International Day of the Disappeared
2026-08-30 - 2026-08-31
More than a human rights violation against an individual
Enforced disappearance has frequently been used as a strategy to spread terror within the society. The feeling of insecurity generated by this practice is not limited to the close relatives of the disappeared, but also affects their communities and society as a whole.
Enforced disappearance has become a global problem and is not restricted to a specific region of the world. Once largely the product of military dictatorships, enforced disappearances can nowadays be perpetrated in complex situations of internal conflict, especially as a means of political repression of opponents. Of particular concern are:

the ongoing harassment of human rights defenders, relatives of victims, witnesses and legal counsel dealing with cases of enforced disappearance;
the use by States of counter-terrorist activities as an excuse for breaching their obligations;
and the still widespread impunity for enforced disappearance.

Special attention must also be paid to specific groups of especially vulnerable people, like children and people with disabilities.
Hundreds of thousands of people have vanished during conflicts or periods of repression in at least 85 countries around the world.

Burston Strike School Rally (1914)
2026-09-06 - 2026-09-07
On April 1st 1914 teachers Tom and Annie Higdon were dismissed from their posts in the rural village of Burston, Norfolk and with it began the ‘longest strike in history’. On that day the children marched around the village with cards hanging from their necks demanding that “We Want Our Teachers Back”.
The banner at the head of the march was inscribed with just one word “Justice”. Sixty-six of the local children had gone out on strike in support of their teachers, and the boycott of the local authority school lasted for the next twenty five years.
The Burston Strike School stands as a living monument to working class education and the struggle against rural tyranny – a true free school of the community.’

Wigan Diggers’ Festival
2026-09-12 - 2026-09-13

TUC Congress 2026 - Brighton
2026-09-13 - 2026-09-17
The 158th annual TUC Congress will be held from Sunday 13 to Wednesday 16 September 2026 in Brighton.
Background
Congress is the policy making body of the TUC; the annual congress normally meets for four days each year during September. Each affiliated union can send delegates. At congress motions are proposed and discussed and form the basis of the TUC’s work for the next year. Congress is usually attended by about 600 delegates from approximately 48 affiliated unions, has an exhibition, a comprehensive fringe programme and receptions and an annual General Council dinner.
Around 3,000 people would normally come through the doors over the course of the four days to take part in debate, the fringe, to exhibit or to report on the policy debates at Congress. This is a high-profile media event, widely regarded as the first big set piece occasion after the summer break, before the start of the political party conferences.

World Peace Day
2026-09-21 - 2026-09-22

Fairtrade Fortnight 2026
2026-09-21 - 2026-10-05

Labour Party Conference - Liverpool
2026-09-27 - 2026-10-01 | ACC Liverpool, King's Dock, Port of Liverpool, Kings Dock St,, Liverpool, L3 4FP

Battle of Cable Street (1936)
2026-10-04 - 2026-10-05
In October 1936, thousands of Londoners gathered to stop Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists marching through the East End.

Fascism will not pass

The fascists aimed to win support by dividing Londoners at a time of economic crisis, as have many other political groups past and present. Their march targeted the East End’s large Jewish community – who they used as a scapegoat for the area’s problems.
But the fascists never made it into Whitechapel. In what became known as the Battle of Cable Street, thousands of people, mainly local East Enders, came out and built barricades to stop them, clashing with police who tried to clear the way.
The event remains a symbol of Londoners’ resistance to the rise of fascism and antisemitism in the lead up to the Second World War (1939–1945).

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy annual conference 2026 - Glasgow
2026-10-19 - 2026-10-21 | Scottish Event Campus, Exhibition Way, Glasgow, G3 8YW

World Aids Day
2026-12-01
World AIDS Day is held every year on 1 December, and is a time to remember those we have lost to HIV. The red ribbon is the international symbol for HIV awareness and support for people living with HIV. But for our community, it’s more than a ribbon.
It’s remembering everyone lost to HIV.
It’s a promise to support people living with HIV.
It’s a pledge to end new cases of HIV by 2030.
It’s a stand against HIV stigma.
