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Diversity Calendar 2019-2020

This is a momentous year for CWU Equality as we move towards a new approach and new structures to support our work and keep equality at the centre of everything we do. We congratulate our Regions, Branches and equality activists on the production of this the first CWU Diversity Calendar, which is designed to highlight important dates, themes and celebrations of our wonderfully diverse society and membership. We hope that it will help you plan your equality work and events going forward. Our thanks go to Mark Anthony Bastiani, Jason Reynolds, Jean Sharrocks and Lee Starr-Elliott for their efforts in helping to put this together, alongside the staff in the department. We are so pleased that so many Branches and Regions were interested in supporting this project and are grateful that we received sponsorship for each of our 12 pages. Thank you so much for this! We hope you enjoy displaying and using this calendar in your workplaces and offices to mark your important dates and appointments. The intention will now be to make this an annual initiative so let us know what you found useful and what you would like to see next year! Yours in solidarity,

Trish LavelleAssistant Secretary Equality & Education

Dave WardGeneral Secretary

Bristol & District Amal has a proud tradition of anti-racism, consistently challenging the far right whether through opposing the delivery of BNP election material, organising against the EDL or Tommy Robinson. The Black & Minority Ethnic Committee at Bristol Mail Centre now takes forward this important work.

April 2019STRESS AWARENESS MONTH

Bristol and District Amal20 Church Road, Lawrence Hill, Bristol BS5 9JATel: 01452 [email protected]

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

1 2 3 4 5 6

World Health Day

7

International Romani Day

8 9 10 11 12 13

Birth of the Khalsa (Vaisakhi) / Palm Sunday14

15

National Stress Awareness Day

16 17 18

Good Friday /Passover

19 20

Easter Sunday

21Easter Monday / Stephen Lawrence Day22

St George’s Day

23 24 25

Orthodox Good Friday

26

Orthodox Holy Saturday

27

Orthodox Easter Sunday / Worker’s Memorial Day28

29 30

Birmingham Pride takes place on the 25th May. This year the Midlands Region will be hosting a training session the day before to raise awareness and to educate our representatives and members on LGBT+ inclusive policies, law and work based practices.

Join with us and march with pride!

May 2019

Midlands Region47 Summer Lane, Birmingham B19 3THTel: 0121 5036 [email protected]


Holocaust Memorial Day / International Worker’s Day1 2 3 4

Ramadan begins

5May Day /Deaf Awareness Week begins6 7 8

Liberation Day

9 10 11 12

Mental Health Awareness Week begins13 14

International Day of Families

15 16

World Telecommun-ication Day / IDAHOT17 18

Buddha Purnima (Buddha’s Birthday)19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Bank Holiday

27 28 29 30 31

Gloucestershire AMALThe Union Room, Gloucester North Delivery Office, Brockworth, Gloucester GL3 4AATel: 01452 621 [email protected]

Gloucestershire Amalgamated branch believe actions speak louder than words. We are committed to listening to all our members and ensuring fairness. We will continue to challenge inequalities and injustices. Together we stand.

Find us on Facebook: @CWU.glosamal

June 2019LGBT PRIDE MONTH (PRIDE EVENTS CONTINUE ALL SUMMER)

MEN’S HEALTH EDUCATION AWARENESS MONTH


Laylat al-Qadr

1 2

3

Eid al-fitr begins

4 5

Eid al-fitr ends after sunset

6 7

Shavvot begins at sunset 8 9

Carers week begins

10 11 12 13 14 15

Father’s Day

16

Refugee Week begins

17 18 19

World Refugee Day

20 21

Windrush Day

22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

The London Regional Equality committee will stand up against all forms of discrimination in the workplace and wider society. We believe in an active trade union, a New Deal for Workers, Save Our Post Offices, end Period Poverty, Endgame and Our Hours. Working together we are stronger.

July 2019

London Regional Equality CommitteeRoom 101, 101 -109 Ludgate House, Fleet Street EC4A 2AB Tel: 020 7936 [email protected]


1 2 3 4 5

Women’s Chainmakers’ Festival / London Pride6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13

International Non Binary Day

14

15

Disability Awareness Day

16 17

Nelson Mandela International Day18

Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival weekend19 20 21

22

Emperor Haile Selassie Birthday

23 24 25 26 27 28

29

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons30 31

August 2019

MeridianPP 208, Old Post Room, Becket House, 4-6 New Dover Road, Canterbury CT1 3BBTel: 01227 [email protected]


1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

Hajj begins

9 10

Eid ul-Adha (begins at sunset)

11

International Youth Day

12 13

Hajj ends

14

Obon (Buddhist Festival)15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Bank Holiday

26 27 28 29 30 31

The North West Region is committed to embedding Equality in everything we do across our branches, membership and employers.

Women’s events, PRIDE parades, Black History Recognition and Disability awareness are at the heart of what we do.

“ Race, gender, religion, sexuality, we are all people and that’s it.”

September 2019

North West302a Barlow Moor Road, Charlton Park, Manchester M21 8AYTel: 0161 860 4067

@NWCWU /NWCWU www.cwunorthwest.org


Muharram /Islamic New Year1

2 3 4 5 6 7

TUC Congressbegins

8

9

World Suicide Prevention Day10

TUC Congress ends

11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20

Labour Party Conference begins21 22

Bi Visibility Day

23 24

Labour Party Conference ends25 26 27 28

Navratri begins / Rosh Hashanah29

30

Scottish Regional Education & Learning Committee is committed to learning in the workplace, striving to put education in the heart and minds of one and all. We are also involved in community work and helping disadvantaged, as well as helping bringing learners together from all walks of life.

October 2019BLACK HISTORY MONTH

NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH

Scottish Regional Education & Learning CommitteePP2ADH, Dial House, 57 Bishop Street, Glasgow, G3 8UETel: 07851242232 / [email protected]


Day of Older Persons

1 2 3 4 5 6Dyslexia Awareness Week begins

7

Yom Kippur

8

World Post Day

9

World Mental Health Awareness Day10

National Coming Out Day

11 12 13

14 15 16 17

Anti Slavery Day

18 19

Hoshana Rabbah

20

21 22 23 24 25 26

Diwali /National Mentoring Day27

28 29 30 31

Diversity = CWU

Our Diversity is what makes our union the great success it is, whatever our background, ethnicity or religious beliefs. We are proud to embrace all cultures and respect them. Our individual qualities brought together in unity is what make us what we are, the CWU.

November 2019

Grampian & ShetlandUnion Room, Royal Mail, Wellington Circle, Altens, Aberdeen AB12 3TTTel: 01224 [email protected]


1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9

The Prophets Birthday (Mawlid an-Nabi) / Rememberance Sunday10

Diwali (Sikh) /Anti Bullying Week begins11

Guru Nanak Birthday

12 13 14 15

International Day for Tolerance16 17

18

International Men’s Day

19

Transgender Day of Remembrance

20 21 22 23 24

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women25 26 27 28 29

St Andrew’s Day (Bank Holiday in Scotland)30

Everyone deserves to be treated equally, with dignity and respect.

December 2019

Greater London Combined2nd Floor, Block E, Colombo House, 50-60 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8NZTel: 020 7633 [email protected]


World AIDS Day

1

2

International Day of Persons with Disabilities3 4 5 6 7 8

9

Human Rights Day

10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21

Hanukkah begins at sunset22

23 24

Christmas Day

25

Boxing Day

26 27 28 29

30 31

CWU North East Branch2 Melbourne Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2JQ01912222336 www.cwunortheast.co.uk

January 2020

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New Year’s Day

1 2 3

World Braille Day

4 5

6

Orthodox Christmas Day

7 8 9 10 11 12

13

Orthodox New Year

14

Martin Luther King Birthday

15 16 17 18

World Religion Day

19

20

National Inclusion Week

21 22 23 24

Chinese New Year / Burns Night

25 26Day of Comme-moration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

27 28 29 30 31

London South West (Postal)Battersea Delivery Office, 202 Lavender Hill, Battersea, London SW11 1AATel: 020 7223 [email protected]

February 2020LGBT HISTORY MONTH

London South West Postal believe in tackling inequalities, all forms of discrimination based on age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, marital status, education and disability in the workplace and wider society. We believe in an active trade union, a New Deal for Workers, Save Our Post Offices and end Period Poverty.


1 2

3

World Cancer Day

4 5

Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation6 7 8

Heart Unions Week

9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21

Maha Shivaratri

22 23

24

Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)

25

Ash Wednesday

26 27 28 29

London Postal Engineering2nd Floor, Letter Office Block, Mount Pleasant SO, Farringdon Road, London, EC1A 1BBTel: 020 7278 [email protected]

March 2020PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

Cyril was a true giant of a man who never sought anything other than what he could do for others.

The light and love he brought into our lives will never go out.

He campaigned tirelessly for the good of others right to the end.

A true inspiration for all.


St David’s Day

1

2 3 4 5 6 7

International Women’s Day

8

9

Holi

10 11 12 13 14 15

16

St Patrick’s Day

17 18 19 20

UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

21

Isra and Mi’raj / Mothering Sunday22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30

International Transgender Day of Visibility31

CWU 150 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1RXemail: [email protected] Tel: 020 8971 7200 Fax: 020 8971 7300 General Secretary: Dave Ward

06120 Published by The Communication Workers Union 2019.

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