October 2022
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Black History Month
- ADHD Awareness Month
3rd-9th - Dyslexia Awareness Week
4th-5th - Yom Kippur (Judaism) Begins at Sundown.
Friday 7th - Mawlid (Islam) Birthday of the Prophet Mohammad. Begins at sundown.
Monday 10th - World Mental Health Day
Tuesday 18th - World Menopause Day
Friday 21st - Wear it Pink Day
Monday 24th - Bandi Chhor Divas (Sikh) commemorates Guru Hargobind Sahib’s release from Gwalior Prison.
Monday 24th - Diwali (Hindu, Sikh and Jain) 5 day festival of light.
Wednesday 26th - Intersex Awareness Day
November 2022
- Movember - Mens Health Awareness Month
Tuesday 1st - All Saints Day (Christianity)
Wednesday 2nd - National Stress Awareness Day
Tuesday 8th - Guru Nanak Jayanti (Sikh). Celebrates the birth of the first guru, Guru Nanak.
Sunday 13th - Remembrance Sunday
13th-22nd - Interfaith Week
14th-20th - Trans Awareness Week
Saturday 19th - International Men’s Day
Sunday 20th - Transgender Day of Remembrance
Thursday 24th - Thanksgiving (USA)
Friday 25th - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
December 2022
Thursday 1st - World AIDS Day
Saturday 3rd - International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Saturday 10th - International Human Rights Day
Sunday 18th - Hanukkah (Judaism) Begins sundown. Ends Dec 26.
Sunday 25th - Christmas Day (Christianity) Commemorates the birth of Jesus.
January 2023
Friday 6th - Epiphany (Christianity) Commemoration of the Magi’s visit to the infant Jesus.
Saturday 7th - Christmas (Coptic Orthodox)
Friday 13th - Maghi (Sikh) Commemorates martyrdom of forty Sikhs
Saturday 14th - New Year (Orthodox)
Monday 16th - Blue Monday
Saturday 21st - Lunar New Year’s Eve
Sunday 22nd - Chinese New Year
Friday 27th - Holocaust Memorial Day
February 2023
- LGBT+ History Month
Thursday 2nd - Time To Talk Day for Mental Health Awareness
Sunday 5th - Chinese Lantern Festival
Sunday 5th - Eating Disorder Awareness week (ends Feb 11th)
Monday 6th - International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Monday 6th - Sexual abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week
Saturday 11th - International Day of Women in Science
Wednesday 15th - Pairinirvana (Buddhism) Commemorates the death of Buddha and his attainment of final nirvana.
Tuesday 21st - Shrove Tuesday (Christianity)
Wednesday 22nd - Ash Wednesday (Christianity) Marks the beginning of Lent.
Tuesday 28th - Rare Disease Day
March 2023
Wednesday 1st - Self Injury Awareness Day
Monday 6th - Purim (Judaism) Commemorates the survival of ancient Persian Jews who were marked for death. Begins sundown.
Tuesday 7th - Holi (Hindu) Festival of colour that welcomes spring and the new harvest.
Wednesday 8th - International Women’s Day
Monday 20th - Neurodiversity Celebration Week
Wednesday 22nd - Ramadan (Islam) A month of fasting, introspection and prayer.
Friday 31st - International Day of Transgender Visibility
April 2023
Sunday 2nd - Palm Sunday (Christianity) commemorates Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem.
Sunday 2nd - World Autism Awareness Day
5th-13th - Passover (Judaism) 7 day festival that remembers the freeing of the Israelites from Egypt.
Thursday 6th - Maundy Thursday (Christianity) marks Jesus’ Last Supper.
Friday 7th - Good Friday (Christianity) Commemorates Jesus’ Crucifixion.
Friday 7th - World Health Day
Sunday 9th - Easter Sunday (Christianity) Commemorates Jesus’ resurrection.
Friday 14th - Vaisakhi (Sikh) Sikh New Year
Friday 21st - Eid al-Fitr (Islam) Marks the end of Ramadan.
May 2023
1st-7th - Deaf Awareness Week
15th-21st - Mental Health Awareness Week
Thursday 18th - Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Thursday 18th - Ascension Day (Christianity) Marks the 40th day after Easter when Jesus ascended into Heaven.
Thursday 25th - Ascension Day (Coptic Christian)
25th-27th - Shavuot (Judaism) Marks the Wheat Harvest in Israel
Friday 26th - Birth of Buddha (Buddhism)
June 2023
- Pride Month
Sunday 4th - Trinity Sunday (Christianity) Celebrates the three personifications of God (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit).
Sunday 18th - Autistic Pride Day
Thursday 22nd - Windrush Day
26th June-1st July - The Hajj (Islam ) The name for the annual pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca required for all Muslims at least once.
28th-29th - Eid al-Adha (Islam) Commemorates Ibrahim’s willingness to make sacrifices for his faith.
July 2023
Monday 3rd - Asalha Puja / Dharma Day (Buddhism) Commemorates Buddha’s first sermon.
Friday 14th - International Non-Binary People’s Day
Tuesday 18th - Hijri (Islam) Beginning of the Lunar Year
Wednesday 19th - Muharram (Islam) Islamic New Year
August 2023
Wednesday 23rd - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
September 2023
- World Alzheimer’s Month
Sunday 10th - World Suicide Prevention Day
15th-17th - Rosh Hashanah (Judaism) New Year. Begins at Sundown.
24th-25th - Yom Kippur (Judaism) Begins at Sundown.
