Celebrating equality and diversity in Derby
Derby City Council marks a wide range of key dates and periods of recognition throughout the year. This list is shaped by the city’s equality groups alongside civic and national commemorations, ensuring our commitment to inclusion is reflected across the whole city.
- Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January
- LGBT+ History Month during February
- International Women's Day on March 8
- COVID-19 Day of Reflection in March
- Neurodiversity Celebration Week in March, often mid-month
- Stephen Lawrence Day on 22 April
- St George's Day on 23 April
- Deaf Awareness Week (including BSL) in May
- Mental Health Awareness Week in May, often the second week in May, often the second week
- International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on 17 May
- Pride Month in June
- Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month in June
- Carers Week from early to mid-June
- Deafblind Awareness Week in the last week of June
- National Breastfeeding Celebration Week in June and July
- National Refugee Week in UK including World Refugee Day on 20 June
- Windrush Day on 22 June
- Armed Forces Day on the last Saturday in June
- South Asian Heritage Month in July
- Srebrenica National Memorial Day on 11 July
- Derby Pride during September, varies
- Derbyshire Day on 22 September
- International Day of Older Persons on 1 October
- Black History Month during October
- World Mental Health Day on 10 October
- National Hate Crime Awareness Week in October
- Wear Red Day (Show racism the red card) during October, varies
- International White Cane Safety Day on 15 October
- Islamophobia Awareness Month during November
- Armistice Day on 11 November and Remembrance Sunday on the second Sunday in November
- Inter Faith Week in November, starts on Remembrance Sunday
- Transgender Awareness Week from 13 to 19 November followed by Transgender Day of Remembrance on 20 November
- International Men's Day on 19 November
- Disability History Month from 14 November to 20 December, varies
- 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (including White Ribbon Day) starting on 25 November
- World AIDS Day on 1 December
- International Day for the Abolition of Slavery on 2 December
- International Day of Disabled People on 3 December
Working with our community and our colleagues
We have a team of very valued volunteers who are members of our Equality Hubs and Forums. They help us with our Equality Impact Assessments and also give us advice on our policies and practices:
- Race Equality Hub
- Access, Equality and Inclusion Hub and Parks Sub-Group
- 60 plus Forum
- Deaf and Deafblind People’s Equality Hub
- LD Voice
- Voices in Action
For our colleagues, we have employee networks and these are our:
- Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
- LGBTQ+ and Allies Employee Network
- Disabled Employees and Carers Network and Fibromyalgia Sub-Group
- Neurodiversity Employee Network
- Menopause Friends
The networks help us to:
- promote equality, diversity and inclusion at work
- provide support to each other
- remove barriers both in the workplace and in the services that we deliver.
Working with equality partners
We have just re-started the Derby Equality and Diversity Network. This is a network of people from all types of agencies who work on equality issues or are interested in equality, diversity and inclusion. We meet to:
- share good practice
- see how each other is doing in equality
- arrange events.