Dates of significance Resource Library > Dates of significance In this section: Planning calendar Terms Public holidays Dates of recognition or celebration Planning calendar The NHVic Planning Calendar is designed to help neighbourhood houses map out their year of events and programming. It can also be used to plan your social media schedule. 2024 Planning calendar (word) Terms 2024: Term 1: 29/30 January – 28 MarchTerm 2: 15 April – 28 JuneTerm 3: 15 July – 20 SeptemberTerm 4: 7 October – 20 December Public holidays 2024: 1 January New Year's Day 26 January Australia Day 11 March Labour Day 29 March Good Friday 30 March Easter Saturday 31 March Easter Sunday 1 April Easter Monday 25 April ANZAC Day 10 June King’s Birthday TBC Friday before AFL Grand Final 5 November Melbourne Cup 25 December Christmas Day 26 December Boxing Day Dates of recognition or celebration 2024: 10 February Chinese New Year 14 February Valentine's Day 20 February World Day of Social Justice 3 March Clean Up Australia Day 8 March International Women’s Day 10 March Ramadan commences (until 8 April) 19 March World Social Work Day 20 March International Day of Happiness 21 March Harmony Day 18 March Cultural Diversity Week begins (until 24 March) 23 March Earth Hour (8.30pm-9.30pm) 31 March Neighbour Day 31 March International Transgender Day of Visibility 2 April World Autism Awareness Day 7 April World Health Day 9 April Eid-al-Fitr 22 April Earth Day 22 April Passover begins (until 30 April) 5 May Orthodox Easter 13 May Neighbourhood House Week (until 19 May) 17 May IDAHOBIT - International Day Against Homophobia,Biphobia, Intersexism & Transphobia 20 May Victorian Law Week (until 26 May) 20 May National Volunteer Week (until 26 May) 24 May World Schizophrenia Awareness Day TBC Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea 26 May National Sorry Day 27 May Reconciliation Week (until 3 June) 5 June World Environment Day 10 June Men’s Health Week (until 16 June) 15 June Elder Abuse Awareness Day 16 June Refugee Week (until 22 June) 20 June World Refugee Day 4 July NAIDOC Week (until 11 July) 30 July International Day of Friendship 30 July National Tree Day 4 August National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day 5 August Loneliness Awareness Week (until 11 August) 10 August National Science Week (until 18 August) 12 August International Youth Day 19 August World Humanitarian Day 19 August National Skills Week (until 25 August) 30 August Wear it Purple Day TBC Adult Learner’s Week 12 September R U OK? Day 1 October International Day of Older Persons 2 October Rosh Hashanah beings (until 4 October) 10 October World Mental Health Day 11 October Yom Kippur begins TBC This Girl Can Week 13 October National Carers Week (until 19 October) 27 October National Teacher's Day 31 October Halloween 31 October Diwali 5 November International Volunteer Managers Day 9 November Garage Sale Trail (until 17 November) 11 November National Recycling Week (until 17 November) 11 November Remembrance Day 16 November Social Inclusion Week (until 24 November) 19 November International Men’s Day 25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (Commencement of 16 Days of Activism) 3 December International Day of People with Disability 5 December International Volunteer Day 10 December Human Rights Day 25 December Hanukkah begins (ends 2 January)