Pride Month
Pride Month – The kickoff for a month-long celebration of the LGBTQ+ community, focusing on history, rights, and advocacy.
Gypsy, traveller and Roma Month
Gypsy, traveller and Roma Month - celebrates the richness that Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities bring to peoples everyday lives here in the UK, and the many and varied contributions they have made to British Society. The theme for 2024 is “Weaving Journeys: A celebration of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller lives, histories and cultures“
Refugee Week
Refugee Week - is the world’s largest arts & culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. The theme for Refugee Week 2024 is “Our Home”. From the places we gather to share meals to our collective home, planet earth: everyone is invited to celebrate what our Our Home means to them. https://refugeeweek.org.uk/
Learning Disability Week
Learning Disability Week - is to educate, spread awareness, and increase understanding of learning disabilities.The theme for 2024 is 'Living life with a learning disability'. https://nationaltoday.com/learning-disability-week/
World Wellbeing Week
World Wellbeing Week - is to provide the opportunity to celebrate the many aspects of wellbeing, from meaningful, purposeful work to financial security, physical, mental and emotional health, social resilience and empathic corporate and civic leadership, community relations and care for the environment.
Bradford Literature
Bradford Literature - is an annual festival and year-round cultural outreach programme encompassing the best of literature, music, theatre, cultural discussions, lectures and family events. The festival is unique in the country for its diverse and imaginative approach to high-quality arts and cultural programming. Festivalhttps://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/
Armed Forces Day
Armed Forces Day - is a chance to show your support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community: from currently serving troops to Service families, veterans and cadets.
Muharram
Muharram (Islamic New Year) - Muslim- The first month in the Islamic lunar calendar is Muharram, one of the 4 sacred months. Muharram is a month dedicated to lessons of generosity, sacrifice and mourning dedicated to the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH)family and companions during the battle of Karbala. Muharram also marks the month in which the Prophet Nuh (Noah) left the ark and the month Prophet Musa (Moses) was saved from the Pharaoh of Egypt.
Srebrenica Memorial Day
Srebrenica Memorial Day -commemorates the Srebrenica massacre which occurred in July 1995 during the Bosnian war. Around 8,000 men and boys of a Muslim Bosniak background were killed by forces of the Bosnian Serb army. https://srebrenica.org.uk/