THE UK S LEADING & MOST TRUSTED DIVERSITY CALENDAR OVER 260 IMPORTANT DATES INCLUDING HOLY DAYS, SPECIAL EVENTS, FESTIVALS AND BANK HOLIDAYS FEATURES GREAT QUOTES ON LIFE AND DIVERSITY PERSPECTIVES DIVERSITY CALENDAR 2012
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January 2012 Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. Henry David Thoreau Diversity Perspectives Diversity is at the heart of employee effectiveness and meeting customer needs. It is the foundation for building incredible organisations. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January is Glaucoma Awareness Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter Special Days 1st Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Gantan-sai (New Year) - Shinto New Year s Day / Hogmany (Secular) 2nd New Year s Day, Bank Holiday in lieu of 1st - England/NI/ Scotland/Wales/ROI 3rd Bank Holiday in lieu of 2nd - Scotland 4th 5th 6th World Braille Day Twelfth Night - Birthday of Guru Gobindh Singh - Sikh Epiphany - Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Dia de los Reyes - Hispanic Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox 7th Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox 8th Baptism of Jesus - 9th Mahayana New Year begins - Buddhist 12th Mahayana New Year ends - Buddhist 13th Maghi - Sikh 15th World Religion Day - Bahá í 17th Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic 18th Week of Prayer for Unity begins - 20th Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox 23rd Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist 25th Conversion of Saint Paul - Week of Prayer for Unity ends - Robert Burns Night (Burns Night) 27th 28th 31st Holocaust Memorial Day Vasant Panchami - Hindu Birthday of Guru Har Rai - Sikh
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February 2012 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days We work to become, not to acquire. Elbert Hubbard Week 5 Week 6 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 2nd 3rd 4th Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Triodion - Orthodox Imbolc - Wicca - Northern and Southern Hemispheres Maha Shavartri - Hindu Setsubum-sai - Shinto Mawlid an Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad) - Islam Week 7 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 5th Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith 8th Tu B Shevat - Judaism Parinirvana - Nirvana Day - Buddhist, Jain 14th Saint Valentines Day - 15th Nirvana Day (alternative date) - Buddhist, Jain Week 8 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 19th Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Transfiguration - 20th World Day of Social Justice Diversity Perspectives Kindness day is every day Week 9 26 27 28 29 21st 22nd 26th Shrove Tuesday - Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Intercalary Days begin - Bahá í Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox 27th Clean Monday - Great Lent begins - Orthodox February is Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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March 2012 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days 1st Saint David s Day - Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday s success or put its failures behind and start over again. Bob Feller Week 9 Week 10 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 2nd Nineteen Day Fast begins - Bahá í 4th Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox 8th Purim - Judaism Magha Puja Day - Buddhist Holi - Hindu International Women s Day 9th Hola Mohalla - Sikh 13th L Ron Hubbard birthday - Scientology 17th St Patrick s Day -, Bank Holiday - NI/ROI Diversity Perspectives The internet offers an amazing diversity of opportunities, contacts, ideas and perspectives. Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 18th 19th 20th 21st 23rd 25th 26th Mothering Sunday - Saint Joseph s Day - Spring Equinox Ostara - Wicca Northern hemisphere Mabon - Wicca Southern hemisphere Nineteen Day Fast ends - Bahá í Naw Ruz (New Year) - Bahá í Norouz (New Year) - Persian/ Zoroastrian International Day for the elimination of Racial Discrimination New Year - Hindu Ramayana begins - Hindu Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) - Zoroastrian March is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month International Women s Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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April 2012 Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. Ralph Waldo Emerson Diversity Perspectives Shoe size is an element of diversity. Week 14 Week 15 Week 16 Week 17 Week 18 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter Special Days 1st Palm Sunday - Ramayana ends - Hindu Ramanavami - Hindu 2nd World Autism Awareness Day 5th Maundy Thursday - 6th Good Friday - All s Theravadin New Year begins - Buddhist Lord s Evening Meal - Jehovah s Witness s Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu Mahavir Jayanti - Jain Bank Holiday - England/NI/ Scotland/Wales/ROI 7th Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Pesach (Passover) begins - Judaism World Health Day 8th Easter Sunday - Palm Sunday - Orthodox 9th Theravadin New Year ends - Buddhist Easter Monday Bank Holiday - England/NI/Scotland/Wales/ ROI 13th Holy Friday - Orthodox Vaisakhi - Sikh 14th Birthday of Guru Nanak - Sikh Baisakhi New Year - Sikh Pesach (Passover) ends - Judaism 15th Easter/Pascha - Orthodox 18th Birthday of Guru Angad Dev - Sikh 19th Yom HaShoah - Judaism 21st First Day of Ridvan - Bahá í 23rd St. George s Day - 25th World Malaria Day 26th Yom Ha Atzmaut - Judaism 29th Ninth Day of Ridvan - Bahá í 30th Saint James the Great Day - Orthodox Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox
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May 2012 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days Week 18 01 02 03 04 05 1st 2nd Beltane - Samhain - Wicca Northern and Southern hemispheres Twelfth Day of Ridvan - Bahá í Live out of your imagination, not your history. Stephen R. Covey Week 19 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 3rd National Day of Prayer - Interfaith USA 5th Buddha Day - Wesak - Buddhist 7th Early May Bank Holiday - England/NI/Scotland/Wales/ ROI 8th World Red Cross Day 9th Europe Day of the European Union (EU) Week 20 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10th 12th 15th 17th Lag B Omer - Judaism International Nurses Day International Day of Families Ascension Day - 20th Yom Yerushalayim -Judaism 21st World Day for Cultural Diversity Dialogue and Development Week 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 23rd Declaration of the Bab - Bahá í Birthday of Guru Amar Das - Sikh Diversity Perspectives 24th 27th Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Pentecost - Shavuot begins - Judaism The rainbow needs all its colours or it wouldn t be a rainbow. Week 22 27 28 29 30 31 29th Ascension of Baha u llah - Bahá í International Day of UN Peacekeepers Shavuot ends - Judaism 31st World No Smoking Day May is National Stroke Awareness Month Cystic Fibrosis Month Mental Health Awareness Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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June 2012 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days By losing your goal, you have lost your way. Kahlil Gibran Diversity Perspectives Fairness is treating all children like they are your own children. Week 22 Week 23 Week 24 Week 25 Week 26 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3rd 4th 5th 7th Trinity Sunday - Spring Bank Holiday - England/ NI/Scotland/Wales/ROI Queen s Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday - England/NI/ Scotland/Wales World Environment Day Corpus Christi - Catholic 9th Saint Columba of Iona - 10th All Saints - Orthodox Corpus Christi - Catholic 14th World Blood Donor Day 16th Lailat al Miraj - Islam Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh 17th Fathers Day World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 19th New Church Day - Swedenborgian 20th Summer Solstice Litha - Wicca Northern hemisphere Yule - Wicca Southern hemisphere Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox World Refugee Day 29th Saints Peter and Paul - June is Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month Male Cancer Awareness Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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July 2012 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life. Burton Hills Week 27 Week 28 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 3rd Asalha Puja / Dharma Day - Buddhist 4th Lailat at Bara ah - Islam 9th Martyrdom of the Bab - Bahá í 11th World Population Day 12th Bank Holiday - Batle of the Boyne - NI 13th Obon begins - Buddhist - Shinto 15th Saint Swithin s Day - Saint Vladimir Day (Patron of Russian Catholics) - 16th Obon ends - Buddhist - Shinto Week 29 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 19th 20th 22nd Jamshedi Noruz Qadimi Zoroastrian Ramadan begins - Islam St Mary Magdalene - Parents Day Diversity Perspectives Inclusion means saying hello to the person sitting begging on the street with an old coffee cup. Week 30 Week 31 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 23rd Emperor Haile Selassi I birthday - Rastafari Birthday of Guru Har Krishen - Sikh 24th Pioneer Day - Mormon Khordad Sal, Qadimi - Zoroastrian 25th Saint James the Great Day - 27th Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games 29th Tisha B Av - Judaism 30th Friendship Day July is National Ice Cream Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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August 2012 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days Action expresses priorities. Mahatma Gandhi Week 31 Week 32 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 1st Fast in Honour of Holy Mother of Jesus - Orthodox Lammas - 2nd Raksha Bandhan - Hindu Lugnassad - Imbolc - Wicca Northern and Southern hemispheres 6th Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Summer Bank Holiday - Scotland/ROI 9th International Day of the World s Indigenous People 10th Krishna Janmashtami - Hindu Week 33 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12th 14th Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games International Youth Day Lailat al Kadr - Islam Diversity Perspectives You can promote diversity by planting a golden seed. Take a moment to tell someone what they are really good at. Week 34 Week 35 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 15th Assumption of Virgin Mary - Catholic Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox 18th Jamshedi Noruz, Shenshai - Zoroastrian Ramadan ends - Islam 19th Eid al Fitr - Islam 23rd Khordad Sal, Shenshai - Zoroastrian 27th Summer Bank Holiday - England/NI/Wales 29th Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games Beheading of John the Baptist - August is Womens Small Business Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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September 2012 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. Plato Week 35 Week 36 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 1st Ecclesiastical Year begins - Orthodox 8th Nativity of Mary - International Literacy Day 9th Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games 14th Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - 15th International Day of Democracy Diversity Perspectives We live in a country of communities. Week 37 Week 38 Week 39 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 17th Rosh Hashanah begins - Judaism 18th Rosh Hashanah ends - Judaism 19th Ganesh Chaturthi - Hindu 20th Paryushana Parva begins - Jain 21st International Day of Peace World Alzheimer s Day 22nd Autumn Equinox Mabon - Wicca Northern hemisphere Ostata - Wicca Southern hemisphere 26th Yom Kippur - Judaism 28th Mesket - Ethiopian Orthodox 29th Michaelmas - Michael and All Angels - Paryushana Parva ends - Jain Week 40 30 September is Older Persons Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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October 2012 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes. Napoleon Hill Week 40 Week 41 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 1st 2nd 4th 7th 8th International Day of Older Persons Sukkot begins (1-2 Primary Obligation Days) - Judaism World Habitat Day International Day of Non- Violence Saint Francis Day - Catholic Sukkot ends - Judaism Shemini Atzeret - Judaism Thanksgiving - Canada, Interfaith 9th Birthday of Guru Ram Das - Sikh Simhat Torah - Judaism Week 42 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 10th 16th 17th World Mental Health Day Navaratri begins - Hindu World Food Day International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 18th Saint Luke - Apostle and Evangelist - Week 43 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 20th Birth of the Báb - Bahá í Installation of Scriptures as Gukru Granth - Sikh Diversity Perspectives Wisdom comes with age. We have a growing elderly population. How can we benefit from this experience, insight and understanding? Week 44 28 29 30 31 23rd 24th 25th 26th 28th 29th 31st Navaratri ends - Hindu Dasera - Hindu United Nations Day Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day - Islam Eid al Adha - Islam Milvian Bridge Day - Reformation Day - Protestant October Bank Holiday - ROI All Hallows Eve - October is Black History Month (BHM) National Poetry Month Breast Cancer Awareness Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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November 2012 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days Nothing is worth more than this day. Week 44 01 02 03 1st 2nd All Saints Day - Samhain - Beltane - Wicca Northern and Southern hemispheres All Souls Day - Catholic Jain New Year - Jain Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Week 45 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11th Armistice Day - Multifaith Remembrance Sunday - Multifaith 12th Birth of Baha u llah - Bahá í 13th Diwali - Hindu - Jain - Sikh World Kindness Day Week 46 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 14th 15th World Diabetes Day Hijra - New Year - Islam Nativity Fast begins through Dec 24 - Orthodox 16th International Day for Tolerance 20th Universal Children s Day 21st Thanksgiving - Interfaith Diversity Perspectives Stereotyping is the opposite of diversity. One simplifies and reduces. The other expands and explores. Week 47 Week 48 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 22nd 24th 25th 26th Yule - Ashura - Islam Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh Christ the King - Day of the Covenant - Bahá í 28th Ascension of Abdu l-baha - Bahá í Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh 30th Saint Andrew s Day -, Bank Holiday Scotland November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month Alzheimer s Disease Awareness Month National Homeless Youth Awareness Month New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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December 2012 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Special Days Week 48 01 1st 2nd World AIDS Day Advent - First Sunday - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Change your thoughts, and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale Week 49 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 3rd 6th 8th International Day of Persons with Disabilities Saint Nicholas Day - Rohatsu (Bodhi Day) - Buddhist Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Hanukkah begins - Judaism 10th Human Rights Day Diversity Perspectives A Christmas present is to celebrate a Christmas past. Week 50 Week 51 Week 52 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 16th Posadas Navidenas begins - Hanukkah ends - Judaism 18th International Migrants Day 21st Winter Solstice Yule - Wicca Northern hemisphere Litha - Wicca Southern hemisphere Yule - 25th Christmas - Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Posadas Navidenas ends - Bank Holiday - England/NI/ Scotland/Wales/ROI 26th Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) - Zoroastrian St Stephen s Day - Boxing Day Bank Holiday - England/NI/Scotland/Wales/ ROI 28th Holy Innocents - December is National Drink Driving Prevention Month 30th Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic 31st Watch Night - Hogmany/New Year s Eve New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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