Public Issues Calendar

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

27   Holocaust Memorial Day

29   World Leprosy Day England/Wales, Scotland

February

LGBT+ History Month

12   Racial Justice Sunday

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

8     International Women’s Day

21   UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

22   World Water Day

25   UN International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade

April

22   Stephen Lawrence Day

22   World Earth Day

28   International Workers’ Memorial Day

May

14–20 Christian Aid Week

June

5     World Environment Day

8–18 Fair Tax Week

11   Tax Justice Sunday

16–25 Refugee Festival Scotland (tbc)

19–25 Refugee Week

26   International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

July

16   Disability Awareness Day

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

Black History Month

2–6 Good Money Week

2–8 Challenge Poverty Week (Scotland)

8     Good Money Sunday (link coming soon)

8     Homeless Sunday

8–14 Prisons Week (England/Wales) (tbc)

8–15 Week of Prayer for World Peace

10   World Homeless Day

16   Freedom Sunday (end slavery)

17–23 Challenge Poverty Week (England/Wales)

18   Anti-Slavery Day

23–29 One World Week

24   United Nations Day

November

6     International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians

12   Remembrance Sunday

12–19 Interfaith Week (tbc)

13–19 Living Wage Week

19   World Toilet Day

19–25 Prisoners Week Scotland (tbc)

19   World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

20   International Transgender Day of Remembrance

20   World Children’s Day

25 Nov–10 Dec 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence

December

1     World Aids Day

10   Human Rights Day

18   International Migrants Day

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