Europe s leading Diversity Calendar Over 240 important dates, including holy days, special events, festivals and bank holidays Inspirational quotes and Diversity perspectives Diversity Calendar 2011
Diversity Calendar 2011
January 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days Snowflakes are one of nature s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together. Vista M Kelly Diversity Perspectives Diversity is about lasting relationships, not first impressions. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 02 09 16 01 03 04 05 06 07 08 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Week 5 30 31 1st Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Feast of Saint Basil - Orthodox Gantan-sai (New Year) - Shinto New Year's Day/Hogmany (Secular) 3rd New Year's Day Bank Holiday in lieu of 1st - England/NI/Scotland/Wales/ROI 4th Bank Holiday in lieu of 2nd - Scotland 5th Twelfth Night - Guru Gobindh Singh Birthday - Sikh 6th Epiphany - Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Dia de los Reyes - Hispanic Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox 7th Nativity of Christ - Orthodox 9th Baptism of the Lord Jesus - 13th Maghi - Sikh Lohri (Makara Sankranti) - Hindu 16th World Religion Day - Bahá í 17th Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic 18th Week of Prayer for Unity begins - 19th Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Mahayana New Year begins - Buddhist 20th Tu B'shvat - Jewish 21st Mahayana New Year ends - Buddhist 25th Conversion of Saint Paul - Week of Prayer for Unity ends - New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
Diversity Calendar 2011
February 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too. Meryl Streep Diversity Perspectives Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 06 13 20 01 02 03 04 05 07 08 09 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 1st 2nd Saint Brigid of Kildare Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Imbolc - Wicca - Northern and Southern Hemispheres 3rd Setsubun-sai - Shinto Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist 6th Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith Triodion begins - Orthodox 8th Vasant Panchami - Hindu 12th Darwin Day 14th Saint Valentine's Day - 15th Nirvana Day - Buddhism, Jain Mawlid an Nabi - Islam 26th Intercalary Days begins - Bahá í 27th Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Age is just one way to limit our possibilities too young or too old. Week 9 27 28 New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
Diversity Calendar 2011
March 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. Sean O Casey Diversity Perspectives Social inclusion means being sociable with those not in our social circle. Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 06 13 20 27 01 02 03 04 05 07 08 09 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 1st Intercalary Days ends - Bahá í Saint David of Wales - 3rd Maha Shivaratri - Hindu 6th Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Transfiguration Sunday - 7th Clean Monday - Great Lent begins - Orthodox 8th Shrove Tuesday - International Women's Day 9th Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - 13th Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Birthday of L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology 16th Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox 17th Saint Patrick's Day - Ireland s National Saint -, Bank Holiday NI/ROI 19th Magha Puja Day - Buddhist Saint Joseph's Day - 20th Equinox Purim - Jewish Ostara - Wicca Northern Hemisphere Mabon - Wicca Southern Hemisphere Holi - Hindu Hola Mohalla - Sikh 21st Jamshed Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian Naw Ruz (New Year) - Bahá í International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 25th Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 28th Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) - Zoroastrian New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
Diversity Calendar 2011
April 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days There are certain things that are fundamental to human fulfilment. The essence of these needs is captured in the phrase to live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy. Stephen R. Covey Diversity Perspectives Equality is a social construct. Treating people fairly is a social imperative. Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Week 16 Week 17 03 10 17 24 01 02 04 05 06 07 08 09 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 1st 3rd Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur - Sikh Mothering Sunday - 4th Vaisaki (New Year) - Hindu Ramayana begins - Hindu 7th World Health Day 10th Passion Sunday - 12th Ramanavami - Hindu Ramayana ends - Hindu 13th Vaisakhi - Sikh 14th Baisakhi - Sikh Birthday of Guru Nanak - Sikh 16th Lazarus Saturday 17th Palm Sunday - Mahavir Jayanti - Jain 18th Theravadin New Year begins - Buddhist Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu 19th Pesach (Passover) begins - Jewish 21st Theravadin New Year ends - Buddhist First Day of Ridvan - Bahá í Maundy Thursday - 22nd Good (Holy) Friday - All s Holy Friday - Orthodox Bank Holiday - England/NI/ Scotland/Wales/ROI 23rd Holy Saturday - Saint George's Day (England's National Saint) - 24th Easter - Easter/Pascha - Orthodox 25th World Malaria Day Easter Monday Bank Holiday - England/NI/Scotland/Wales/ROI 26th Pesach (Passover) ends - Jewish 30th St. James the Great Day - Orthodox New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
Diversity Calendar 2011
May 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. Week 18 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 C S Lewis Diversity Perspectives Week 19 Week 20 Week 21 08 15 22 09 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 1st Yom HaSho'ah - Jewish Beltane - Samhain - Wicca Northern and Southern Hemispheres 2nd Twelfth Day of Ridvan - Bahá í Early May Bank Holiday - England/NI/Scotland/Wales/ROI 5th National Day of Prayer - Interfaith USA 9th Yom Ha'Atzmaut - Jewish 14th Fair Trade Day 15th International Day of Families 17th Buddha Day - Visakha Puja - Buddhist International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 21st Diversity Day 22nd Lag B'Omer - Jewish 23rd Declaration of the Bab - Bahá í 29th Ascension of Baha'u'llah - Bahá í 30th Spring Bank Holiday - England/NI/ Scotland/Wales Our individual diversity is who we are. It includes all our personal attributes, skills and experience, as well as our values and hopes for the future. Week 22 29 30 31 New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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June 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others. Eleanor Roosevelt Diversity Perspectives Diversity allows each of us to be a bit different, not to conform and to chart our own way. Week 22 Week 23 Week 24 Week 25 Week 26 05 12 19 26 01 02 03 04 06 07 08 09 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 2nd 5th 6th 8th 9th Ascension of Christ - World Environment Day June Bank Holiday - ROI Shavuot begins - Jewish Shavuot ends - Jewish Saint Columba of Iona - Celtic 12th Pentecost - 16th Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom - Sikh 19th All Saints - Orthodox New Church Day - Swedenborgian Trinity Sunday - Father's Day 20th Refugee Day 21st Summer Solstice First Nations Day - Canadian Native People Litha - Wicca Northern Hemisphere Yule - Wicca Southern Hemisphere 22nd Interfaith Day 23rd Corpus Christi - Catholic 24th Saint John the Baptist Birth - 28th Lailat al Miraj - Islam 29th Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
Diversity Calendar 2011
July 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days Week 26 01 02 You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi Diversity Perspectives Week 27 Week 28 Week 29 03 10 17 04 05 06 07 08 09 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 1st 9th Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Martyrdom of the Bab - Bahá í 11th Saint Benedict Day - Catholic 12th Bank Holiday - Battle of the Boyne - NI 13th Ulambana begins - Japan Buddhist 15th Lailat al Bara'ah - Islam Asalha Puja / Dharma Day - Buddhist Saint Vladimir Day (Patron of Russian Catholics) - Saint Swithin's Day - 16th Ulambana ends - Japan Buddhist 17th Justice Day 23rd Birthday of Emperor Haili Selassi - Rastafari 24th Pioneer Day - Mormon Parents Day 25th Saint James the Great Day - Khordad Sal (Qadimi) - Zoroastrian In Bhutan, people come together and build a house for a new neighbour or married couple. It is the key to uniting and strengthening their community. Week 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Week 31 31 New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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August 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. Buddha Diversity Perspectives Disability is really a misquote. This ability is what the speaker actually said. Week 31 Week 32 Week 33 Week 34 Week 35 07 14 21 28 01 02 03 04 05 06 08 09 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 1st Lammas - Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Ramadan begins - Islam Summer Bank Holiday - Scotland/ROI 2nd Lughnassad - Imbolc - Wicca Northern and Southern Hemispheres 6th Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox 8th Happiness Day 9th Tisha B'Av - Jewish 13th Raksha Bandhan - Hindu Obon begins - Shinto 15th Obon ends - Shinto Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox World Youth Day 17th Marcus Garvey's Birthday - Rastafarian 22nd Krisha Janmashtami - Hindu 26th Lailat al Kadr - Islam Women's Equality Day 29th Beheading of John the Baptist - Summer Bank Holiday - England/Wales/NI 31st Eid al Fitr (Ramadan ends) - Islam New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
Diversity Calendar 2011
September 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. Nelson Henderson Diversity Perspectives Week 35 Week 36 Week 37 Week 38 04 11 18 01 02 03 05 06 07 08 09 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 1st 2nd 8th Ganesh Chaturthi - Hindu Ecclesiastical New Year - Orthodox Paryushana Parva begins - Jain Nativity of Mary - 10th Paryushana Parva ends - Jain 11th Ethiopian New Year's Day - Rastafarian 14th Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - 21st International Day of Peace 23rd Equinox Mabon - Wicca Northern Hemisphere Ostara - Wicca Southern Hemisphere 27th Meskel - Ethiopian Orthodox 28th Navaratri begins - Hindu 29th Rosh Hashanah begins - Jewish Saint Michael and All Angels - 30th Rosh Hashanah ends - Jewish Diversity management is the skill of knowing and playing to peoples strengths Week 39 25 26 27 28 29 30 New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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October 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain Diversity Perspectives Week 39 Week 40 Week 41 Week 42 Week 43 02 09 16 01 03 04 05 06 07 08 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1st 4th 5th 6th 8th International Day of Older Persons Saint Francis Day - Catholic Navaratri ends - Hindu Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day - Islam Dasera - Hindu Yom Kippur - Jewish 10th Thanksgiving - Interfaith, Canada 13th Sukkot begins (13-14 Primary Obligation Days) - Jewish 17th World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty 19th Sukkot ends - Jewish 20th Birth of the Báb - Bahá í Shemini Atzeret - Jewish Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh 21st Simhat Torah - Jewish 24th United Nations Day 26th Diwali - Jain, Hindu, Sikh 28th Milvian Bridge Day - 30th Reformation Day - Protestant 31st All Hallows Eve - October Bank Holiday - ROI Diversity encourages us to explore the breadth of human existence. Week 44 30 31 New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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November 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars. Henry Van Dyke Diversity Perspectives Everyone is special - a star. Why is it we never see some of them shine? Week 44 Week 45 Week 46 Week 47 Week 48 06 13 20 27 01 02 03 04 05 07 08 09 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 1st All Saints' Day - Samhain - Beltane - Wicca Northern and Southern Hemispheres 2nd All Souls' Day - Catholic 4th Hajj begins - Islam 6th Eid al Adha - Islam 7th Hajj ends - Islam 10th Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Birthday - Sikh 11th Armistice Day - Multifaith 12th Birth of Baha'u'llah - Bahá í 13th Remembrance Sunday - Multifaith Kindness Day 15th Nativity Fast begins through Dec. 24 - Orthodox 16th International Day for Tolerance 20th Christ the King - Universal Children's Day 24th Thanksgiving - Interfaith Gkuru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh 26th Day of Covenant - Bahá í Al Hijira Muharram - Muslim New Year - Islam 27th First Sunday of Advent - 28th Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha - Bahá í 30th Saint Andrew's Day -, Bank Holiday Scotland New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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December 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. Pericles Diversity Perspectives Put simply, the business case for diversity is that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Week 48 Week 49 Week 50 Week 51 Week 52 04 11 18 25 01 02 03 05 06 07 08 09 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 1st 3rd 5th 6th 8th World AIDS Day International Day of Disabled People Ashura - Islam Saint Nicholas Day - Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) - Buddhism Immaculate Conception - Catholic 10th International Human Rights Day 12th Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic 16th Posadas Navidenas begins - 18th International Migrants Day 21st Hanukkah begins - Jewish 22nd Winter Solstice Yule - Yule - Wicca Northern Hemisphere Litha - Wicca Southern Hemisphere 25th Posadas Navidenas ends - Christmas - Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox 26th Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) - Zoroastrian Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr - Boxing Day Bank Holiday - England/NI/Scotland/Wales/ROI 27th Bank Holiday in lieu of 25th - England/NI/Scotland/Wales/ROI 28th Hanukkah ends - Jewish Holy Innocents - 30th Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic 31st Watch Night - Hogmany/New Year's Eve New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
The Equality Act The Act brings together for the first time all the legal requirements on equality that the private, public and voluntary sectors need to follow. The message of the Equality Act is that everyone has the right to be treated fairly at work or when using services. The Act protects people from discrimination on the basis of certain characteristics. These are known as protected characteristics and they vary slightly according to whether a person is at work or using a service. diversiton academy the free training network CAREER DEVELOPMENT RELIGION AND BELIEF DIVERSITY TRAINING MANAGEMENT TRAINING PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS www.diversitonacademy.com Acknowledgements The Diversity Calendar is now in its 5th year and would not be possible without the contribution and loyalty of our Partners. We are grateful for this support and ongoing commitment to promoting diversity, equality and inclusion. There are nine protected characteristics your employees might have. These are: Disability Gender reassignment Marriage or civil partnership Pregnancy and maternity Race Religion or belief There are eight protected characteristics of people who use services. These are: Disability Sex (gender) Gender reassignment Pregnancy and maternity Race Religion or belief E-LEARNING The complete Diversity & Equality e-learning programme featuring the Equality Act 2010 and 9 other modules. 1. Equality, diversity and inclusion what s it s all about? 2. Legal Requirements featuring The Equality Act 2010 3. Prejudice and Stereotyping The Jigsawise Seminar HOW TO FIND WORK, TRANSFORM YOUR CAREER AND BUILD A SECURE FUTURE IN CHALLENGING TIMES. Sexual orientation Sex (gender) Age Sexual orientation Age (over 18s only) discrimination on grounds of age (over 18s) is unlawful, but the provisions are not coming into force until 2012 4. Preventing Discrimination 5. How Equality & Diversity helps your organisation - the Business Case 6. Religious Diversity, Age and Gender 7. Disability, Sexual Orientation and Race 8. Diversity for Managers and Team Leaders Employers and service providers have a responsibility under the law to treat their employees and service users fairly. You are a service provider if you provide goods, facilities or services to the general public or section of it, regardless of whether these are free or paid for. If you are an employer, the law generally still applies to you even if your workers are temporary, do not have written contracts of employment or are recruited to other positions such as trainees, apprentices or business partners. Protection The law protects against discrimination (direct and indirect), harassment and victimisation. The law also protects people from being discriminated against by someone who wrongly perceives them to have one of the protected characteristics or because they are associated with someone who has a protected characteristic. www.diversiton.com Further information www.equalityhumanrights.com www.equalities.gov.uk 9. How to implement & evaluate an effective Equal Opportunities Policy 10. Post Course Quiz what have you learned? Available now at www.diversiton.com. BOOK REVIEW Jigsawise - Solving the Job Puzzle by Des McCabe Employment is changing: fewer of us have full time jobs with final salary pensions. Jigsawise will help you gain the skills, aptitude and confidence to adapt and prosper in this New World of Work. Available from jigsawise.com, Amazon.co.uk and all main bookshops. Half day in-house seminar The UK's leading career development programme for Public Sector employees "The Jigsawise process represents a new approach to work and jobs which reflects the nature of the modern economy" Vince Cable MP, Business Secretary, UK Government Just 99 per person. All delegates receive a FREE copy of 'Jigsawise - Solving the Job Puzzle' www.jigsawise.com
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