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THE UK’S LEADING & MOST TRUSTED DIVERSITY CALENDAR THE UK’S LEADING & MOST TRUSTED DIVERSITY CALENDAR 240+ IMPORTANT DATES, HOLY DAYS, FESTIVALS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND BANK HOLIDAYS 240+ IMPORTANT DATES, HOLY DAYS, FESTIVALS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND BANK HOLIDAYS DIVERSITY CALENDAR 2014

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THE UK’S

LEADING & MOST

TRUSTED DIVERSITY

CALENDAR

THE UK’S

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TRUSTED DIVERSITY

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240+ IMPORTANT DATES,

HOLY DAYS, FESTIVALS,

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HOLY DAYS, FESTIVALS,

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DIVERSITY CALENDAR 2014

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Equality and Diversity at Stevenage Borough Council

• A policy and action plan, ‘Accessible services, Inclusive communities’

• Equality Impact Assessments (EqIAs) to help us consider how people might be affected by our decisions

• A governance group to keep our activity on the right track

• Staff Equality Champions to guide our activity across the council

• An equality impact section in all management and committee reports

At Stevenage Borough Council we view equality and diversity to be about knowing and

understanding the needs of our communities, and using this information to deliver the right

services to the right people at the right time.

Equality is at our core – we are committed to ensuring that our staff, customers, communities

and partners understand how important it is to treat people fairly, and to celebrate our

differences.

We have a number of activities in place to help us to do this:

If you would like more information please email [email protected]

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2014January Special Days

DesiderataGo placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on goodterms with all persons...

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Mary, Mother of God - CatholicChristianFeast of St. Basil - OrthodoxChristianNew Year’s Day / Hogmany- SecularGantan-sai - Shinto Bank Holiday - England/Scotland/Wales/Northern IrelandBank Holiday - ScotlandGuru Gobind Singh Birthday- Sikh Twelfth Night - ChristianEpiphany - ChristianFeast of Theophany - OrthodoxChristianChristmas Day - Orthodox Christian Christmas Day - Ethiopian RastafariHuman Trafficking Awareness DayBaptism of Jesus - ChristianMilad un Nabi - Islam Maghi - Sikh St Hilary’s Day - ChristianMakar Sankranti - HinduSeijin Shiki (Adults Day) - Shinto Mahayana New Year 16-19- Buddhist Tu B'Shevat - Jewish18-25 Week of Prayer for ChristianUnity - ChristianWorld Religion Day - Bahá'íTimkat - Ethiopian OrthodoxChristianSt Paul’s Day - Christian Australia DayFeast of the Holy Family - CatholicChristianSt Thomas Aquinas - ChristianChinese New Year - Confucian,Daoist, Buddhist Birthday of Guru Har Rai - Sikh

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To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns,or the sharp stones on life'spath.Kahlil Gibran

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February Special Days

Desiderata...Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. ...

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Saint Brigid of Kildare - ChristianCandlemas - ChristianImbolc - Wicca/Pagan Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith Presentation of Christ inthe Temple - Anglican ChristianRissun Setsubun - ShintoVasant Panchami - Hindu Deity as Mulk - Sacred Dominion- Bahá'í Parinirvana - Nirvana Day- BuddhistOur Lady of Lourdes - ChristianDarwin DaySaint Valentine's Day - ChristianPurim Katan - JudaismNirvana Day - BuddhistTriodion begins - ChristianWorld Day of Social JusticeAyyam-i-ha - Intercalary Daysbegin - Bahá'í (26th - 1st March)

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March Special Days

Desiderata...Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. ...

None of us is as smart as all of us.Japanese Proverb

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St David’s Day - Christian Meatfare Sunday - OrthodoxChristianShabbat Shekalim - JudaismNineteen Day Fast begins - Bahá'íClean Monday - Lent begins - Orthodox Christian Hina-matsuri - Festival of dolls- ShintoShrove Tuesday - ChristianAsh Wednesday - Lent begins- ChristianStevenage Against DomesticAbuse March International Womens Day - SecularOrthodox Sunday - OrthodoxChristian Ta'anit Esther - JudaismL. Ron Hubbard Birthday- ScientologyPurim - Judaism Magha Puja Day - BuddhistSaint Patrick's Day - Christian Hola Mohalla - Sikh Shushan Purim - JewishBank Holiday - Northern IrelandSaint Joseph's Day - ChristianSpring Equinox Ostara - Wicca NorthemhemisphereMabon - Wicca SouthernhemisphereInternational Day of HappinessNaw Ruz - Bahá'í Jamshedi Noruz - Fasli - Zoroastrian Shubun-sai - Equinox Day - ShintoInternational Day for theElimination of RacialDiscrimination - SecularHousing Matters EventAnnunciation of the BlessedVirgin Mary - ChristianKhordad Sal - ZoroastrianMothering Sunday - ChristianBritish Summertime begins (BST)Ugadi - (Yugadi) - Hindu

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April Special Days

Desiderata...If you compare yourself with others, you may become vainand bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. ...

Teach this triple truth to all A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renewhumanity.Buddha

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April Fools DayWorld Health Day - SecularSwaminarayan Jayanti - HinduLazarus Saturday - Orthodox ChristianPalm Sunday - Christian Vaisakhi - SikhBirthday of Guru Nanak - Sikh Hola Mohalla - Sikh Fast of the Firstborn - JudaismTheravada New Year Passover (1st day) - JudaismHoly (Maundy) Thursday - ChristianGood Friday - Christian Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur - SikhBirthday of Guru AngadDev - SikhBank Holiday - England/Wales/Scotland/Northern Ireland Holy Saturday - ChristianEaster Sunday - Christian Easter - Orthodox ChristianFirst Day of Ridvan - Bahá'í Anniversary of Haile Selassie's visit to Jamaica - Rastafari Easter Monday - ChristianBank Holiday - England/Wales/NI/Scotland/ROIFirst day of Ridvan - Bahá'í Passover ends - Judaism Saint George's Day - ChristianYom Hashoah - Low Sunday - Judaism Ninth Day of Ridvan - Bahá'í

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May Special Days

Desiderata...Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. ...

The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leavebehind.John Allston

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Beltane - Wicca/Pagan National Day of Prayer - InterfaithRidvan- Twelth Day - Bahá'í Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev(Nanakshahi calendar) - Sikh Yom Hazikaron - JudaismYom Ha'Atzmaut - JudaismBank Holiday - England/Wales/Scotland/Northern IrelandWorld Red Cross DayEurope Day of the EuropeanUnion - SecularInternational Nurses Day- SecularWesak or Buddha Day - BuddhistTheravadin New Year - Buddhist (15th - 18th)International Day of FamiliesInternational Day AgainstHomophobia - SecularLag B'Omer - JudaismWorld Day for Cultural DiversityDialogue and Development- SecularDeclaration of the Bab - Bahá'íBirthday of Guru Amar Das - SikhSaint Bede the Venerable - Christian Spring Bank Holiday - England/Wales/Scotland/Northern IrelandLailat al Miraj - IslamYom Yerushalayim - JudaismAscension of Baha'u'llah - Bahá'í Ascension Day - ChristianInternational Day of UNPeacekeepers - SecularWorld No Smoking Day

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June Special Days

Desiderata...But let this not blind you towhat virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals;and everywhere life is full ofheroism. Be yourself. Especially,do not feign affection. ...

We are what we repeatedlydo.Aristotle

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Ascension Day - ChristianChildren’s Day - InternationalNational Big Lunch Shavuot 1st Day - Judaism (4th - 5th)World Environment Day - SecularStevenage DayPentecost - ChristianCarers Week - (9th - 15th)Saint Columba of Iona - ChristianLailat al Bara'ah - Islam Trooping the Colour - Bank Holiday - ScotlandWorld Blood Donor Day - SecularTrinity Sunday - ChristianAll Saints' Day - Orthodox ChristianFather's Day - UKGuru Arjan Dev Martyrdom - SikhWorld Day to CombatDesertification and Drought- SecularWorld Sickle Cell DayCorpus Christi - Christian - RomanCatholicWolrd Refugee Day - SecularSummer Solstice Litha - Wicca NorthernhemisphereYule - Wicca SouthernhemisphereSacred Heart of Jesus - CatholicChristianArmed Forces DayFirst day of Ramadan - IslamSaint's Peter and Paul's Day - Christian

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July Special Days

Desiderata...Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years,gracefully surrendering the things of youth....

Enough shovels of earth -a mountain. Enough pails of water - a river.Chinese Proverb

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Independence Day - U.S.Birthday of Guru Hargobind - SikhMartyrdom of the Bab - Bahá'íWorld Population Day - SecularAsala- Dharma Day - BuddhistOrangemen's DayBattle of the Boyne - Bank Holiday - Northern Ireland Bank Holiday - Northern Ireland Saint Vladimir Day - Christian

Saint Swithin's Day - ChristianJustice Day - InternationalJamshedi Noruz - ZoroastrianSaint Mary Magdalene - ChristianLalat al Kadr - Islam

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August Special Days

Desiderata...Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. ...

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.Confucius

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Lughnassad - Imbolc - WiccaNorthern and SouthernhemispheresLammas - ChristianSummer Bank Holiday - ScotlandIndependence Day - U.S.Tisha B'Av - JudaismBirthday of Guru Hargobind- SikhTransfiguration - ChristianNational Play DayInternational Day of the World’sIndigenous People - SecularInternational Youth DayDormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - ChristianBirthday of Marcus Garvey - Rastafari Krishna Janmashtami - HinduJamshedi Noruz - Shenshai,ZoroastrianKhordad Sal - Shenshai,Zoroastrian Summer Bank Holiday - England/Wales/NI/ScotlandWomen’s Equality DayGanesh Chaturthi - HinduBeheading of John the Baptist - Christian Paryushana Parva - Jainism

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September Special Days

Desiderata...Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of theuniverse, no less than the treesand the stars; you have a rightto be here. ...

Eighty percent of successis showing up.Woody Allen

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October Special Days

Desiderata...And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. ...

If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.Thomas Edison

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Tabernacles (Succoth)Birthday of Guru Ram Das- SikhWorld Mental HealthDay - SecularSaint Edward's Day - Christian Thanksgiving - Canada - Interfaith

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November Special Days

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...Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. ...

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December Special Days

...With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

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Never look back unless youare planning to go that way.Henry David Thoreau

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