“Historic, inspired and unparalleled. Brighton Pride is one of the best international pride festivals, we love it” Attitude Magazine THE UK’S BIGGEST PRIDE FESTIVAL Brighton &ANNUAL Hove 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, Sussex 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 3 2 1 · Festival Ticket and PVP income 2 · Sponsorship 3 · Markets & Concessions 4 · Grants 1 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 12 13 11 9 1 Production 8 2 Security 7 3 Catering 4 Police 6 5 St Johns 5 4 6 Marketing 3 7 FT Staff 8 Key Contractors 9 Admin 10 Insurance 2 11 Tax 12 RF 1 13 SIF/PCDF 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 Brighton and Hove 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.