June 2024
►Pride Month
►Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Awareness Month
►Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month
►Stillbirth & Neonatal Death (SAND) Awareness Month
World Environment Day
Shavuot | Judaism
| Shavuot is the second of three pilgrim festivals and follows the Passover by 50 days |
Diabetes Awareness Week
| 9 - 15 June |
National Carers' Week
| 10 - 16 June |
Men's Health Week
| 10 - 16 June |
World Day Against Child Labour
| 12–18 June |
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev | Sikh (Nanakshahi calendar)
| Guru Arjan Dev was the fifth Sikh Guru and the first Sikh martyr. He also compiled all of the past Gurus’ writings into one book, which is now the Sikh holy scripture: the Guru Granth Sahib |
eid al-adha – sacrifice day | islam
| 16 - 19June - 2 July |
Father's Day
Autistic Pride Day
World Refugee Day
Summer Solstice
| World Humanist Day is a Humanist holiday celebrated annually around the world on the June solstice |
World Humanist Day
Global Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Awareness Day
National Windrush Day
| The day honours the British Caribbean community and the half a million people who travelled to the UK after the Second World War. It marks the anniversary of the arrival of MV Empire Windrush at the Port of Tilbury, near London, on 22 June 1948. The first Windrush Day was held on 22 June 2018 |
