CANDIDATE INFORMATION PACK

Chair of Trustees December 2016

About Pride

Manchester Pride is a registered charity that campaigns for equality and challenges ; creates opportunity for engagement and participation and celebrates LGBT life. It fundraises to empower and enrich LGBT organisations, charities and communities in .

Formed in 2004, it achieved a charitable status in 2006. It is represented by a number of patrons from the world of politics, film, television, music and literature who carry messages for LGBT equality around the globe, championing Manchester Pride and the work they do, celebrating achievements and campaigns within Greater Manchester and around the world.

Aims and Objectives

“Promote equality and diversity for the public benefit and in particular the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of , including in particular but not exclusively by raising the awareness of the public with regard to all aspects of discrimination in society and issues and difficulties affecting the lives of , and bisexual and people.”

Community Engagement - Achievements 2016

Listening Groups –Voices from our LGBT communities shared ideas that helped shape the future for Manchester Pride. There were events for families, free to attend events, improved experiences for disable visitors. They helped us simultaneously run Cultural programmes with The Superbia

Weekend, increasing enjoyment and comfort for our visitors.

The Manchester Pride Pride Stars – Volunteers at the very Community Parade – We heart of Manchester Pride helped us created our very own entry to in all aspects of delivery. They came lead the Parade with the help of from diverse backgrounds, talent, Arts Council England. Over 100+ skills and knowledge and helped us in people got involved and proudly fundraising at events, assisted took to the streets for a community and cultural events and spectacular display to tens of enhanced the work we do. They are thousands of spectators. People essential to everything we do! learnt new skills whilst working alongside professional artists

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Events and Initiatives 2016

The Manchester Pride Spring Benefit – A standout ‘must attend’ fundraising event brought together business leaders, community champions and celebrities in support of LGBT causes. Around c.300 guests attended the event and helped us raise over £21,000.

IDAHOT – In May our supporters donned their running shoes to take part in the Great Manchester Run for International Day Against , and and helped us raise over £2,000.

The Big Weekend – Our Flagship event which saw over 43,000 people come together to celebrate, with pride, some of the biggest names in music. Thousands of revellers were entertained by the likes of a whole host of world class performing artists and DJs from the world of dance music.

Superbia – Supported, curated, funded and celebrated LGBT related events across Greater Manchester with debate, film, comedy, literature, music, sport, theatre, family and community led projects. We had over 100+ events in 2016!

The Manchester – is a major highlight of the Manchester Pride Festival which had over 4000 people taking part. It has kaleidoscope of colour, floats and marchers showing their support to the LGBT community and this year it was community inspired and brought together proud sponsors, public sector, local businesses, community groups marching shoulder to shoulder.

The Candlelit Vigil – Our spiritual heart of the Big Weekend in collaboration with our charity partner George House Trust had people gather to remember those we lost to HIV and joined hands to fight the epidemic worldwide and the stigma associated with it.

OUT! – Our new project funded by Heritage Lottery Fund helped us uncover some of the rich heritage and hidden histories of LGBT life in Manchester and led to a digital mapping of the heritage trail

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Financial Performance and Governance

2016 has been a formidable year for Manchester Pride. We have received a huge amount of support from friends, allies and supporters of LGBT people which has enabled us to experience increased levels of engagement with LGBT people who were not previously in touch with the activities of Manchester Pride.

The figures below are based on unaudited accounts for the year ending 31st December 2016. Our full audited accounts will be made available in 2017

Revenue Festival Expenditure Charity Overheads

“We thank our Board of Trustees and the Operations team who gave their time freely throughout the year, whether it was assisting in the office, welcoming visitors to our events or running about over the Big Weekend helping out in a thousand different ways. We really couldn’t do it without you!” – Vicken Couligian (Chair of Manchester Pride)

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Chair of Trustees Vacancy

Manchester Pride is looking for a new Chair of Trustees to join and lead its Board of Trustees in the year 2017. The term of their current Chair Vicken Couligian comes to an end in December after 8 years as a trustee and 6 as Chair. He has been involved with the charity from its inception and has seen it develop and engage with more people and is looking forward to a successor who will continue to support and make a positive impact on Greater Manchester’s LGBT community.

Role Summary

The new Chair will be responsible for the following key responsibilities:

 Provide leadership and direction to the board of Trustees and enable the Board to fulfil its responsibilities for the overall governance and strategic direction of the organisation with regards to the LGBT community  Will ensure that the organisation pursues its objects as defined in its governing document, charity law, company law and other relevant legislation/regulations  Will work in partnership with the Chief Executive and support the employees, helping them achieve the aims of the organisation; and to optimise the relationship between the board of Trustees and the staff  Facilitate the board of trustees in stimulating excellent, well-rounded and carefully considered strategic decision-making and help Manchester Pride to continue its support and impact as in raising awareness; empowering and enriching LGBT organisations, charities and communities in Greater Manchester

Person Description

The Chair will be someone with prior experience of managing a Board of Trustees or managing an organisation. He/she will extend support to the CEO as critical advisor and mentor to help Manchester Pride achieve its objectives.

You will be someone with

 Significant Board experience or someone who has been a senior management representative of the Board  Previous Chair experience is desirable although not essential  Passion and commitment towards the LGBT community  Leadership experience and the ability to work collaboratively with people, businesses and community groups  Good, independent judgement, political impartiality and the ability to think creatively in the context of the organisation and external environment

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Time Commitment

The Board meets at least 8 times a year and the Chair is expected to be available to attend at least an additional 8 times in a year. It is important that the Chair is able to visit the organisations office(s) and be available to the Chief Executive on a regular basis. In addition to Board Meetings, other contact – usually electronic or by telephone – will be necessary

Application Process

All applications will be made to Reach Volunteering in the first instance. You will provide the following documentation and email it to [email protected]

1. A CV 2. Covering letter answering the following questions: a. Explain your motivation to apply and become the Chair of Manchester Pride b. What you feel you would bring to the board as Chair 3. Provide names and contact details of two referees to support your application 4. Signed Declaration in Appendix 1 5. Completed Equal Monitoring Form attached in Appendix 2

Recruitment Timeline

 Application closing date – 27.01.2017  Shortlisting process – 03.02.2017  Appointment – March 2017

Contact Details

Reach Volunteering Manchester Pride Luke Strachan (TrusteeWorks Manager) Suite 9C, 89 Albert Embankment Manchester One, SE1 7TP 53 Portland St, [email protected] Manchester M1 3LF 020 7582 6543

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Appendix 1 DECLARATION (please print this section & attach separately)

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Some people are disqualified by law from acting as trustees, including anyone described in section 72(1) of the Charities Act 1993. I declare that:

I do / do not have an unspent conviction for an offence involving deception or dishonesty;

I am / am not an undischarged bankrupt;

I have / have not previously been removed from trusteeship of a charity by the Court or the Commissioners for misconduct or mismanagement;

I am / am not under a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.

I am / am not disqualified by the Charities Act 1993 (Section 72) from acting as a charity trustee.

I declare that the information within this application is true and accurate. I have read and understood the requirements of becoming a trustee should my application be successful. I understand that if it subsequently discovered that any statement or information is false or misleading, or that I have withheld any relevant information, my application may be disqualified or my appointment revoked.

Signed

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Appendix 2 EQUAL MONITORING FORM (please print this section & attach separately)

APPLICATION FORM

CONFIDENTIAL Manchester Pride is committed to supporting the principle of equal opportunities, and operates a robust Equality and Diversity Policy. To help us to monitor the effectiveness of this policy, we request you to fill out this form. This form will be detached and kept separate to your application, and the information held herein will be kept securely and used for analysis purposes only.

Vacancy Information Post applied for: Please tick one box in each section.

MONITORING ETHNICITY Ethnic origin is not about nationality, place of birth or citizenship. It is about colour and broad ethnic groups. UK citizens can belong to any of the groups indicated. How would you describe you ethnic origin? ASIAN or ASIAN BRITISH Bangladeshi Indian Pakistani Other Asian (please specify) BLACK Black African Black Caribbean Black British Black European Other Black WHITE White Eastern European White British White Irish White Western European (non-British) Other White CHINESE OR CHINESE BRITISH Chinese Chinese British MIXED HERITAGE White and Black Caribbean White and Black African

White and Asian Other Mixed Race OTHER Other Ethnic Background PREFER NOT TO SAY Prefer Not to Say

AGE Which age category do you fall into? Under 21 22-35 36-45 46-55 55+ Prefer not to say

DISABILITY A disabled person is defined in law as someone who has an impairment that has a substantial and long-term effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities Do you consider yourself to have a disability or long-term health condition?

Yes No Prefer not to Say

GENDER Would you describe yourself as:

Male Transgender Other Prefer not to say

SEXUAL ORIENTATION Would you describe yourself as:

Bisexual Gay Man Heterosexual Lesbian Prefer not to say

MARKETING SCREENING Where did you hear about this position? (Please tick where appropriate)

Website (please specify) Word of mouth Other (please specify)

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