Pearl-clutching ‘The Christian Institute’ criticises ‘woke’ NHS England for publishing calendar of awareness days

‘The Christian Institute’, which “promotes a conservative evangelical Christian viewpoint”, has criticised NHS England after it released its 2025 awareness calendar, which marks events such as Trans Awareness Month and International Pronouns Day.

The calendar, which is published on the NHS Employers’ website, promotes 351 awareness days for a variety of topics, including LGBTQ+, sobriety, mental health and cancer.

In a piece published on its website, ‘The Christian Institute’ quoted Daily Telegraph and anti-trans organisation LGB Alliance, and highlighted a quote from Caroline Ffiske from Conservatives for Women, which called the calendar ‘Woke Nonsense’.

While the ‘The Christian Institute’ has campaigned on issues including gambling, abortion and euthanasia, it is most notable for its campaigns against homosexuality and gay rights. ‘The Christian Institute’ sought to retain Section 28 and a higher age of consent for gay and bisexual men, and opposed the Civil Partnership Act, the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and legislation allowing same-gender couples to adopt.

It has opposed measures to prevent gay people being discriminated against in the provision of services and goods.