The Public Issues Calendar collects together observances in the year when Christians and those across wider society might focus their attention on certain movements towards peace and justice. Not all of these occasions are necessarily marked by JPIT or our associated churches: their inclusion is not an indication of endorsement.
2023
January
18–25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
29 World Leprosy Day England/Wales, Scotland
February
19 Church Action on Poverty Sunday
20 World Day of Social Justice
27 Feb–12 Mar Fairtrade Fortnight
March
3 World Day of Prayer Scotland, England/Wales
21 UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
25 UN International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade
April
28 International Workers’ Memorial Day
May
14–20 Christian Aid Week
June
8–18 Fair Tax Week
16–25 Refugee Festival Scotland (tbc)
19–25 Refugee Week
26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
July
August
23 International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
September
1 Sept–4 Oct Creation Time, Creationtide or Season of Creation
10 Education Sunday (England and Wales)
17 Disability Awareness Sunday
17–24 World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel (tbc)
21 UN International Day of Peace
24 Peace Sunday
October
2–6 Good Money Week
2–8 Challenge Poverty Week (Scotland)
8 Good Money Sunday (link coming soon)
8–14 Prisons Week (England/Wales) (tbc)
8–15 Week of Prayer for World Peace
16 Freedom Sunday (end slavery)
17–23 Challenge Poverty Week (England/Wales)
23–29 One World Week
November
6 International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians
12–19 Interfaith Week (tbc)
13–19 Living Wage Week
19–25 Prisoners Week Scotland (tbc)
19 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
20 International Transgender Day of Remembrance
25 Nov–10 Dec 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
December
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