Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Calendar – 2026 MonthAwareness & Events CalendarJanCervical Cancer Awareness Month4 – World Braille Day27 – Holocaust Memorial DayFebLGBT+ History Month (UK)1-7 – World Interfaith Harmony Week4 – World Cancer Day5-11 – UK Race Equality Week6 – International Day of Intolerance to FGM9-15 – Children’s Mental Health Week15 – International Childhood Cancer Day11 – International Day of Women & Girls in Science17 – World Human Spirit Day21 – International Mother Language DayMarProstate Awareness MonthOvarian Cancer Awareness MonthWomen’s History Month1 – Zero Discrimination Day / International Wheelchair Day3 – World Hearing Day8 – International Women’s Day15 – International Day to Combat Islamophobia16-22 – Neurodiversity Celebration Week21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination / World Down Syndrome Day25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery & the Transatlantic Slave Trade30 – World Bipolar Day31 – International Trans Day of VisibilityAprAutism Acceptance MonthStress Awareness MonthBowel Cancer Awareness MonthParkinson’s Awareness Month2 – World Autism Awareness Day6 – International Asexuality Day7 – World Health Day8 – International Romani Day22 – Earth Day / Stephen Lawrence Day25 – World Malaria Day20-26 – Lesbian Visibility Week28 – International Workers Memorial Day / World Day for H&S at WorkMayStroke Awareness MonthCoeliac Awareness Month1 – International Workers Day3 – International Family Equality Day4-10 – Deaf Awareness Week4-10 – Trans+ History Week11-17 – Mental Health Awareness Week15 – International Day of Families17 – International Day Against Homophobia, and Biphobia and Transphobia 21 – Global Accessibility Awareness Day23-24 – 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Birmingham Pride 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈24 – Pansexual & Panromantic Awareness & Visibility DayJunMotor Neurone Disease Awareness MonthLGBT+ Pride MonthGypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month4 – International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression6 – 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Tamworth Pride 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 – postponed – hoping to return in 20279-15 – Carer’s Week12 – World Day Against Child Labour14 – Race Unity Day15 – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day15-21 – Refugee Week / Men’s Health Week18 – Autistic Pride Day20 – World Refugee Day20 – 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Stoke Pride 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈22 – UK Windrush Day22-26 – School Diversity Week27 – 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Burton Pride 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈JulDisability Pride MonthSouth Asian Heritage Month14 – International Non-binary People’s Day18 – Nelson Mandela International Day28 – World Hepatitis DayAug8 – 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Stafford Pride 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈8-9 – 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Lichfield Pride 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples12 –International Youth Day19 – World Humanitarian Day22 – International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its AbolitionSeptWorld Alzheimer’s MonthChildhood Cancer Awareness Month10 – World Suicide Prevention Day 12 – 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Derby Pride 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈15 – World Afro Day18 – International Equal Pay Day 21 – World Alzheimer’s Day23 – Bi Visibility Day / International Day of Sign Languages28-4 Oct – UK National Inclusion WeekOctBlack History Month (UK)Breast Cancer Awareness MonthDown Syndrome Awareness MonthWorld Menopause Awareness Month1 – Anniversary of the Introduction of the Equality Act / International Day of Older Persons 2-8 – Dyslexia Awareness Week5 – World Teachers’ Day6 – World Cerebral Palsy Day 8 – World Sight Day10 – World Mental Health Day11 – International Day of the Girl Child / National Coming Out Day 16 – Show Racism the Red Card’s Wear Red Day17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty18 – Anti-slavery Day / World Menopause Day 19-25 – Asexual Awareness Week21 – International Pronouns Day26 – Intersex Awareness Day29 – World Stroke DayNovIslamophobia Awareness Month Movember Mens Health Awareness MonthDisability History Month8 – Intersex Day of Rememberance & Solidarity8 – Remembrance Sunday 11 – Armistice Day11-18 – UK Inter Faith Week13 – World Kindness Day13-19 – Transgender Awareness Week 14 – World Diabetes Day16 – International Day for Tolerance 19 Nov-19 Dec – Disability History Month19 – International Men’s Day20 – World Children’s Day / Transgender Day of Remembrance25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women DecUniversal Human Rights Month1 – World AIDS Day2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities8 – Pansexual Pride Day10 – Human Rights Day18 – International Migrants’ Day20 – International Human Solidarity Day If we have missed any key dates… please let us know.
