Culture faith and community Calendar

• 1 - 31            Black History Month  
• 1 -31             International Walk to School Month 
• 1                   International Day of Older Persons   
• 1                   Simchat Torah (Jewish)
• 2                   World Smile Day    
• TBC               National Child Health Day  
• 2-9                National Children's Book Week 
• 4                   World Architecture Day   
• 6                   Dussehra (Hindu) 
• 8 - 16            Navaratri (9 nights)/Durga Puja/Dussehra (Hindu)      
• 8                   Yom Kippur (Jewish)   
• 9                   National Poetry Day    
• 9                   Birthday of Guru Ram Das (Sikh: Nanakshahi Calender) 
• 10                 World Mental Health day 
• 13                 St Edward's Day (Christian)
• 13                 Sukkot (Jewish)  
• 15                 Durga Puja (Hindu)      
• 16                 Chung Yuan (Chinese) 
• TBC               Inter Faith Week of Prayer for World Peace (Christian)
• 19                 Hoshanah Rabbah (Jewish)
• 20                 Conferring of Guruship on Guru Granth Sahib by Guru Gobind Singh 1708 (Sikh)
• 20                 Anniversary of the birth of Bab (Baha'l)
• 22                 Pavarana (Buddhist)
• 24                 United Nations day
• 26                 Diwali (Jain)
• 26                 Diwali (Sikh: Bani Chhor Divas) 
• 26                 Diwali, Festival of light (Hindu)
• 31                 Samhain - Hallowe'en or All Hallows Eve (Pagan)

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