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NELFT DIVERSITY CALENDAR 2016

NELFT Diversity Calendar 2016

NELFT community matron making a home visit in WalthamstowCover photo: The NELFT Ethnic Minority Network shortly after receiving their award for Employee Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage Network of the Year at the Inclusive Networks awards 2015 in Manchester. It’s official, our Ethnic Minority Network is the best in the country!

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Diversity Perspectives

2016January

We must be willing to letgo of the life we haveplanned so as to have thelife that is waiting for us.

Joseph Campbell

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

Have you clear objectives and a plan to promote inclusion and respect

in 2016?

1st Mary, Mother of God – Catholic Christian

Feast of Saint Basil – Orthodox Christian Gantan-sai (New Years) – Shinto New Year’s Day/Hogmany – Secular Bank Holiday – England, Wales,

Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI Temple Day – Buddhist4th Bank Holiday – Scotland World Braille Day5th Twelfth Night – Christian Birthday of Guru Gobindh Singh – Sikh6th Epiphany – Christian Feast of the Theophany – Orthodox Christian Dia de las Reyes – Christian7th Christmas Day – Orthodox Christian Christmas Day – Ethiopian Rastafari10th Baptism of the Lord Jesus – Christian11th Seijin no hi (Coming of Age Day) – Shinto HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay13th Saint Hiliary’s Day – Christian Maghi – Sikh14th New Year’s Day – Orthodox Christian15th Makar Sankranti – Hindu17th World Religion Day – Baha’i18th 18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – Christian Martin Luther King Jnr. Day20th Timkat – Ethiopian Orthodox Christian21st Saint Agnes Day – Christian24th 24-27 Mahayana New Year – Buddhist Tu BiShvat begins at sundown – Jewish25th Robert Burns Night (Burns Night) Saint Paul’s Day – Christian26th Australia Day27th HolocaustMemorialDay28th Saint Thomas Aquinas Day – Christian DataPrivacyDay31st Birthday of Guru Har Rai – Sikh

January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month | Cervical Health Awareness Month National Mentoring Month | National Blood Donor Month | Celebration of Life Month

Special Days


NELFT staff at Nurses Day 2015

2016February

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It isn't what you have, orwho you are, or where youare, or what you are doingthat makes you happy orunhappy. It is what youthink about.

Dale Carnegie



Have you identified your main

diversity challenges?

2016March

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Get out of your own way…Stop the paralysis byanalysis… Dream yourdream… Then wake upand bring it to life!

Steve Maraboli



What resources have youcommitted to meeting

your diversity and inclusion priorities this year?

1st Saint Brigid of Kildare – Celtic Christian2nd Candlemas – Christian Imbolc– Lughnassacci – Wicca/Pagan Presentation of Christ in the Temple

– Christian3rd Setsubun-sai – Shinto Saint Blaise Day – Christian4th WorldCancerDay7th Four Chaplains Sunday – Interfaith TransfigurationSunday– Christian8th Chinese New Year – Confucian, Daoist , Buddhist9th Shrove Tuesday – Christian10th Ash Wednesday – Christian11th Our Lady of Lourdes – Christian12th Triodion begins – Orthodox Christian Darwin Day14th Saint Valentine’s Day15th Nirvana Day – Buddhist – Jain20thWorldDayofSocialJustice26thIntercalaryDays(begin)– Baha’i

Special Days

February is National Heart Month | Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History MonthRaynaud’s and Scleroderma Awareness Month


A NELFT children’s healthy lifestyle session in Ilford

2016February

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It isn't what you have, orwho you are, or where youare, or what you are doingthat makes you happy orunhappy. It is what youthink about.

Dale Carnegie



Have you identified your main

diversity challenges?

2016March

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Get out of your own way…Stop the paralysis byanalysis… Dream yourdream… Then wake upand bring it to life!

Steve Maraboli



What resources have youcommitted to meeting

your diversity and inclusion priorities this year?

1st ZeroDiscriminationDay– Secular Saint David’s Day IntercalaryDays(end)– Baha’i2nd Nineteen Day Fast (start) – Baha’i3rd World Book Day 5th Saint Piran’s Day – Christian6th Mothering Sunday Orthodox Sunday – Orthodox Christian Meatfare Sunday – Orthodox Christian7th Maha Shivaratri – Hindu8th International Women’s Day13th Cheesefare Sunday – Orthodox

Christian L. Ron Hubbard Birthday – Scientology14th Clean Monday – Orthodox Christian17th SaintPatrick’sDay– Christian Bank Holiday – Northern Ireland

and ROI19th Saint Joseph’s Day20th Palm Sunday – Christian Spring Equinox Ostara – Wicca/Pagan northern

hemisphere Mabon – Wicca/Pagan southern

hemisphere 21st Naw-Rúz (New Year) – Baha’i Norooz (New Year) – Persian/Zoroastrian International Day for the Elimination ofRacialDiscrimination– Secular World Down Syndrome Day22nd World Water Day23rd Magha Puji (Sangha Day) – Buddhist Holi – Hindu Purim begins at sundown – Judaism Lord’s Evening Meal – Jehovah’s

Witness Christian24th Maundy Thursday – Christian Hola Mohalla – Sikh25th Good Friday – Christian AnnunciationtotheTheotokos

– Orthodox Christian Bank Holiday – England, Wales,

Scotland and Northern Ireland26th Holy Saturday – Christian27th Easter Sunday – Christian British Summertime begins28th Easter Monday – Christian Bank Holiday – England, Wales,

Northern Ireland and ROI Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet

Zaranthushtra) – Zoroastrian

Special Days

March is Prostrate Cancer Awareness Month| Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month American Red Cross Month | Save your Vision Month | Women’s History Month

Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month


NELFT staff at Brentwood Community Hospital, Essex

2016April

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You may never know whatresults come of youraction, but if you donothing there will be noresult.

Mahatma Gandhi



How is diversity used as a strategic tool for fostering

innovation, creative problem solving and

building a competitive advantage?

1st April Fools Day2nd World Autism Awareness Day4th AnnunciationoftheLord– Catholic

Christian7th World Health Day – Secular8th New Year – Hindu International Romani Day14th Vaisakhi New Year – Sikh15th Ramanavami – Hindu18th Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur – Sikh Birthday of Guru Angad Dev – Sikh19th Mahavir Jayanti – Jain21st First Day of Ridvan – Baha’i22nd Therevadin New Year – Buddhist Hanuman Jayanti – Hindu Pesach(Passover)beginsatsundown

– Judaism Earth Day23rd Saint George’s Day – Christian Lazarus Saturday – Orthodox Christian Shakespeare Day24th Palm Sunday – Orthodox Christian28th World Day for Health & Safety at Work29th Ninth Day of Ridvan – Baha’i Good Friday – Orthodox Christian30th Saint James the Great Day – Orthodox

Christian

Special Days

April is Autism Awareness Month | Alcohol Awareness Month | Stress Awareness Month | Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

2016April

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Mahatma Gandhi







NELFT Lead Governor Nicholas Hurst

2016April

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Mahatma Gandhi






2016May

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Learn to get in touch withthe silence within yourself,and know that everythingin life has purpose. Thereare no mistakes, nocoincidences, all eventsare blessings given to us tolearn from.

Elisabeth Kubler Ross


Question Time

Who is responsible for managing diversity?

Special Days

May is Action on Stroke Month | Mental Health Awareness MonthFamily Wellness Month | Cystic Fibrosis Month | Hepatitis Awareness Month

1st Pascha(Easter)– Orthodox Christian Beltane – Wicca/Pagan2nd Bank Holiday – England, Wales,

Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI Twelth Day of Ridvan – Baha’i Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev – Sikh 3rd World Press Freedom Day5th YomHaShoah(HolocaustMemorial

Day) – Judaism Lailat al Miraj – Islam AscensionDay– Christian8th WorldRedCrossRedCrescentDay11th Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day)

– Judaism12th Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Israeli

IndependenceDay)– Judaism International Nurses Day – Secular13th Our Lady of Fatima – Catholic Christian15th Visakha Puja – Buddha Day – Buddhist Pentecost – Christian International Day of Families 16th Whit Monday – Christian17th International Day Against

Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia – Secular

21st World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development – Secular

Lailat al Bara’a – Islam22ndInternationalDayforBiological

Diversity Trinity Sunday – Christian23rd Birthday of Guru Amar Das – Sikh DeclarationoftheBáb– Baha’i26th Lag B’Omer – Judaism Corpus Christi – Catholic Christian29th AscensionofBaha’u’llah– Baha’i International Day of United Nations

Peacekeepers– Secular30th Spring Bank Holiday – England, Wales,

Scotland and Northern Ireland31st WorldNoTobaccoDay


NELFT Sports Day at the Goodmayes site

2016June

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No one is born hatinganother person becauseof the colour of his skin.

Nelson Mandela



Have you Equality, Diversity and Respect

policies?

1st International Children’s Day3rd SacredHeartofJesus– Catholic

Christian4th InternationalDayofInnocentChildren

VictimsofAgression5th World Environment Day6th Bank Holiday – ROI Ramadan begins – Islam9th AscensionofJesus– Orthodox

Christian Saint Columba of Iona – Celtic

Christian11th Shavuot begins at sundown – Judaism Trooping the Colour14th World Blood Donor Day 16th Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom – Sikh17th WorldDaytoCombatDesertification

and Drought19th Father’s Day Pentecost– Orthodox Christian WorldSickleCellDisease

Awareness Day20th World Refugee Day SummerSolstice Litha – Wicca/Pagan (northern

hemisphere) Yule – Wicca/Pagan (southern

hemisphere) 24th Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

– Christian26th All Saints – Orthodox Christian29th Feast of Saints Peter and Paul

– Christian

Special Days

June is Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Month | Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Awareness MonthLGBT Pride Month | Men’s Health Awareness Month | Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month

National Hospice Month (UK)


Paralympian Martine Wright at the NELFT Sports Day 2015

2016June

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No one is born hatinganother person becauseof the colour of his skin.

Nelson Mandela



Have you Equality, Diversity and Respect

policies?

2016July

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Be generous with kindlywords, especially aboutthose who are absent.

Johann WolfgangVon Goethe



What are you doing this month to address

gender, race and cultural challenges in your

organisation?

2nd Laylat al Qadr – Islam4th IndependenceDay5th Birthday of Guru Hargobind – Sikh7th Eid al Fitr – Islam9th MartyrdomoftheBáb– Baha’i11th SaintBenedictDay– Catholic Christian World Population Day – Secular12th Orangemen’s Day Bank Holiday – Northern Ireland13th Obon (Ulambana) – Buddhist – Shinto15th Saint Vladimir the Great Day

– Orthodox Christian17th InternationalJusticeDay19th Asalha Puja (Dharma Day) – Buddhist22nd Feast Day of Saint Mary Magdalene

– Christian23rd Birthday of Guru Har Krishen – Sikh Birthday of Emperor Haile Selassi

– Rastafari24th Pioneer Day – Mormon Christian Parent’s Day – Secular25th Saint James the Great Day – Christian28th World Hepatitis Day30th International Day of Friendship

Special Days

July is UV Safety Month | Family Reunion Month | Make a Difference to Children Month International Women with Alopecia Month


NELFT Sports Day

2016August

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Happiness is having alarge, loving, caring,close-knit family inanother city.

George F. Burns



How are staff held accountablefor diversity?

1st Summer Bank Holiday – Scotland and ROI

Lammas – Christian Lughnassad–Imbolc– Wicca/Pagan

Northern and Southern hemispheres Fast in honour of Holy Mother of Lord

Jesus – Orthodox Christian6th TransfigurationoftheLord– Orthodox

Christian9th International Day of the World’s

Indigenous Peoples – Secular12th International Youth Day14th Tish’a B’av – Jewish15th Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary

– Catholic Christian Dormition of the Theotokos – Orthodox

Christian Obon (Bon) – Buddhist18th Raksha Bandhan – Hindu19th World Humanitarian Day22nd Queenship of Mary – Catholic Christian25th Krishna Janmashtami – Hindu29th Summer Bank Holiday – England,

Wales and Northern Ireland Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

– Christian

Special Days

August is Health & Safety Month | National Immunizations Awareness MonthBlack Business Month | Children’s Eye Health & Safety Month


NELFT Nurses Day 2015

2016August

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Happiness is having alarge, loving, caring,close-knit family inanother city.

George F. Burns



How are staff held accountablefor diversity?

2016September

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It is literally true that youcan succeed best andquickest by helping othersto succeed.

Napoleon Hill



What is your Organisation's business

case for diversity?

1st Ecclesiasticalyearbegins– Orthodox Christian

5th Ganesh Chaturthi – Hindu International Day of Charity6th Paryushan Parva – Jain8th Nativity of Virgin Mary – Christian InternationalLiteracyDay10th Waqf al Arafa (Hajj Day) – Islam WorldSuicidePreventionDay11th Eid al Adha – Islam Ethiopian New Year – Rastafari14th The Triumph of the Cross – Christian15th Anant Chaturdashi – Hindu InternationalDayofDemocracy

– secular21st InternationalDayofPeace World Alzheimer’s Day22nd Autumn Equinox Mabon – Wicca/Pagan northern

hemisphere Ostara – Wicca/Pagan southern

hemisphere27th Meskel – Ethiopian Orthodox Christian28th International Right to Know Day Freedom from Hunger Day29th Michaelmas–SaintMichaelandAll

Angels – Christian

Special Days

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month | Childhood Cancer Awareness Month International Blood Cancer Awareness Month | World Alzheimer’s Month


John Brouder, ceo, and NELFT staff at the BME conference 2015

2016October

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Enlightenment isunderstanding that there isnowhere to go, nothing todo, and nobody you haveto be except exactly whoyou're being right now.

Neale Donald Walsch



Is training in diversity, equality and respect

an integral component of staff development?

1st Navaratri – Hindu International Day of Older Persons2nd Muharram New Year – Islam InternationalDayofNonViolence

– Secular Feast of the Guardian Angels

– Christian Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown

– Jewish4th SaintFrancisDay– Catholic Christian Blessing of the Animals – Christian5th WorldTeachers’Day9th World Post Day Birthday of Guru Ram Das Sikh10th Thanksgiving (Canada) – Interfaith World Mental Health Day – Secular11th Dasara – Hindu Ashura – Islam Yom Kippur begins at sundown

– Jewish13th World Sight Day15th International Day of Rural Women16th Sukkot begins at sundown – Jewish World Food Day17th InternationalDayfortheEradication

of Poverty18th Saint Luke, Apostle & Evangelist

– Christian20th BirthoftheBáb– Baha’i InstallationoftheScripturesofGuru

Granth Sahib – Sikh23rd Shemini Atzeret begins at sundown

– Jewish24th SimchatTorahbeginsatsundown

– Jewish United Nations Day28th Milvian Bridge Day – Christian29th World Stroke Day30th Diwali – Deepavali – Hindu, Sikh, Jain British Summertime ends31st All Hallows Eve – Christian Samhain (Halloween) – Pagan Reformation Day – Protestant Christian New Year – Jain Bank Holiday – ROI

Special Days

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month | Down Syndrome Awareness MonthDomestic Violence Awareness Month | Black History Month (UK) | Aids Awareness Month


NELFT staff at Grays Court Community Hospital, Dagenham

2016October

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Enlightenment isunderstanding that there isnowhere to go, nothing todo, and nobody you haveto be except exactly whoyou're being right now.

Neale Donald Walsch



Is training in diversity, equality and respect

an integral component of staff development?

2016November


You pay God acompliment by askinggreat things of Him.

Teresa of Avila

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Do you regularly quantify the benefits of diversity and promote

the organization's successes?

1st All Saints Day – Christian Samhain – Beltane – Wicca/Pagan

northern and southern hemispheres 2nd All Souls Day – Christian Coronation of Emperor Hailie

Selassie I – Rastafari5th Guy Fawkes Night9th DedicationoftheLateranBasilica

– Catholic Christian11th ArmisticeDay– Interfaith12th Birthday of Baha’u’llah – Baha’i13thRemembranceSunday World Kindness Day14th Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib

– Sikh World Diabetes Day – Secular15th Nativity Fast begins – Orthodox

Christian19th International Men’s Day20th Christ the King – Christian Universal Children’s Day24th Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur – Sikh Thanksgiving – Interfaith USA25th International Day for the Elimination ofViolenceagainstWomen26th Day of the Covenant – Baha’i27th Advent Sunday – Christian28th AscensionofAbdul’l-Baha– Baha’i30th Saint Andrew’s Day – Christian Bank Holiday – Scotland

Special Days

November is Epilepsy Awareness Month | Lung Cancer Awareness Month Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month


NELFT staff at the 2015 end of year staff celebration. A party that also celebrated the Make A Difference winners

2016December


I've found that luck is quitepredictable. If you wantmore luck, take morechances. Be more active.Show up more often.

Brian Tracy

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Is there a clear leadershipcommitment to diversity

at all levels in your organisation?

1st World AIDS Day2nd International Day for the Abolition

of Slavery – Secular3rd International Day of Persons with

Disabilities – Secular6th SaintNicholasDay8th FeastoftheImmaculateConception

– Christian Rohatsu (Bodhi Day) – Buddhist9th International Anti-Corruption Day10th Human Rights Day12th Mawlid an Nabi – Islam Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe

– Catholic Christian16th Posadas Navidenas – Hispanic

Christian (16th – 25th)18th International Migrants Day – Secular20th International Human Solidarity Day21st WinterSolstice Yule – Wicca/Pagan northern

hemisphere Litha – Wicca/Pagan southern

hemisphere Yule – Christian24th Christmas Eve – Christian Chanukah begins at sundown – Jewish

(24th December – 1st January)25th Christmas Day – Christian Feast of the Navtivity – Orthodox

Christian26th Saint Stephen’s Day – Christian Boxing Day – Secular Bank Holiday – England, Wales,

Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet

Zarathushtra – Zoroastrian27th Bank Holiday – England, Wales,

Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI28th HolyInnocents– Christian30th Feast of the Holy Family – Catholic

Christian31st New Year’s Eve WatchNight– Christian

Special Days

December is Universal Human Rights Month | Spiritual Literacy Month

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This calendar shows NELFT NHS Foundation staff in Essex and London at work and attending various events. The front cover shows the NELFT Ethnic Minority Network shortly after receiving their award for Employee Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage Network of the Year at the Inclusive Networks awards. It’s official, our Ethnic Minority Network is the best in the country!

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides community and mental health services in Essex and in the London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest.

www.nelft.nhs.uk

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