27 January – Holocaust Memorial Day
29 January – Chinese New Year
Each year we support a range of events and projects to celebrate and promote equality and diversity within the borough.
Each year we support a range of events and projects to celebrate and promote equality and diversity within the borough.
Charities and community groups play an important role in delivering these events. One of the aims of the Borough Manifesto is greater community cohesion and ensuring that change in our community is resident led.
The Equality and Diversity Community Fund allows local charities and community groups to take a greater role in delivering events related to the Barking and Dagenham Equality and Diversity Calendar, creating new and engaging projects that will benefit our residents. These projects should promote social inclusion, celebrate diversity, and support equality through providing opportunities for people with protected characteristics. Further information on protected characteristics can be found on the Equality and Human Rights Commission website.
We are pleased to open up applications again from Saturday 1 February 2025 to Thursday 27 February 2025 (midnight), inviting you to apply for funding to hold an event for any Equality, Diversity and Inclusion event in particular, but not exclusively, for:
Applications can be made until Thursday 27 February 2025 (midnight), via the One Borough Voice website (you’ll need to create an account for your application).
If you would like a MS Word version of the application form, please contact the team at email CE-strategy@lbbd.gov.uk
The Equality and Diversity Community Fund Application Guidance (January 2024) (PDF, 191.88 KB) provides further information to help support you with your application.
We hold three rounds for the Equality & Diversity Community Funding every year, applications will only be accepted during the application window for each round.
27 January – Holocaust Memorial Day
29 January – Chinese New Year
LGBT+ History Month
5 – 11 February – Race Equality Week
Women’s Empowerment Month
8 March – International Women’s Day
15 March – Young Carers Action day
25 March – Holi
28 March (tentative) – Ramadan begins
30 March (tentative) – Eid al-Fitr
31 March – International Transgender Day of Visibility
Care Experience History Month
2 April – World Autism Awareness Day
14 April – Vaisakhi
18 April – Good Friday
20 April – Easter Sunday
23 April – St George’s Day
13-19 May – Dementia Action Week
17 May – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia
15-21 May – Mental Health Awareness Week
Pride Month
6 June (tentative) – Eid-al-Adha begins
10-16 June – Carers Week
17-23 June – Learning Disabilities Week
18 July - 17 August – South Asian Heritage Month
12 August – International Youth Awareness Day
15-21 September – National Inclusion Week
Black History Month
1 October – International Day of Older Persons
14-21 October – National Hate Crime Awareness Week
31 October – Diwali
9-16 November – Interfaith Week
19 November – International Men’s Day
13-19 November – Trans Awareness Week
25 November – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women & Girls
25 November – White Ribbon Day
3 December – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
25 December – Christmas Day
25 December - 2 January – Hanukkah