Pride: diversify!

Brighton Pride,the spectacle of the year, the liveliest, most colourful, uplifting & empowering visual showcase in the city

With the sunshine comes the promise of summer and it’s a summer to get excited about as Brighton Pride continues the countdown to the UK’s biggest and best Pride event. From the spectacular Brighton Pride Community Parade to the glorious Pride Festival in Preston Park it’s time to get set for a city wide Carnival Of Diversity as we celebrate Pride’s 25th Anniversary.

The Brighton Pride Festival in Preston Park is set to be a sparkling summer sensation with a star studded line-up of artists, performers, musicians and DJs including The Human League, Fatboy Slim, Hercules and Love Affair, Foxes, Jess Glynne, Seamus Haji, Prok & Fitch, Tulisa, The Freemasons and Bright Light Bright Light, joining an array of diverse entertainment and community areas. Add the Wild Fruit Big Top dance tent, Legends Cabaret big top, the Radio Reverb Alternative Performance Stage, Shelia McWattie Women’s Performance Stage, the Urban World Dance Tent, bears tent and the many, many more entertainment and community areas and you have a Pride we can all be part of, be proud of and celebrate.
With over 160,000 participants and spectators the Brighton Pride Community Parade is the spectacle of the year and a chance to join the liveliest, most colourful, uplifting and empowering visual showcase in the city. Thousands of people watch the parade every year and it is the perfect shop window for community groups and businesses to get their message of support for Pride, equality and diversity. Spaces are limited and need to be paid for before a parade space can be confirmed.
Pride Festival Preston Park 12noon – 10pm.
Advance £18.50 before end of May then £21.00. (£25.00 on the day)
Deadline for all parade entries is the 25th June 2015.
Please go to www.brighton-pride.org to register

FAMILY DIVERSITY AREA
Brighton Pride is delighted to announce the return of the Family Area at the Pride Festival in Preston Park.
After the warm welcome the Family Area received last year, the 2015 Pride Family Diversity Area will be bigger than ever before providing a dedicated social space for families and their friends.
The new Pride Family Diversity Area is an alcohol-free area and safe space and will include the children’s playground and a wonderful Family Tent with lots of children’s entertainers and activities to enhance your Pride festivities.
A welcoming, inclusive, safe, chilled and alcohol-free space, the Pride Family Diversity Area will be the ideal place in Preston Park to meet other families, engage with our diverse community and enjoy a proud day together with family and loved ones.

PRIDE SOCIAL IMPACT FUND
2014’s Brighton Pride Festival and Pride Village Party were hailed a resounding success raising almost £110,000 for local community organisations over the last two years and delivering a safe and diverse weekend with overwhelmingly positive feedback from visitors, Brighton & Hove City Council, Sussex Police, community organisations and local businesses.
After broad feedback from community groups Pride plan to set up a new community fund that’s could benefit local projects where Pride has a social impact on local residents.
Brighton Pride director explains. “Last year was the first year that Pride have organised the Village Party. Pride have been gathering feedback for a variety of community sources and the majority of feedback has been positive with many feeling the village party was a safer and more controlled event, but recognise we still have lots of work to do on improving the impact on the local area.
Pride is committed to our on-going fundraising for the Rainbow fund but we also hope to set up a new fund that could benefit all our communities in the areas most affected by the social impact of the Pride weekend celebrations. Our priority remains to deliver a safe and sustainable Pride weekend with continued support for the Pride Village Party 2015 from local businesses who benefit over the Pride weekend so that more local good causes that benefit all our communities can be supported in the future”

ACCESS AND MOBILITY
Pride are again working in partnership with The Brighton and Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum (LGBT CSF) to facilitate all aspects of accessibility for Brighton Pride and access to Preston Park for those with mobility issues.
The LGBT Community Safety Forum is an established independent LGBT forum of volunteers working with the LGBT Community to address and improve safety issues throughout Brighton & Hove. They undertake cultural, educational and social safety community activities and any type of LGBT community/inclusion and accessibility initiative.