“Historic, inspired and unparalleled. Pride is one of the best international pride festivals, we love it” Attitude Magazine

THE UK’S BIGGEST PRIDE FESTIVAL

Brighton &ANNUAL REVIEW Pride OF 2018 Welcome Firmly established as the UK’s biggest Pride Festival, Brighton Pride attracts a diverse demographic audience from across the UK, Europe and the World.

2018 continued to see Brighton Pride’s reputation as one of the UK’s leading campaigning and community fundraising Prides grow. Supporting our local charities and good causes is the cornerstone of our Pride – a ‘Pride with Purpose’ – and in 2018 our fundraising of £250,000 means over £705,000 has been raised over the last six years.

Pride is singularly the most popular visitor attraction in the City’s event calendar, with benefits not only for community groups and charities but also the wider city services, tourism and commercial venues’ profits. An estimated £20.5million is spent in Brighton & Hove businesses over the Pride weekend.

Pride is not just a weekend of parades and parties for the City, but also a time when family, friends, neighbours and the city itself, recognises, celebrates and promotes tolerance and diversity within all our communities.

We must thank our statutory partners Brighton & Hove City council, Police, Fire & rescue, the NHS, our commercial supporters and all the volunteers who help make Pride happen.

Brighton-Pride.org –2– Brighton-Pride.org –3– Why Does Pride Matter?

Probably the most frequently asked question when it comes to Pride must be “Why do we need a Pride?”

Given the huge improvement in equalities over the last decade with protections written in to law and a legal recognition of our relationships, then it is understandable that some people, including those within the LGBT community, might think that we’ve won the fight for freedom. However in eight countries across the globe homosexuality is still punishable with the death penalty, while a further 70+ imprison citizens because of who they love.

Brighton Pride will continue to raise awareness of the plight of Global LGBT communities who do not have the same freedoms that we enjoy in the United Kingdom.

Brighton-Pride.org –4– Community Engagement Meetings As part of Pride’s ongoing community engagement a series of meetings were held on a regular basis in the lead-up to Pride 2018.

These meetings were specifically for the community groups and organisations that took part in previous Prides or were planning to take part in Pride 2018.

Pride has also been engaging with the LGBT Community groups network.

Community Accessibilty Tickets Discounted community tickets were again made available to parade entries and community groups for Pride 2018 and will be for 2018. Children under 11 are free with an accompanying Adult.

People may volunteer to help Pride for just a few hours and receive a free ticket to the Pride Festival.

Free tickets are also made available for those who are unable to volunteer and can be applied for through the Rainbow Fund.

Brighton-Pride.org –5– The 2018 Events

Pride Community Parade Pride Village Party

Pride Festival

Pride Community Day & Dog Show Pride Pleasure Gardens

Brighton-Pride.org –6– The Numbers*

90+ 300,000+ Acts Parade participants across 10 tents and stages and spectators

400,000+ £705,000 attendees raised for LGBTQ+ & across all Pride community groups weekend events since 2013

5,000,000+ 105,000 37,000 web page views Facebook likes Twitter followers

*as of Jan 2019

Brighton-Pride.org –7– Pride Revenue 2018 Sponsorship Festival/PVP Ticket and Fundraising income £ 693,480 £ 2,689,245

Markets & Concessions Grants £ 446,754 £ 0

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1 · Festival Ticket and PVP income 2 · Sponsorship 3 · Markets & Concessions 4 · Grants

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Brighton-Pride.org –8– Pride Expenditure 2018 Production Costs & Entertainment (Festival & LoveBN1Fest, Parade, PVP & Pleasure Gardens) £ 2,450,197

Security & Traffi c Management Event Catering £ 328,480 £ 56,407 Police St John’s Marketing £ 88,416 £ 56,494 £ 113,869 including printing, advertising, marketing and website

Full Time Staff Key Contractors Administration £ 85,732 £ 206,051 £ 88,850 including PAYE & NI including Offi ce Space, Overheads, Utilities, Fixtures and Fittings

Insurance Tax On Surplus £ 57,776 £ 3,335

Rainbow Fund Social Impact Fund & Pride Grants £ 172,242 £ 72,250

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Brighton-Pride.org –9– Pride Weekend 2018 - Supporting Venues’ Income

VENUE PVP Contribution1 Additional Pride Total /£ over 2 days Fundraising2 Sponsorship

Amsterdam Bar & Kitchen 500 - - 500 Bar Revenge 500 115 - 615 Bella Café 250 - - 250 Belgian Chips 120 - - 120 Block 250 - - 250 Brighton Rock 250 - - 250 Bulldog 250 - - 250 Camelford Arms 250 - - 250 Casa Flamenca 250 - - 250 Charles St Tap 500 - - 500 Infinity Bar 250 - - 250 Kings Arms 250 - - 250 Latest Music Bar 250 - - 250 Legends 500 - 5,000 5,500 Marine Tavern 250 - - 250 Macdoner 120 - - 120 Marlborough 250 - - 250 Mucky Duck 250 - - 250 New Maderia Hotel : Funky Fish 500 - - 500 Patterns 500 - - 500 Queens Arms 250 - - 250 Ranalagh 250 - - 250 Shortts 250 52.27 - 302.27 St James Tavern 250 - - 250 The Zone 250 - - 250 Off Licence - George St 250 - - 250

Additional Contributions Steward Staff Donation 10 - 10 Public Donations 35 - 35

1 PVP contribution toward Pride Social Impact Fund 2 Collecting tins & donations

Brighton-Pride.org –10– Total amount raised £705,000 since 2013

Brighton-Pride.org –11– Charity Partners Pride has it’s routes in the community and in the last five years has raised over£705,000 for local good causes.

Groups benefitting this year include Allsorts Youth Project who provide vital support for young people; MindOut who deliver pioneering work for people with mental health issues; GEMS and Older & Out both organisations who are providing essential social networking and support opportunities for older people and the LGBT Community Safety forum who this year delivered the Accessibility Matters project making Pride more accessible and safer for disabled, blind, deaf and older people.

Community Funds In addition to Pride’s continued commitment to our fundraising for the Rainbow Fund, 2018 saw the 4th year of the Pride Social Impact Fund with Pride working with community organisations to develop projects and idea’s that will be of social benefit to the wider community. PRIDE SOCIAL IMPACT FUND

Brighton-Pride.org –12– Rainbow Fund Grants 2018 This year Pride beat previous records with £172,242 being donated to the Rainbow Fund allowing more community groups than ever to be supported.

Sea Serpents Rugby Football Club The Sussex Beacon Grant up to £1,000 to establish a bursary fund Grant up to £7,640 for group work programme. to encourage LGBTQ+ participation in sport and address social isolation. Lunch Positive Grant up to £5,000 for continued part funding Rainbow Families of Friday Lunch Club: Up to £1,400 for capacity Grant up to £1,500 for core costs, mostly venue hire building and outreach to new members: Up to for events. £1,550 to seedfund and support new wellbeing project: and up to £3,770 to seedfund and My Genderation support new Supper club for over 50s. Total Grant up to £2,500 for seed funding film project to £11,720 celebrate trans lives and experiences, plus support to source further funding to complete project. MindOut Grant up to £4,989 for continued support for MenTalkHealth ‘Out of The Blue’, and peer support group work: Grant up to £1,700 for core costs and up to £3,000 Up to £10,000 for continued support for part for production of 12 podcasts addressing mental funding of counselling project. Total £14,989 health issues within the LGBTQ+ communities. Total £4,700 The Clare Project Grant up to £1,700 for core costs and Up to Peer Action £15,000 for capacity building, outreach and Grant up to £5,460, part funding for core costs, yoga community engagement. Total £16.700 and therapy sessions. Switchboard Older and Out Grant for up to £11,500 for continued support for Grant up to £6,000 for continued support for The Rainbow Café LGBTQ Dementia project: Up monthly lunch, networking and information club to £7,000 for seed funding and support for new for LGBT+ Elders. “Grief Encounters” LGBTQ+ Bereavement project. Total £18.500 Longhill School LGBTU group, supported by Latest CIC Allsorts Youth Project Grant up to £6,870 for involvement of 20 to 30 £6,124 grant for continued support for LGBTU+ students and their allies to produce a TV Transformers and other trans specific youth series for broadcast, to be used in Schools. Latest group work and up to £13,778 for LGBTQ+ youth CIC will provide Directors’ time for free, discounted group work, particularly around mental health studio time and technical support. and well being. Total £19.902

Marlborough CIC QTIPOC project The LGBT Community Grant up to £7639, for start up funds for a new Safety Forum QTIPOC monthly meet up with creative workshops. Grant up to £5,265 for volunteer and wellbeing training for Community Safety Forum and The Rainbow Chorus Rainbow Hub in their new shared premises Up to £6,520 continued funding for RC+ project and on St James Street: Up to £15,076 continued up to £1,500 for outreach and support for the LGBT+ support for The Next Step project. Total £20,341 Deaf Community. Total £8,020

Brighton-Pride.org –13– PRIDE SOCIAL IMPACT FUND

Pride Social Impact Fund & Cultural Development Fund Grants We also raised £24,907 for the Pride Social Impact Fund and topped it up with an additional £18,000 as well as funding the Pride Cultural Development Fund with a £15,000 allocation. This year these projects were awarded grants:

Dolphin House Light Up St James’s Street £400 towards the redecorating, supply of soft £1,600 to buy and install new lights for trees and furnishings and art materials to therapy room lampposts in St James’s Street

Brighton and Hove Housing Coalition and Community £1,000 towards core funding for a community Volunteers campaign group to lobby on improvements to all £780 for community cooking equipment and aspects of housing across the city a community celebration to coincide with the installation of the new playground in Bevendean in Preston Bowls Club February. £400 to support wider promotion of four open days to encourage younger audience to take up bowls Bevfest £1,000 to pay for stage hire and essential costs of a Stay Up Late community festival £1,000 to support and expand the Wild Rainbows gig buddies scheme Bees in the Woods Forest School £960 to pay for five older people and their carers Duck Fayre to attend forest school sessions in Easthill Park in £500 towards the running the community event over the next 12 months.

Norfolk Square Group Crew Club United £1,000 towards providing community planters and £1,000 towards buying kit for a youth football team supporting a gardening group for a public open based in . Some funds subsidised the space cost of allowing the side play and attend a three- day youth tournament at Butlins. Friends of Preston Park Bid one – £2000 for a new wooden picnic table and Mixed Blessings Theatre Group bench £600 to support an all-inclusive theatre group to Bid two – £2,000 for five new bins for the park tour Son of an African, a new production of work, Bid three – £1,000 to host a Easter Egg hunt for around Sussex families Sing for Better Health Green Centre £1,000 towards running the weekly singing group £650 towards the conversion of the upper deck of for older people at Elizabeth Court in Hove an education bus to host exhibitions and workshops on One Planet initiatives The Other Screen £1,000 towards running open, accessible film Young People’s Centre screenings and events which explore, discuss and £1,000 towards a specific project – TBC challenge the representation of disabled people

Bevendean Chomp Trust for Developing Communities £1,000 towards community lunch club which £200 towards buying equipment and resources supports up to 50 people twice a week. This to support the youth work of the 67 Centre in includes a summer trip to Drusillas for families on Moulsecoomb low incomes.

Brighton-Pride.org –14– PRIDE SOCIAL IMPACT FUND

Friends of Farm Green Tarner Community Project £900 towards the construction and installation £1,000 to run summer holiday events for young of new thermoplastic activity markings for a new people attending youth club events playground in Farm Green, Lower Bevendean Why Not Club Moulsecoomb Forest Garden £520 to fund a weekly breakfast club in Brighthelm £1,000 to buy pond dipping kit and other Park for the street community equipment to allow young people to get closer to wildlife Audioactive £480 towards providing kit for Room to Rant, which Carousel provides music workshops for young men in a £888 to buy an iPad and iPencil to allow learning YMCA Supported Housing setting in Brighton and disabled adults and children to engage in the arts Hove (tbc) and develop talents has been successful. Small Performance Adventure with Creative Quiet Down There CIC Cascade Recovery £865 towards offering 2 local schools (60 children) £800 to go towards the travel costs and venue hire a residency in the market (£540) and holding 10 to support up to 100 people in addiction recovery community lunches for 100 people (£325) take part in drama workshops.

St James’s Street Community Action Group 4Streets Bid one – £1,000 towards providing materials for £250 to purchase large outdoor screen to support new flower beds at the corner of St James Street community cinema events. This will be held by and Rock Gardens by the side of St Mary’s Church Pride as a community resource which can be Bid two – £1,000 towards restoring a section of booked out by community groups across the city. garden beds in Dorset Gardens Bid three – £1,000 to provide materials and flowers Sussex Cycle Racing League for seven planters in St James’s Street area and add £500 towards a new storage shed at Preston Park one or two more street planters to the district velodrome

Kingscliffe Society Preston Park Youth Cycle Club £10,794 for new outdoor gym in Dorset Gardens £1,000 towards the construction of a concrete ramp (provisional providing relevant consents are met) and tarmac path at Preston Park velodrome to support a range of cycling activities Community, Advice, Support and Education (CASE) Little Green Pig £500 to fund a science festival for families on low £1,000 to support filming of a production of Voices, income in a story about young people’s experiences which will be form part of 2019 Friends of Regency Square £200 towards creating a permanent community St Peter’s Womens and Girls Cricket Club heritage exhibition of old photos, prints, postcards £672 to provide matching kit (complete with SIF and memories of Regency Brighton to coincide logo) for the team with 200 years of Regency Square.

Hangleton Food Bank £500 to provide clients a one-off £10 supermarket voucher to ‘top-up’ the essential items which are not donated

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