National Awareness Days and Special Days in the UK 2009

British Life & Culture

Awareness Days and Weeks

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British Awareness Days and Events

This is a calendar of the awareness days and weeks in Britain. Not everyone in Britain will take part in all of these events. The calendar is useful for teachers planning assemblies or other people planning events on a theme. See also our month by month calendar for main celebrations in the UK.

January 2010	February 2010	March 2010	April 2010
May 2010	June 2010	July 2010	August 2010
September 2010	October 2010	November 2010	December 2010

This calendar is a good starting point point for interesting ideas for assemblies as well as using our Religious Festivals Calendar.

School Holidays
The main summer holiday is from mid-July to early September. Children also have two weeks holiday at Christmas and at Easter, plus a week in mid-October and in mid-February. Exact dates vary between each education authority.


Month by Month	All Year Round	Multi faith Calendar	Festivals & Celebrations

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