Global Citizenship Calendar 2015/16
August 2015
September 2015
October 2015
November 2015
December 2015
S01
S02
M03
T04
W05
T06 Hiroshima Day
F07
S08
S09 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
M10
T11
W12 International Youth Day
T13
F14
S15
S16
M17
T18
W19 World Humanitarian Day
T20
F21
S 22
S23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave
T 01
W02
T03
F04
S05
S06 Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight
M07
T08 International Literacy Day
W09
T10
F11
S12 World First Aid Day
S13 Rosh Hashanah
M14
T15 International Day of Democracy
W16
T17
F18 ‘Jeans for Genes’ Day
T01
Black History Month
International Day of Older Persons
S01
M02
T03
W04
T05Guy Fawkes / Bonfire Night
F06
S07
S08 Remembrance Sunday
M09
T10
W11 Armistice Day
T 01
W02
T03
F04
S05
Trade and its Abolition
M24
T25
W26
T27
F28
S29
S30 International Day of the Disappeared
M31
Beach Clean weekend
S 19
S20
M21 International Day of Peace
T22 Yom Kippur
W23 Autumn Equinox
Go Home on Time Day
Scottish Learning Festival 2015
T24 Scottish Learning Festival 2015
Eid al-Adha
World Maritime Day
F25
WW1 Battle of Loos Centenary
Macmillan ‘Biggest Coffee Morning’
UN Sustainable Development Goals launched
S26 European Day of Languages
S27
World Tourism Day
Sukkot
M28 International Right to Know Day
T29
W30
F02
S03
S04
M05
International Day of Non-Violence
World Space Week begins
World Teachers’ Day
World Habitat Day
T06
W07
T08 National Poetry Day
F09
S10 World Porridge Day
World Day Against the Death Penalty
S11 International Day of the Girl
M12 International Youth Day
T13 International Day for Disaster Reduction
W14
T15
F16 World Food Day
S17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
S18 EU Anti-Trafficking Day
Anti-Slavery Day
M19
T20
W21
T22
F23 Wear it Pink Day
S24 United Nations Day
S25 British Summer Time ends
M26
T27
W28
T29
F30
S31 World Cities Day
Diwali
T12
F13BBC Children in Need
S14
S15
M16 International Day for Tolerance
Anti-Bullying Week begins
T17
W18
T19World Toilet Day
F20Universal Children’s Day
S21
S22 Scottish Interfaith Week begins
M23Book Week Scotland begins
T24
W25 International Day for the Elimination of
Violence against Women
Birthday of Guru Nanak
T26
F27
S28 National Tree Week begins
S29 Advent
M30 St. Andrew’s Day
January 2016
International Year of Pulses
Scotland’s Year of Innovation,
Architecture and Design
World AIDS Day
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
F01
New Year’s Day
S02
S03
World Soil Day
International Volunteer Day
M04
S06 Hanukkah
M07
T08 Bodhi Day
W09
T10 Human Rights Day
F11 International Mountain Day
S12
S13
M14
T15
W16
T17
F18 International Migrants Day
S19
S20 International Human Solidarity Day
M21
T22 Winter Solstice
W23
T24
F25 Christmas Day
S26 Boxing Day
S27
M28
T29
W30
T31 Hogmanay
RSPB Big Schools Birdwatch begins
T05
W06
T07
F08
S09
S10
M11
T12
W13
T14
F15
S16
S17
M18
T19
W20
World Religion Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
T21
F22
S23
S24
M25
Burns Night
T26
W27
T28
Holocaust Memorial Day
F29
S30
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
S31
UN Climate Change conference, COP21, Paris
Halloween
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February 2016
March 2016
April 2016
May 2016
June 2016
July 2016
M01
T02 World Wetlands Day
W03
T04
F05 Unicef Day for Change
S06
S07
M08 Chinese New Year – Year of the Monkey
T09 Shrove Tuesday
W10 Ash Wednesday
T11 F12 Red Hand Day – international day against the use of
T01
W02
T03
F01 S02 International Children’s Book Day
S03
M04
T05
W06
T07 World Health Day
F08
S09
S10
M11
T12
W13
T14 Vaisakhi
F15
S16
S17
M18 International Day for Monuments and Sites
T19
W20
T21 John Muir Day
F22 Earth Day
S23 St. George’s Day
S01 International Workers’ Day / May Day
M02
T03 World Press Freedom Day
W04
T05Scottish Parliament elections
F06
S07
S08 World Red Cross Red Crescent Day
M09 Europe Day
T10
W11
T12
F13
S14World Fair Trade Day
S15 International Day of Families
W01
T02
F03
S04
S05
M06
T07
W08
F01 WW1 Battle of the Somme Centenary
S02 International Day of Cooperatives
S03
M04
T05
W06 Eid al-Fitr
T07
F08
S09
S10
M11 World Population Day
T12
W13
T14
F15
S16
S17
M18 Nelson Mandela international Day
T19 Dharma Day
W20
T21 World Humanist Day
F22
S23
S24
M25
T26 Armed Forces Day
W27
T28
F29
S30 World Day against Trafficking in Persons
S31
child soldiers
S 13
S14
M15 Nirvana Day
T16
W17
T18
F19
S20
S21 International Mother Language Day
M22 Fairtrade Fortnight begins
T23
W24
T25
F26
S27
S28
M29
St. David’s Day
World Book Day
International School Meals Day
F04
S05
S06 Mother’s Day / Mothering Sunday
M07
T08 International Women’s Day
W09 Commonwealth Day
T10
F11 National No Smoking Day
S12
S13
M14
T15
W16
T17 St. Patrick’s Day
F18 Sport Relief
S19
S20
Spring Equinox
M21 World Poetry Day
T22 World Water Day
W23 Holi
T24 Purim
F25 Good Friday
International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery
S26 Earth Hour
S27 Easter Sunday / British Summer Time begins
M28
T29
W30
T31 World Wildlife Day
Passover begins
S 24
M25 World Malaria Day
T26
W27
T28
F29
Wesak – Buddha Day
Christian Aid Week begins
M16
T17International Day Against Homophobia
W18
T 19
F20
S21World Day for Cultural Diversity
S22 International Day for Biological Diversity
M23
T 24
W25 Africa Day
T26
F27
S28
S29
M30
T31WW1 Battle of Jutland Centenary
International Children’s Day
World Environment Day
Ramadan begins
World Oceans Day
Scottish Refugee Festival
T09
F10
S11
S12 World Day Against Child Labour
M13
T14
W15
T16
F17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
S18
S19 Father’s Day
M20 World Refugee Day
T21
W22
T23
F24
S25
S26
M27
T28
W29
T30
Summer Solstice
International Yoga Day
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
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