EDI CALENDAR

2021

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

27 28 29 30 31 1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 1 2 3 4 5 6

JANUARY2021

Celebration of Life Month

Special Days

01 New Year’s Day Bank Holiday

04 World Braille Day

05 Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh

(Sikh)

17 World Religion Day

27 Holocaust Memorial Day

FEBRUARY2021

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

31 1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 1 2 3 4 5 6

Asian Heritage Month

LGBT+ History Month

Special Days

01 World Hijab Day

01 – 07 Sexual Abuse and Sexual

Violence Awareness Week

04 Time to Talk Day

& World Cancer Day

08 – 14 Student Volunteering

Week

11 International Day of Women

and Girls in Science

12 Chinese New Year (Year of the

Ox)

17 Random Acts of Kindness Day

20 World Day of Social Justice

21 International Mother Language

Day

28 Rare Disease Day

MARCH2021

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

28 1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31 1 2 3

University Community Month

Women's History Month

Special Days

01 - 07 LGBTQ+ Adoption and

Fostering Week

04 University Mental Health Day

05 St. Piran’s Day/Gool Peran

(Cornwall)

08 International Women’s Day

14 Mother's Day (UK)

21 International Day for the

Elimination of Racial Discrimination

& Nowruz (Persian New Year)

27 Mar – 04 Apr Passover

(Judaism)

29 Mar – 04 Apr Autism

Awareness Week

30 World Bipolar Day

31 Transgender Day of Visibility

(TDOV)

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

28 29 30 31 1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 1

APRIL2021

Autism Awareness Month

National Stress Awareness Month

Special Days

02 Good Friday Bank Holiday

& World Autism Awareness Day

04 Easter Sunday (Christian)

05 Easter Monday Bank Holiday

08 Wesak (Buddhism)

12 Ramadan (Islam)

13 Vaisakhi (Sikh)

13 – 15 Songkran - Thai New Year

19 – 25 MS Awareness Week

26 Lesbian Visibility Day

MAY2021

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

25 26 27 28 29 30 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31 1 2 3 4 5

Mental Health Awareness Month

Special Days

03 May Day Bank Holiday

04 – 10 Deaf Awareness Week

09 - 15 Women’s Health Week

10 - 16 Mental Health Awareness

Week

12 Eid al-Fitr (Islam)

& International ME/CFS and

Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

17 International Day Against

Homophobia, Biphobia and

Transphobia (IDAHoBiT)

19 World IBD Day

20 Global Accessibility Awareness

Day (GAAD)

20 – 26 National Epilepsy Week

31 Spring Bank Holiday

JUNE2021

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

30 31 1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 1 2 3

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month

LGBTQ+ Pride Month

Special Days

01 Global Day of Parents

08 - 14 Carers Week

& Diabetes Week

14 - 20 Men’s Health Week

20 World Refugee Day

& Father's Day (UK)

21 - 27 Refugee Week

23 International Women in

Engineering Day

28 Stonewall Uprising Anniversary

JULY2021

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

27 28 29 30 1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Special Days

14 International Non-Binary

People's Day

& Disability Awareness Day

17 - 22 Hajj (Islam)

19 – 23 Eid al-Adha (Islam)

30 International Day of Friendship

International Women with Alopecia Month

Make a Difference to Children Month

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31 1 2 3 4

AUGUST2021

Black Business Month

Special Days

01 – 08 World Breastfeeding Week

09 International Day of the World’s

Indigenous People

10 Muharram (Islam)

19 World Humanitarian Day

30 Summer Bank Holiday

SEPTEMBER2021

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

29 30 31 1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 1 2

World Alzheimer’s Month

Special Days

05 – 11 Migraine Awareness Week

06 – 08 Rosh Hashanah (Judaism)

10 World Suicide Prevention Day

15 – 16 Yom Kippur (Judaism)

20 – 27 Sukkot (Judaism)

21 International Day of Peace

& World Alzheimer’s Day

23 Bi Visibility Day

26 European Day of Languages

OCTOBER2021

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

26 27 28 29 30 1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 1 2 3 4 5 6

Black History Month

National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Special Days

03 Grandparents' Day UK

05 – 11 Dyslexia Awareness Week

09 - 16 National Hate Crime

Awareness Week

10 World Mental Health Day

11 National Coming Out Day

12 Ada Lovelace Day

18 Mawlid (Islam)

& Menopause Day

26 Intersex Awareness Day

NOVEMBER2021

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

31 1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 1 2 3 4

Anti-Bullying Month

Islamophobia Awareness Month

Movember - Men’s Health Awareness Month

Special Days

03 National Stress Awareness Day

04 Diwali (Hindu)

11 – 14 Anti Bullying Week

13 – 19 Trans Awareness Week

14 World Diabetes Day

19 International Men’s Day

& Guru Nanak Jayanti (Sikh)

20 Transgender Day of

Remembrance

& World Children’s Day

21 World COPD Day

25 International Day for the

Elimination of Violence against

Women

28 Nov – 06 Dec Hanukkah

(Judaism)

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

28 29 30 1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31 1

DECEMBER2021

Universal Month for Human Rights

Special Days

01 World AIDS Day

03 International Day of Persons

with Disabilities

10 Human Rights Day

18 International Migrants Day

25 Christmas Day

26 Boxing Day

27 Christmas Day Bank Holiday

28 Boxing Day Bank Holiday

29 University Closure Day

30 University Closure Day

31 University Closure Day