Significant Dates

Significant national dates for 2025

12^th Jan                    Plough Sunday

18^th Jan                    start of Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

27^th Jan                    Holocaust Memorial Day

7th Feb                    start of National Marriage Week

9^th Feb                     Racial Justice Sunday

4^th March                  Shrove Tuesday

5^th March                  Ash Wednesday

30th March              Mothering Sunday

18^th April                  Good Friday

20^th April                  Easter Sunday

22nd April                Earth Day

1st May                   Local Elections

5th May                   May Bank Holiday

6th May                   start of Deaf Awareness Week

8^th May                    80^th anniversary of VE Day

12th May                 start of Christian Aid Week

26th May                 Spring Bank Holiday

29th May                 Ascension Day

29th - 8^th June         Thy Kingdom Come

8^th June                    Pentecost

7th – 15th June       Churches Count on Nature/Love your burial ground week

5th June                  World Environment Day

15th June                Fathers Day

15th- 21st June       Refugee Week

13^th July                   Sea Sunday

15^th August              80^th Anniversary of VJ Day

25th August             Summer Bank Holiday

22th Sept – 5^th Oct   Fairtrade Fortnight

8^th Sept                    Education Sunday

1st Oct                    start of Black History Month

9th Nov                   Remembrance Sunday

30^th Nov                   First Sunday in Advent