sky

EDI Calendar and Past Events


 

EDI Calendar 2025-26

For our fourth year, we are pleased to present Royal Holloway's EDI Calendar for 2025-26. 

Emerging from the work of our Inclusive Culture and Environment Strategy Group, the calendar comprises four core months based on national awareness campaigns, and aligning with the Liberation Months recognised by our Students' Union. For each of these months, events involving both colleagues and students will provide opportunities to engage with important discussions around equity and inclusion. Other dates will be recognised in University communications.

We hope you will join us in participating in EDI events, and embracing related training opportunities, to support the further development of our University's inclusive and supportive community. Our vision is for diversity confidence to become firmly rooted at the core of our institutional and individual practices, so that we are all able, and supported, to flourish at Royal Holloway.

If you would like to see recordings of previous events, please visit our archive using the following links:

 

Month

Core Months

Other Dates

September 2025

 

East and South East Asian Heritage Month

22 - Rosh Hashanah (Judaism)

22 - Navratri (Hinduism)

23 – Bi Visibility Day

24 – International Age Diversity Day

October 2025

Black History Month

1 - Yom Kippur (Judaism)

9 – World Sight Day

18 – World Menopause Day

20 - Diwali (Hinduism, Sikhism)

November 2025

Disability History Month

(14 November –
20 December 2024)

Islamophobia Awareness Month

Men’s Health Awareness Month (Movember)

9 – International Day Against Fascism and Antisemitism 

13 - 19 – Transgender Awareness Week 

20 – Transgender Day of Remembrance

25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (White Ribbon Day)

27 – Thanksgiving

29 – International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

December 2025

Disability History Month

(14 November –
20 December 2024)

1 – World AIDS Day

14 - 22 - Hannukkah (Judaism)

18 – International Migrants Day

25 – Christmas Day (Christianity)

January 2026

 

3 – Mahayana New Year (Buddhism)

30 – Parent Mental Health Day

February 2026

LGBT+ History Month 

2 - 8 – Race Equality Week

11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science

17 - Lunar New Year

17 Feb - 18 March - Ramadan (Islam)

21 – International Mother Language Day

March 2026

Women's History Month

8 – International Women's Day

4 - Holi (Hinduism)

13 – University Mental Health Day

16 - 22 – Neurodiversity Celebration Week

19 - Eid al-Fitr (Islam) (dependent on sighting of the moon)

21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

April 2026

 

Stress Awareness Month

1 - 9 - Passover (Judaism)

 

5 - Easter Sunday (Christianity)

6 – International Asexuality Day

14 – Vaisakhi/Baisikhi (Sikhism)

22 – Stephen Lawrence Day

May 2026

 

4 – May Day (International Workers Day)

6 - 12 – Deaf Awareness Week

11 - 17 – Maternal Health Awareness Week

12 – Vesak/Wesak (Buddhism)

12 - 18 – Mental Health Awareness Week

17 – International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT)

26 - 30 - Eid al-Adha (Islam) (dependent on sighting of the moon)

June 2026

 

LGBT+ Pride Month

1 – Global Day of Parents

16 - 22 – Refugee Week

20 – World Refugee Day

22 – Windrush Day

July 2026

South Asian Heritage Month

August 2026

 

1 - 7 – World Breastfeeding Week