Faith, Culture and Community Calendar

• 1                New Year's Day Parade
• 1                Gantan-sai - Celebration of New Year (Shinto) 
• 4                World Braille day  
• 5                Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh  (Sikh)
• 6                Epiphany (Christian)       
• 6-7             Christmas Eve/Day (Eastern Orthodox)
• 7                Christmas Day (Rastafarian) 
• 14              Makar Sankrant / Lohri (Hindu)    
• 15              World Religion Day                                          
• 18 - 25       Week of prayer for Christian Unity
• 23              Yuan Tan (Chinese: New Year)  
• 25              Burns Night      (Scottish)          
• 27              Holocaust Memorial Day (Inter Faith)              
• 28              St Thomas Aquinas (Christian)
• 28              Vasanta Panchami/Saraswati Puja (Hindu) 
• 28-29         RSPB Big Garden Watch Weekend      
• 28 - 5 Feb   Poverty & Homelessness Action Week       
• 28 - 4 Feb   National Storytelling Week
• 31              Birthday of Guru Har Rai (Sikh)

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