimination and Harassment at Work - a short practical guide Great Quotes on Life Series Great quotes on life shares the very best quotes about happiness, gratitude, spirituality, etc. The collection include: Top 100 Great Quotes on life, Quotes on Life, Spiritual Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Christian Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sad Quotes and more.

27 Diversity Champions 2014 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust NHS Incorporating T N G and Inbiz Cambridgeshire and Peterborough East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust NHS Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust NHS London Borough of Redbridge North East London NHS Foundation Trust NHS element I4 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS Wolverhampton Homes

28 City of Glasgow College Scottish Charity No SC Bespoke Online Diversity Calendar 2014 More organisations every year are asking for their Online Diversity Calendar to be made more bespoke to their organisation. Additional dates, alternative photos, quotes and information, and a new front cover can all be included to ensure the calendar is perfectly suited for your needs. How do we help people get back to work in our local communities? Work It Out! is a whole new approach to finding work. Participants work collaboratively, share ideas and encourage each other - in order to generate income, build projects and develop workpieces. Over 4,000 participants have already attended the hugely successful Work It Out! workshops across the UK. WorkCentres providing local support for Work It Out! groups are now being established across the UK by Local Authorities, Faith based organisations, Charities and Community Groups, Business and Prisons. Work with us and help people get back to work in your area. Contact: Des McCabe - desmccabe@diversiton.com Create your own cover Add an extra page ALT OGET HER STR ONGE R WE WILL POSITIVELY PROMOTE EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL In doing so, the College will: Foster good relations based on dignity and respect; Advance equality of opportunity for individuals;and Eliminate harassment, victimisationand discrimination. For further information, please contact Diversity & Equalities diversity&equalities@cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk t: Change photos Based on the bestselling book 'Work It Out! How to find the work you always wanted in a shifting jobs market' Work It Out! is a new approach to work and jobs which reflects the nature of the modern economy Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Insert your own quotes Add your own dates Let us help you create your own Bespoke Online Diversity Calendar for Copyright and License Notice "Without limit, copying, reproduction or redistribution of this Diversity Calendar (whether by paper or via any computer system or web page) is expressly prohibited unless such reproduction or redistribution is expressly permitted by the License Agreement that your organisation has established with Diversiton Ltd. To the extent a name or logo does not appear on any part of this publication does not constitute a waiver of any and all intellectual property rights that Diversiton or its clients/affiliates has established in this product. Users may assume no right to modify, transfer, sell or create derivative works from this Diversity Calendar. The Diversity Calendar is wholly owned under copyright by Diversiton Ltd." 2013 Diversiton Ltd. All rights reserved. Produced by Diversiton: 8 Osborne Promenade, Warrenpoint, Co Down, N. Ireland, BT34 3NQ Tel 44 (0) ISBN >

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