Brighton Pride director to leave

A longstanding director of Brighton and Hove Pride is standing down.

Judith Manson, the festival director, will leave the board next month to pursue new challenges.

She said: “It has been a privilege to be involved with Pride in Brighton in Hove over the last seven years.

“I have met and worked with some amazing people along the way and couldn’t be more thrilled to leave on such a high after receiving incredible feedback for this year’s Pride events.

“I’d like to thank everyone involved in making Pride 2011 a great event.

“Brighton and Hove is an amazing city and I think we did it proud this year.”

Kirsty Pollard, marketing manager for Brighton Marina, who has worked with Judith and Pride for more than seven years, said: “Judith has been instrumental in Brighton Marina’s involvement with Pride.

“It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Judith who has been an asset to the charity during challenging times over recent years.

“It was wonderful to see the great success hailed this year – well done Judith.”

Russell Allen, Pride chairman, said: “It has been a pleasure working with Judith in the four years that I have been with Pride.

“In that time she has worked on all aspects of the charity’s work, not least the high profile park event.

“I am personally grateful for her support and determination in this last year as we worked to change the format of the Park event.

“The positive feedback received is evidence of her achievements.”

He added Pride would now take time to consider the structure that it needed to implement its strategy for 2012 and beyond.