Pride Festival Week Support

From 2009 Pride is looking to support community based events through offering more avenues of support than ever before. If you need events advice, options for room hire, free listings and promotion please get in touch. There will be some money available in the form of grants. Help, advice or limited financial support will be awarded to local community groups, voluntary organisations and charities to hold events during the Winter and Summer Pride Festival weeks. Groups wouldn't be able to put on these events without this help. 

Events range from entertainment to political debate, and are all aimed at promoting the organisations activities whilst helping raise their profile in the local community.

Summer Pride Festival Week 2009

The Summer Pride Festival Week support application process for community based events is now open (April 1st)!!  Please complete an application form and read the guidance notes before completing your form. There are some funds available in the form of grants. The closing date for all applications is 4pm on Friday 1st May.

If you need help or assistance with any part of the application process, please contact the Pride Office on 01273 775939 or email: .

Winter Pride 2009

The Winter Pride support application process was a great success more information shortly...

Winter Pride 2008

Pride made funds available to thirteen different local groups, to the value of £5,695.00, they were: Spectrum, BLAGSS, Brighton Ourstory, Claire Project, Brighton Women's Centre, Brighton Bothways, GEMS, Brightwaves Metropolitan Community Church, Queer Baroque, Bright'n'Queer, Allsorts, Young People's Voice and Brighton Wotever Crew. The activities and events included a stand up comedy workshop, a LGBT young people's talent & award show, a trans disco, a local consultaion and debate evening and an evening of light classical music and poetry.

Summer Pride 2008

Pride was pleased to announce, that following the grants panel meeting on 28th April 2008, a total of £3,087.50 was awarded to thirteen different local community groups or charities. This money was to support the groups who were all holding valuable events during the week of Summer Pride. There was a wide range of activites on offer, many of them free or with concessionary rate tickets. The grants were used to support musical concerts, sports classes and competitions, social evenings, a photography exhibition and a comedy night at the Komedia. There was also a great day at Charleston, with lectures discussion and film screening, all centered around Virginia Wolfe's novel 'Orlando'. Queer Writing South launched their anthology at an evening of readings and music at the Marlborough, and Brighton Wotever Crew put on another great day of talks, music and for the evening DJs.

There was something for everyone, lesbian, gay, straight, bi or trans, young and old.

Pride grants can  not be used to finance taking part in the parade or activity on the park. To help with this, grants are available from Brighton & Hove Council visit http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1145448  for more information.