Our inclusion calendar provides a list of key dates, awareness-raising days and events that reflect our diverse communities.
We would like to add to the calendar with the activities of our partners, residents and communities. Email [email protected] if you would like to add an event.
Find a PDF of our 2026 inclusion calendar.
January
- 1 January: New Year’s Day
- 5 January: Great Mental Health Day
- 6 January: Ethnicity pay gap day
- 13 January: Maghi (Sikh)
- 18 January: World Religion Day
- 23 January: Vasant Panchami (Hindu)
- 25 January: Burns Night
- 27 January: Holocaust Memorial Day
- 30 January: Mahatma Gandhi Death anniversary
February
- 1 February: LGBTQ+ History Month
- 2 to 8 February: Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week
- 2 to 8 February: Race Equality Week
- 4 February: World Cancer Day
- 5 February: Great Mental Health Day
- 5 February: Time to Talk Day
- 9 to 15 February: Child Mental Health Awareness Week
- 17 February to 19 March (tentative): Ramadan (Muslim)
- 17 February: Lunar New Year
- 18 February: Ash Wednesday (Christian)
- 21 February: International Mother Language Day
March
- 1 March: Women's History Month
- 1 March: St David’s Day
- 4 March: Holi (Hindu)
- 5 March: World Book Day
- 8 March: International Women’s Day
- 15 March: International Day to Combat Islamophobia
- 16 to 22 March: Sign Language Week
- 17 March: St Patrick’s Day
- 19 to 20 March: Eid-al-Fitr (Muslim)
- 21 March: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 23 March: National Day for Reflection
- 26 March: Bangladesh Independence Day
- 29 March: Palm Sunday (Christian)
- 31 March: International Transgender Day of Visibility
April
- 1 to 9 April: Pesach/Passover (Jewish)
- 2 April: World Autism Awareness Day
- 3 April: Good Friday (Christian)
- 5 April: Easter Sunday (Christian)
- 6 April: Easter Monday (Christian)
- 7 April: World Health Day
- 14 April: Vaisakhi (Sikh)
- 22 April: Earth Day
- 22 April: Stephen Lawrence Day
- 22 to 28 April: Food Allergy Awareness Week
- 23 April: St George’s Day (Christian)
May
- 4 to 10 May: Deaf Awareness Week (UK)
- 4 May: Buddha Day (Buddhist)
- 8 May: VE Day
- 11 to 17 May: Mental Health Awareness Week
- 12 May: World Fibromyalgia Day
- 17 May: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
- 18 to 24 May: Dementia Awareness Week
- 21 to 23 May: Shavout (Jewish)
- 25 May: George Floyd Anniversary
- 26 to 30 May (tentative): Eid-al-Adha (Muslim)
June
- 1 June: Pride Month
- 1 June: Gypsy Roma Traveller Month
- 1 to 7 June: Volunteers Week
- 2 to 8 June: Child Safety Week
- 5 June: World Environment Day
- 8 to 14 June: Carers Week
- 14 June: Ninth Anniversary of Grenfell fire
- 15 to 21 June: Learning Disability Week
- 15 to 21 June: Loneliness Awareness Week
- 15 to 21 June: Refugee Week
- 16 to 17 June: Al-Hijra (Muslim)
- 20 June: World Refugee Day
- 22 June: Windrush Day 78th Anniversary
July
- 1 July: South Asian Heritage Month
- 4 July: PRIDE in London
- 5 July: NHS 78th birthday
- 26 July: Trans Pride
August
- (tentative): UK Black Pride
- 23 August: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
- 28 August: Raksha Bandhan (Hindu)
September
- 8 September: International Literacy Day
- 11 to 13 September: Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)
- 14 to 20 September: National Inclusion Week
- 15 September: World Afro Day
- 20 to 21 September: Yom Kippur (Jewish)
- 23 September: Bi Visibility Day
October
- October to December: Black History Season
- 1 October: Care Experienced Month
- 2 October: Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary
- 4 October: Silver Sunday - The National Day for Older People
- 10 October: World Mental Health Day
- 11 October: Navaratri begins (Hindu)
- 11 to 18 October: Hate Crime Awareness Week
- 17 to 21 October: Durga Puja Hindu Festival (Hindu)
November
- 1 November: Islamophobia Awareness Month
- 8 November: Diwali (Hindu)
- 8 November: Remembrance Sunday
- 11 November: Remembrance Day
- 13 to 19 November: Trans Awareness Week
- 13 to 20 November: Interfaith Week
- 14 November to 20 December: Disability Month
- 18 November: Anti-Slavery Day
- 20 November: Transgender Day of Remembrance
- 25 November: White Ribbon Day
December
- 1 December: World AIDS Day
- 3 December: International Day for People with Disabilities
- 4 to 12 December: Hanukah (Jewish)
- 18 December: International Migrants Day
- 25 December: Christmas Day (Christian)
- 26 December: Boxing Day
- 26 December to 1 January: Kwanzaa
- 31 December: New Year’s Eve