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1 2015 Diversity Calendar

2 North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) create a culture which promotes Equality and Diversity (E&D). We pride ourselves on the wide range of people we employ and the services we deliver. Everyone at NECS has a role to play in encouraging E&D to ensure those with protected characteristics are taken into consideration in everything we do. If you have any good news stories, queries or any training requirements please contact necsu.equality@nhs.net The Protected Characteristics Age Race Sex Disability Gender Reassignment Sexual Orientation Marriage & Civil Partnership Pregnancy & Maternity Religion/Belief

3 UK Bank Holidays 1st January New Year s Day january 1st Orthodox Christian Feast of St Basil 5th Christian Twelfth Night Buddhist Mahayana New Year 6th Christian Dia de los Reyes Orthodox Christian Nativity of Christ - Armenian 7th Orthodox Christian Feast of the Nativity 11th Christian Baptism of the Lord Jesus 12th 18th National Obesity Awareness Week 13th Sikh Maghi 18th Christian Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins Baha I World Religion Day * (begins sundown on 17th) 19th Orthodox Christian Timkat - Ethiopian 24th Hindu - Vasant Panchami 25th Christian Conversion of St. Paul 25th 31st Cervical Cancer Prevention Week M T W T F S S New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

4 We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky. George H. W. Bush

5 February 1st 2nd 15th Orthodox Christian Triodion begins Christian Candlemas Anglican Christian Presentation of Christ in the Temple Celtic Christian St Brighid of Kildare Christian Transfiguration Sunday Orthodox Christian Meatfare Sunday 19th Baha i World Religion Day 22nd Orthodox Christian Cheesefare Sunday 23rd Orthodox Christian Clean Monday - Great Lent begins 26th - March 1st Baha i Intercalary Days M T W T F S S New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

6 We are all different, which is great because we are all unique. Without diversity life would be very boring. Catherine Pulsifer

7 march 1st Orthodox Christian Orthodox Sunday 1st 8th Patient Safety Awareness Week 2nd - 20th Baha i Nineteen Day Fast 5th Buddhist Magha Puja Day 6th Hindu Holi Sikh Hola Mohalla 8th International Womans Day 16th Freedom of Information Day 17th Hindu Maha Shivaratri 21st Baha i Naw Ruz (News Year) Hindu New Year 21st - 28th Hindu Ramayana 22nd Christian Saint Joseph s Day 25th Christian Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 26th Purple Day for Epilepsy 28th Hindu Ramanavami 30th National Doctors Day M T W T F S S New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

8 We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. Anne Frank

9 UK Bank Holidays 3rd April Good Friday 6th April Easter Monday APRIL 1st Youth Homelessness Matters Day 7th World Health Day 2nd 3rd 4th Autism Awareness Day Christian Maundy Thursday Jain Mahavir Jayanti Buddhist Therevadin New Year Hindu Hanuman Jayanti Orthodox Christian Lazarus Saturday 10th 12th 16th 21st 24th Orthodox Christian Holy Friday Orthodox Christian Pascha (Easter) Jewish Yom HaShoah (begins sundown on 15th) Baha i First Day of Ridvan (begins sundown on 20th) Jewish Yom Ha Atzmaut (begins sundown on 23rd) 5th Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday 29th Baha I Ninth Day of Ridvan (begins sundown on 28th) M T W T F S S New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

10 Diversity: the art of thinking independently together. Malcolm Forbes

11 UK Bank Holidays 4th May Early May Bank Holiday 25th May Spring Bank Holiday MAY 2nd Baha i Twelfth Day of Ridvan (begins sundown on 1st) 4th Buddhist Visakha Puja - Buddha Day 7th Jewish Lag B Omer Interfaith National Day of Prayer USA 11th 17th Mental Health Awareness Week 13th Islam Lailat al Miraj (begins sundown on 12th) 18th 24th Dementia Awareness Week 21st Baha I Declaration of the Bab (begins sundown on 20th) 24th Christian Pentecost 28th World Hunger Day 29th Baha i Ascension of Baha u llah (begins sundown on 28th) 31st Orthodox Christian Pentecost Christian Trinity Sunday M T W T F S S New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

12 Strength lies in differences, not in similarities Stephen R. Covey

13 june 1st 4th 7th Islam Lailat al Bara ah (begins sundown on May 31st) Catholic Christian Corpus Christi Orthodox Christian All Saints National Cancer Survivors Day 7th 15th British Heart Week 8th 14th Diabetes Week 19th Catholic Christian Sacred Heart of Jesus 20th 26th National Breastfeeding Awareness Week 26th World Drug Day M T W T F S S New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

14 For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us. Donald Williams

15 july 2nd 9th 13th Buddhist Asalha Puja day Baha i Martyrdom of the Bab (begins sundown on 8th) Buddhist Ulambana (Obon) Islam Lailat al Kadr (begins sundown on 12th) 18th - 21st Islam Eid al Fitr (begins sundown on 17th) 24th Pioneer Day M T W T F S S New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

16 Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. Ellen DeGeneres

17 UK Bank Holidays 31st August August Bank Holiday august 1st 6th 12th 15th Orthodox Christian Fast in honor of Mother of Jesus Christian Lammas Orthodox Christian Transfiguration of the Lord International Youth Day Catholic Christian Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 15th Orthdox Christian Dormition of the Theotokis 21st Senior Citizens Day 29th Hindu Raksha Bandhan Christian Beheading of John the Baptist M T W T F S S New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

18 Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women. Michelle Bachelet

19 september 1st Orthodox Christian Ecclesiastical year begins 5th Hindu Krishna Janmashtami 6th Read a Book Day 14th Christian Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day Jewish Rosh Hashanah (begins sundown on 13th) 17th Hindu Ganesh Chaturthi 18th Jain Paryushana Parva 22nd Islam Waqf al Arafa - Hajj (begins sundown on 21st) 23rd Equinox Jewish Yom Kippur - (begins sundown on 22nd) 27th Orthodox Christian Meskel - Ethiopian 29th Christian Michael and All Angels M T W T F S S New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

20 The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different. Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

21 october 1st 31st Breast Cancer Awareness Month 4th Christian Saint Francis Day 5th Jewish Shemini Atzeret (begins sundown on 4th) 6th Jewish Simchat Torah (begins sundown on 5th) 10th World Mental Health Day 12th Interfaith Thanksgiving - Canada 20th Baha i Birth of the Báb - (begins sundown on 19th) 20th Sikh Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth 22nd Hindu Dasara 23rd Christian Saint George s Day Islam Ashura (begins sundown on 22nd) 24th Wear it Pink Day for Breast Cancer Awareness 25th Protestant Christian Reformation Day 28th Christian Milvian Bridge Day M T W T F S S New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

22 No man can lead man, we have to have unity. Bob Marley

23 november 9th - 13th Hindu Deepavali 12th Baha i Birth of Baha u llah (begins sundown on 11th) Jain New Year 15th Orthodox Christian Nativity Fast begins 17th 23rd Alcohol Awareness Week 22nd Christian Christ the King 24th Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom 25th Sikh Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday 26th Interfaith USA Thanksgiving Baha i Day of the Covenant 28th Baha i Ascension of Abdu l-baha (begins sundown on 26th) M T W T F S S New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

24 To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. Nelson Mandela

25 UK Bank Holidays 25th December Christmas Day 26th December Boxing Day december 6th Christian Saint Nicholas Day 7th - 14th Judaism Hanukkah (begins sundown on 6th) 8th Catholic Christian Immaculate Conception 12th Orthodox Christian Advent Fast begins Catholic Christian Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe 16th Christian Posadas Navidenas 21st Solstice Christian Yule 23rd Islam Mawlid an Nabi (begins sundown on 22nd) 27th Catholic Christian Feast of the Holy Family 28th Christian Holy Innocents 31st Christian Watch Night M T W T F S S New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

26 Fairness is not an attitude. It s a professional skill that must be developed and exercised. Brit Hume

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