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2015 Calendar Including dates and information relevant to Wiltshire’s
Community and Voluntary Sector
Registered Charity No. 1096008 www.developecs.org.uk
2015 Calendar
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
January Dry January—Alcohol Concern | Cervical Health Awareness Month |
Celebration of Life Month | National Glaucoma Awareness Month
1st Mary, mother of God- Catholic, Christian New Year Day- Secular Gantan-sai (Oshogatsu) - Shinto St Basil The Great - Christian Fast of Tevet/Holy Temple - Jewish Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI
2nd Bank Holiday - Scotland
3rd Mawlid un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad) - Islam
4th World Braille Day
5th Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh - Sikh Mahayana New Year - Buddhist Twelfth Night - Christian
6th Epiphany - Christian Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian Día de Reyes - Christian
7th Christmas Day - Orthodox Christian Christmas Day - Ethiopian Rastafari
11th Human Trafficking Awareness Day
12th Baptism of Jesus - Christian
13th Maghi - Sikh Saint Hillary’s Day - Christian
14th Makar Sankranti - Hindu
15th Sejin Shiki (Adults Day) - Shinto
18th (18th—25th) Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian World Religion Day—Bahá’í
19th Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Martin Luther King Day
24th Vasant Panchami - Hindu
25th Saint Paul’s Day - Christian World Religion Day Robert Burn Night (Burns Night)
26th Australia Day (26th—30th) Cancer Talk Week
27th Holocaust Memorial Day
31st Birthday of Guru Har Rai - Sikh
Pewsey, Wiltshire
❍ Full moon - 5th January ☽First Quarter - 13th January
● New Moon - 20th January ☾ Last Quarter - 27th January
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
February LGBT History Month | National Heart Month | World Cancer
Awareness Month | Youth Leadership Month
1st Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian Four Chaptains Sunday - Interfaith
2nd Candlemas - Christian Imbolc - Lughnassad - Wicca/Pagan Saint Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
3rd Setsunbun-sai - Shinto
4th World Cancer Day Tu BiShavat - Judaism
8th Parinirvana—Nirvana Day - Buddhist
11th Our Lady of Lourdes - Christian
12th Darwin Day
14th Saint Valentine’s Day - Christian
15th Nirvana Day - Buddhist Jain Transfiguration Day - Christian Meatfare Sunday– Orthodox Christian
17th Shrove Tuesday - Christian
18th Ash Wednesday - Christian
19th World Religion Day - Bahá’í Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
20th World Day of Social Justice
21st International Mother Language Day
22nd Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
23rd Clean Monday - Great Lent begins - Orthodox Christian (23rd—1st March) National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
26th Intercalary Days (begin) - Bahá’í
❍ Full moon - 3rd February ☽First Quarter - 12th February
● New Moon - 18th February ☾ Last Quarter - 25th February
Calne, Wiltshire
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
March Prostate Cancer Awareness Month | Ovarian Cancer
Awareness Month | Women’s History Month
1st Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian Intercalary Days (end) - Bahá’í Saint David’s Day - Christian
2nd Nineteen Day Fast (begin) - Bahá’í
5th Purim - Judaism Magha Puja Day - Buddhist
6th Holi - Hindu Hola Mohalla - Sikh
8th International Women’s Day
13th L. Ron Hubbard Birthday - Scientology
15th Mothering Sunday - Chirstian
17th Saint Patrick’s Day - Christian Maha Shivaratri - Hindu Bank Holiday - Northern Ireland and ROI
19th Saint Joseph’s Day - Christian
20th Ostara - Wicca/Pagan– northern hemisphere Mabon - Wicca/Pagan– southern hemisphere International Day of Happiness
21st Naw Ruz - Bahá’í Norooz - Persian/Zoroastrian New Year - Hindu International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Downs Syndrome Day
22nd World Water Day
23rd World Meteorological Day
25th Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
26th Khordad Sal - Zoroastrian International Day of Epilepsy
28th Ramanavami - Hindu Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra - Zoroastrian
29th Palm Sunday - Christian
30th British Summertime begins (BST)
❍ Full moon - 1st March ☽First Quarter - 13th March
● New Moon - 20th March ☾Last Quarter - 27th March
Old Wardour Castle, Tisbury, Wiltshire
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
April Autism Awareness Month | Stress Awareness Month |
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
1st April Fools Day
2nd Maundry Tuesday - Christian World Autism Awareness Day
3rd Good Friday - Christian Mahavir Jayanti - Jain Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
4th Pesach (Passover) - Judaism Therevadin New Year - Buddhist Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian Holy Saturday - Christian
5th Easter Sunday - Christian
6th Easter Monday - Christian Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland & ROI
7th World Health Day
8th International Romani Day
12th Pascha (Easter) - Orthodox Christian
13th Vaisakhi—New Year - Sikh
14th Birthday of Guru Nanak - Sikh Hola Mohalla - Sikh
15th Lord’s Evening Meal - Jehovah’s Witness Christian Yom Hazikaron - Judaism
16th Yom HaShoah - Judaism (16th—22nd March) Shakespeare Week
18th Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur - Sikh Birthday of Guru Angad Dev - Sikh
21st First Day of Ridvan - Bahá’í
22nd Earth Day
23rd Saint George’s Day - Christian Yom Ha’Atzmaut - Judaism World Book Day
25th World Malaria Day
29th Ninth Day of Ridvan - Bahá’í
❍ Full moon - 4th April ☽First Quarter - 12th April
● New Moon - 18th April ☾Last Quarter - 26th April
Wilton, Wiltshire
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
May National Stroke Awareness Month | Family Wellness Month
| Mental Health Awareness Month
1st Beltane - Wicca/Pagan May Day— International Workers Day
2nd Ridvan—Twelfth Day - Bahá’í Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev - Sikh
3rd World Press Freedom Day
4th Vasakha Puja – Buddha Day - Buddhist Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland & ROI
6th (6th—12th) Deaf Awareness Week
7th Lag B’Omer - Judaism
8th World Red Cross Day
9th Europe Day of the European Union
12th International Nurses Day
13th Lailat al Miraj - Islam
14th Ascension Day - Christian
15th International of Families
17th International Day Against Homophobia (17th—23rd) Dementia Awareness Week
21st World Day for Cultural Diversity Dialogue and Development
22nd International Day for Biological Diversity
23rd Declaration of the Bab - Bahá’í Birthday of Guru Amar Das - Sikh
24th Pentecost - Christian Shavout - Judaism
25th Spring Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
29th Ascension of Baha’u’llah - Bahá’í International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
31st Pentecost - Orthodox Christian Trinity Sunday - Christian World No Tobacco Day
❍ Full moon - 4th May ☽First Quarter - 11th May
● New Moon - 18th May ☾Last Quarter - 25th May
Birds of Wiltshire
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June Gay & Lesbian Pride Month | Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History
Month | National Smile Month
1st Bank Holiday - ROI International Children’s Day Lailat al Bara’ah - Islam
4th International Day of Innocent Children Victim of Aggression Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
5th World Environment Day
7th All Saints - Orthodox Christian National Cancer Survivors Day
8th (8th—14th) Carers Week
12th Dragon Boat Festival - Duanwu (China)
14th Trooping the Colour—Bank Holiday - Scotland World Blood Donor Day
15th (15th — 21st) National Men’s Awareness Week (15th — 21st) Refugee Week
16th Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev - Sikh
17th World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
18th Ramadan (begin) - Islam
19th New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
20th Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian World Refugee Day
21st Father’s Day - UK Summer Solstice — Litha - Wicca/Pagan - northern hemisphere
24th Yule - Wicca/Pagan - northern hemisphere
29th Saint Peter and Paul’s Day - Christian
❍ Full moon - 2nd June ☽First Quarter - 9th June
● New Moon - 16th June ☾Last Quarter - 24th June
Lyneham Lake, Wiltshire
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July National Ice Cream Month | Make a Difference to Children Month |
Family Reunion Month
4th Asalha Puja Day - Buddhist Independence Day - U.S.A. (4th—11th) Bristol Pride Week
5th Birthday of Guru Hardobind - Sikh
11th Martyrsom of the Bab - Bahá’í World Population Day Bristol Pride Day
12th Orangemen’s Day Battle of the Boyne - Bank Holiday - Northern Ireland
13th Ullambana (Obon) - Buddhist Laylar al Qadr - Islam
17th International Justice Day
19th Euf-Ul-Fitr - Islam
20th Equinox Ostara - Wicca/Pagan - northern hemisphere Mabon - Wicca/Pagan - southern hemisphere
22nd Saint Mary Magdalene - Christian
23rd Birthday of Guru Har Krishen - Sikh Birthday of Haile Selassie I - Rastafari
24th Pioneer Day - Mormon
26th Parent’s Day - Secular
28th Tish’a B’av - Judaism
30th International Day of Friendship
❍ Full moon - 2nd July ☽First Quarter - 8th July
● New Moon - 16th July ☾Last Quarter - 24th July
Ludgershall Castle, Wiltshire
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
August World Breastfeeding Week | What will be your Legacy Month
1st Lughnasadh - Lammas - Pagan Fast in honour of Mother of Jesus - Orthodox Christian Lammas - Christian
3rd Summer Bank Holiday - Scotland and ROI
6th Transfiguration - Christian
8th Wiltshire & Swindon Gay Pride (TBC)
9th International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
12th International Youth Day
14th Obon - Shinto
15th Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
17th Birthday of Marcus Garvey - Rastafari
26th Women’s Equality Day
29th Raksha Bandhan - Hindu
30th Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian
31st Summer Bank Holiday - England, Wales and Northern Ireland
❍ Full moon - 29th August ☽First Quarter - 7th August
● New Moon - 14th August ☾Last Quarter - 22nd August
Avebury, Wiltshire
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September World Alzheimer’s Month | Childhood Cancer Awareness
Month | People Skills Month | Women’s Friendship Month
1st Ecclesiastical year begins - Orthodox Christian
4th Krishna Janmashtani - Hindu
8th Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian International Literacy Day
10th World Suicide Prevention Day
11th Ethiopian New Year - Rastafari
14th The Triumph of the Cross - Christian
15th International Day of Democracy Rosh Hashanah - Judaism
17th Ganesh Chaturthi - Hindu
21st World Alzheimer’s Day International Day of Peace Paryushana Parva - Jain
23rd Wagf al Arafa - Islam Eid-Ul-Adha - Sacridice Day - Islam Yom Kippur - Judaism Autumn Equinox Mabon - Wicca/Pagan - northern hemisphere Ostara - Wicca/Pagan - southern hemisphere
24th Yule - Wicca/Pagan World Maritime Day
28th Meskel - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
29th Sukkot - Judaism Michaelmas - Saint Michael and All Angels - Christian
❍ Full moon - 8th September ☽First Quarter - 1st September
● New Moon - 23rd September ☾Last Quarter - 15th September
Maud Heath , Wiltshire
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October Black History Month | Breast Cancer Awareness Month |
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
1st International Day of Older Persons
2nd Feasts of the Guardian Angels - Christian International Day of Non Violence
4th Saint Francis Day - Catholic Christian
5th World Teacher’s Day Shemini Atzeret - Judaism World Habitat Day
8th Simchat Torah - Judaism
9th World Post Day Birthday of Guru Ram Das - Sikh
10th World Mental Health Day
13th Thanksgiving - Canada Navaratri - Hindu Islamic New Year - Islam
14th Al - Hijira - Islam
15th International Day of Rural Women
16th World Food Day Simchat Torah - Judaism
17th International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
20th Birth of the Bab - Bahá’í
21st Installation of the Scriptures as Gukru Granth - Sikh
22nd Dussera - Hindu
23rd Ashura - Islam
24th United Nations Day
26th Reformation Day - Protestant Christian British Summer time ends (BST) -UK Bank Holiday - ROI
31st Milvian Bridge Day - Christian All Hallow’s Eve - Christian Samhain (Hallowe’en) - Pagan
❍ Full moon - 27th October ☽First Quarter - 20th October
● New Moon - 13th October ☾Last Quarter - 4th October
Stourhead Lake, Wiltshire
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
November Lung Cancer Awareness Month |
Inspirational Role Models Month
1st All Saints’ Day - Christian
2nd All Souls’ Day - Catholic Christian Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I - Rastafari Samhain Beltane - Wicca/Pagan
5th Volunteer Managers Day
8th Remembrance Sunday
9th (9th—15th (TBC)) Trustees Week
11th Armistice Day - Interfaith Diwali - Hindu, Jain, Sikh
12th Birth of Baha’u’llah - Bahá’í
13th World Kindness Day New Year - Jain
14th World Diabetes Day
15th Nativity Fasts begins - Orthodox Christian
19th International Men’s Day
20th Universal Children’s Day
23rd Christ the King - Christian
24th Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh
25th International Day of the Elimination of Violence against Women Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib - Sikh
29th Ascension of Adbu’l Baha - Bahá’í First Sunday of Advent - Christian
30th Bank Holiday - Scotland Saint Andrew’s Day - Christian
❍ Full moon - 25th November ☽First Quarter - 3rd November
● New Moon - 11th November ☾Last Quarter - 19th November
Stonehenge, Wiltshire
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December Spiritual Literacy Month | Write to a Friend Month
1st World AIDS Day
2nd International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3rd International Day of Persons with Disabilities
5th International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
6th Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
7th Hanukkah - Judaism
8th Rohatsu (Bodhi Day) - Buddhist Feast of the Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
9th International Anti-Corruption Day
10th Human Rights Day
12th Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
18th (16th—25th) Posades Navidenas - Christian International Migrants Day
20th International Human Solidarity Day
22nd Winter Solstice Litha - Wicca/Pagan - southern hemisphere Yule - Wicca/Pagan - northern hemisphere Yule - Christian
24th Mawlid un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad) - Islam Christmas Eve - Christian
25th Christmas Day - Christian Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI
26th Saint Stephen’s Day - Christian Boxing Day - Secular
27th Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) - Zoroastrian
28th Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI Holy Innocents - Christian
31st Watch Night - Christian New Year’s Eve
❍ Full moon - 25th December ☽First Quarter - 18th December
● New Moon - 11th December ☾Last Quarter - 3rd December
Potterne, Wiltshire