October dates for your diary

October’s dates at a glance

Religious/Cultural

2 –      Feast of the Guardian Angels, Catholic Christian
3 –      Sharada Navaratri begins, Hindu
3-4      Rosh Hashanah, Judaism
4 –      Feast of St Francis of Assisi, Christian
6 –      Fast of Gedaliah, Judaism
9 –      Birthday of Guru Ram Das, Sikh
12 –    Yom Kippur, Judaism
12 –    Dussehra, Hindu
17-23  Sukkot, Judaism
18 –    Feast of Saint Luke, Christian
20 –    Birthday of the Guru Granth, Sikh
24 –    Shemini Atzeret, Judaism
25 –    Simchat Torah, Judaism
28 –    Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Christian
31 –    All Hallows’ Eve, Christian
31 –    Reformation Day, Protestant Christian

Awareness and Events

1 –      Anniversary of the Introduction of the Equality Act
1 –      International Day of Older Persons
5 –      World Teachers’ Day
6 –      World Cerebral Palsy Day
10 –    World Mental Health Day
10 –    World Sight Day
11 –    International Day of the Girl Child
11 –    National Coming Out Day
15 –    International Day of Rural Women
16 –    International Pronouns Day
17 –    International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
18 –    Anti-Slavery Day
18 –    World Menopause Day
18 –    Show Racism the Red Card’s Wear Red Day
26 –    Intersex Awareness Day
29 –    World Stroke Day