Inclusion Calendar 2022
Inclusion Calendar 2022
Special dates and events
January
- 1 January - New Year's Day/Hogmanay
- 4 January - World Braille Day
- 13 January - Maghi (Sikh)
- 14 January - Makar Sankranti (Hindu)
- 16 January - Tu BiShvat (Jewish)
- 17 January - Martin Luther King Jnr. Day
- 17 - 23 January - Cervical Health Awareness Month
- 18 January - Mahayana New Year (Buddhist)
- 27 January - Holocaust Memorial Day
- 31 January - Birthday of Guru Har Rai (Sikh)
February
- All month - LGBT+ History Month
- All month - Black Futures Month
- 1 February - World Hijab Day
- 1 February - Lunar New Year
- 4 February - World Cancer Day
- 5 February - Vasant Panchami (Hindu)
- 11 February - Safer Internet Day
- 14 February - Saint Valentine's Day
- 15 February - Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
- 20 February - World Day of Social Justice
- 21 February - 4 March - Fairtrade Fortnight
- 21-25 February - Raise and Give (RAG) Week
- 22 - 28 February - National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
- 27 February - Lailat al Miraj (Islam)
- 28 February - Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
March
- 1 March - Shrove Tuesday (Christian)
- 1 March - Zero Discrimination Day
- 1 March - Saint David’s Day – Christian
- 1 March - Self Injury Awareness Day
- 1 March - International Wheelchair Day
- 2 March - Ash Wednesday (Christian)
- 2 March - Great Lent begins – Clean Monday – Orthodox Christian
- 3 March - University Mental Health Day UK
- 3 March - World Hearing Day
- 3 March - University Mental Health Day
- 8 March - International Women’s Day
- 8 March - Sunday of Orthodoxy – Orthodox (Christian)
- 14 March - Nanakshahi (New Year) – (Sikh)
- 17 March - Saint Patrick’s Day (Christian) Bank Holiday – Northern Ireland and ROI
- 18 March - Holi (Hindu)
- 18 March - Hola Mohalla (Sikh)
- 19 March - Saint Joseph’s Day (Christian)
- 20 March - International Day of Happiness
- 20 March - Spring Equinox
- 21 March - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 21 March - World Down Syndrome Day
- 27 March - Mother's Day
- 27 March - British Summer Time begins
- 30 March - World Bipolar Day
April
- All month - Autism Awareness Month
- All month - Stress Awareness Month
- 1 April - April Fool's Day
- 2 April - Ramadan begins (Islam)
- 2 April - World Autism Awareness Day
- 7 April - World Health Day
- 8 April - International Romani Day
- 9 April - Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
- 9 April - Holy Saturday (Christian)
- 10 April - Palm Sunday (Christian)
- 15 - 23 April - Passover (Jewish)
- 15 April - Good Friday (Christian)
- 15 April - Bank Holiday – England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
- 17 April - Easter Sunday (Christian)
- 17 April - Palm Sunday – Orthodox (Christian)
- 18 April - Easter Monday (Christian)
- 18 April - Bank Holiday – England, Wales, Northern Ireland and ROI
- 23 April - Saint George’s Day (Christian)
- 27 April - Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) - (Jewish)
May
- All month - Action on Stroke Month
- All month - Mental Health Awareness Month
- All month - Hepatitis Awareness Month
- All month - UK National Walking Month
- 2 May - Bank Holiday – England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland
- 2 - 3 May - Eid al Fitr (Islam)
- 3 May - Feast of Saints Philip and James (Catholic Christian)
- 4 May - International Firefighters Day
- 8 May - World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
- 12 May - International Nurses Day
- 17 May - International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
- 20 May - Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- 21 May - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- 22 May - International Day for Biological Diversity
- 31 May - Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Catholic Christian)
June
- All month - Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Month
- All month - Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Awareness Month
- All month - LGBTQ Pride Month
- All month - Men’s Health Awareness Month
- All month - Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month
- 5 June - World Environment Day
- 18 June - Autistic Pride Day
- 20 June - World Refugee Day
- 21 June - Father's Day
- 21 June - 28 June - World Wellbeing Week
- 21 June - Summer Solstice Litha – Yule – Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
- 22 June - UK Windrush Day
July
- 11 July - World Population Day
- 15 July - World Youth Skills Day
- 17 July - World Day for International Justice
- 9 - 13 July - Eid al Adha (Islam)
- 22 July - Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene (Christian)
August
- 19 August - World Humanitarian Day (Real Life Heroes)
- 23 August - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
- 29 August - Summer Bank Holiday – England, Wales and Northern Ireland
September
- All month - Sickle Cell Awareness Month
- All month - Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- All month - International Blood Cancer Awareness Month
- All month - World Alzheimer’s Month
- All month - World Dementia Awareness Month
- 8 September - International Literacy Day
- 10 September - World Suicide Prevention Day
- 15 September - International Day of Democracy
- 21 September - International Day of Peace
- 21 September - World Alzheimer’s Day
- 23 September - Autumn Equinox
- 23 September - International Day of Sign Languages
- 23 September - Bi Visibility Day
- 25 September - World Deaf Day
- 25 September - 2 October - Rosh Hashanah
- 26 September - 2 October - National Inclusion Week
October
- All month - Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- All month - Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- All month - Black History Month
- All month - Lupus Awareness Month
- All month - Global Diversity Awareness Month
- 5 October - Yom Kippur (Jewish)
- 5 October - 11 October - Dyslexia Awareness Week
- 6 October - World Cerebral Palsy Day
- 10 October - World Mental Health Day
- 14 October - World Sight Day
- 16 October - World Food Day
- 17 October - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- 17 October - 23 October - Invisible Disabilities Week
- 24 October - Diwali – Deepavali – Hindu, Sikh, Jain
- 26 October - Intersex Awareness Day
- 29 October - World Stroke Day
- 31 October - All Hallows’ Eve (Christian)
- 31 October - British Summer Time ends
November
- All month - Movember Men’s Health Awareness Month
- All month - Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- All month - Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
- All month - Mouth Cancer Action Month
- All month - COPD Awareness Month
- 11 November - Armistice Day (Interfaith)
- 13 November - World Kindness Day
- 14 November - 21 November - UK Interfaith Week
- 13 November - Remembrance Sunday
- 17 November - International Students’ Day
- 19 November - International Men’s Day
- 19 November - Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev (Sikh)
- 20 November - Transgender Day of Remembrance
- 25 November - Thanksgiving – USA
- 27 November - Advent Sunday (Christian)
December
- All month - Universal Month for Human Rights
- All month - AIDS Awareness Month
- 1 December - World AIDS Day
- 2 December - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
- 3 December - International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- 10 December - Human Rights Day
- 18 December - International Migrants Day
- 21 December - Winter Solstice
- 24 December - Christmas Eve (Christian)
- 25 December - Christmas Day (Christian)
- 26 December - Boxing Day Feast of the Holy Family (Catholic Christian)
- 27 December - Bank Holiday – England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland
- 28 December - Bank Holiday – England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland
- 31 December - New Year’s Eve/Hogmanay Watch Night (Christian)