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FUNDRAISING - A PRIDE WITH PURPOSE
Pride with Purpose, Brighton & Hove Pride
has raised over £920,000 for community
good causes in the past seven years thanks
to the support of businesses, sponsors
and the many thousands of people that
purchase tickets for the Pride Festival in Preston
Park and Pride Village Party.
Brighton Pride CIC is a not-for-profit community
interest company asset locked to and fundraising
for for The Brighton Rainbow Fund, a Brighton
and Hove based grant-giving charity for local
LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS organisations.
Brighton Pride CIC is not established for private gain - any surplus or assets are used principally for
the benefit of the community. As quoted in the original incorporation documents, it’s objectives are:
• to carry on activities which benefit • to enable participating local
the community and in particular business, charities, coluntary
to enhance the lives of the citizens organisations and other
of Sussex by encouraging the organisations to increase their skill
inclusion, acknowledgement and base and gain more insight into the
understanding of the transgender, LGBT community
lesbian, gay and transsexual
community principles
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59The Brighton Rainbow Fund is registered with the of fundraising, with varying degrees of success. As
Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated a Community Interest Company and under the
Organisation (CIO) with a remit to receive donations, leadership of director Paul Kemp and his team,
mainly from funds raised within our local LGBTQ+ there has been a declared intention of creating a
communities, and to distribute them as grants “Pride With Purpose” with a minimum £1 from every
to LGBTQ+ and HIV groups and organisations in ticket sold for the Pride Festival in Preston Park, and
Brighton and Hove. We have no premises, or paid £1 from every wrist band sold for the Pride Village
workers, so all donations can go to the good causes. Party coming directly to The Rainbow Fund, and our
independent grants panel, to assess applications for
For fundraisers, whether it be local businesses and grants.
venues, individuals, or local fundraising groups, we are
a trusted and transparent way of making sure that The Brighton Rainbow Fund distributes funds
that the funds they work so hard to raise go where enabling groups and organisations to continue their
they are needed, without having to make difficult work, and to fund some innovative new projects. On
choices between competing requests for support their behalves I would like to thank you for the support
from local organisations. you give them by supporting Pride.
In the 30 year history of Brighton Pride, in it’s various Chris Gull,
incarnations, there has always been an element Chair of The Rainbow Fund.
THE RAINBOW CHORUS PEER ACTION BRIGHTON & HOVE LBGTQ
Outreach For Sign Language Users Complementary Therapy And GROUPS
Up To £1,800 Yoga Sessions Supported By Latest Cic
Up To £6,750 Up To £9,500
RADIO REVERB
The Hiv Happy Hour TRANS CAN SPORT LUNCH POSITIVE
£2,000 Video Project Friday Lunch Club
Up To £7,200 Up To £9,600
LUNCH POSITIVE
The 50+ Supper Club QTIPOC NARRATIVES SWITCHBOARD AND LUNCH
Up To £3,100 COLLECTIVE POSITIVE
Community Led Mental Health Seed Funding For New LGBTQ+
MINDOUT Support Befriending Service
Out Of The Blue And Peer Support Up To £7,500 £10,000
Group Work
Up To £6,000 THE SUSSEX BEACON MINDOUT
Positive Living Programme Counselling Service
MEN TALK HEALTH Up To £8,300 £10,000
Development And Capacity
Building THE CLARE PROJECT RADICAL RHIZOME
Up To £6,000 Tuesday Drop In Safe QTIPOC Social Space
Up To £8,500 Up To £10,000
BLUEPRINT 22
L Zone – Lesbian Visibility Project SWITCHBOARD BLUEPRINT 22
Up To £6,200 Grief Encounters Inside Out Project
Up To £9,600 Up To £10,800
RAINBOW CHORUS
RC+ Project THE CLARE PROJECT SWITCHBOARD
Up To £6,500 Core Funding And Charity The Rainbow Cafe – LGBTQ+
Development Dementia Support
OLDER AND OUT Up To £9,700 Up To £11,700
LGBT Elders Lunch Club
Up To £6,600 ALLSORTS
Support For YoungLGBTQ+ People
Up To £15,300
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60RAINBOW FUND GRANT RECIPIENT TESTIMONIES
LONGHILL SCHOOL AND provide peer support for LGBTQ project for LGBTQ people
LATEST CIC people who experience suicidal who have experienced a
The grant from the Rainbow distress ‘Out of the Blue’. We bereavement. The sessions
Fund has allowed us to reach provide a safe space for people provide a confidential, safe
out to the LGBTQ+ groups to share their experiences and and supportive space for
that exist in local state schools learn from each other. LGBTQ people to share their
and provide them with the experiences and coping
opportunity to express their MEN TALK HEALTH strategies and explore their
views and their aspirations “MenTalkHealth believes that feelings surrounding grief”
through the medium of stigma around mental health
television. These groups are prevents people from reaching SWITCHBOARD – THE
supported by amazing teachers out for help when they need RAINBOW CAFE
and support staff in their own it and so aims to get our “The Rainbow Fund grant for
time, they believe as we do, that community talking. our Rainbow Café enables us
this is vital and the work that to support LGBTQ people living
they do with us is both exciting With the funds awarded from with dementia, providing them
and groundbreaking. The Brighton Rainbow fund with a safe space to socialise,
we will be able to provide free take part in creative activities
ALLSORTS & reduced cost Mental Health and access information and
The grant from the Rainbow First Aid training to LGBTQ+ support”
fund allows us to support venues and performers on the
children and young people Brighton scene who are our SWITCHBOARD – LGBTQ+
from the ages of 5-25 who front line to those struggling. BEFRIENDING SERVICE
are LGBT+ or unsure of their “Our Rainbow Fund grant is
sexuality and/or gender identity Mental Health First Aid enabling us to work with our
through group work, one-to- training is expensive, costing communities to develop a
one emotional support and an individual between £300- specialised befriending service
outreach work to other youth 450. We are able to train up for LGBTQ people and people
projects across the City. This our own Mental Health First living with HIV. This will provide
vital funding helps to reduce Aid Trainer who will then be support for the most isolated
isolation, enables peer support able to train our community in our communities, as well as
and helps to build resilience in the necessarily skills to listen volunteering opportunities for
whilst empowering children to and signpost those in our those who wish to get involved.”
and young people. community who are struggling
the most. ” LUNCH POSITIVE HIV LUNCH
MINDOUT – COUNSELLING CLUB:
“The grant from the Rainbow THE SUSSEX BEACON “Funding for the HIV lunch
Fund will enable us to “The grant from the Rainbow club helps us reach and
continue to provide a low cost fund enables us to deliver our support hundreds of people
counselling service run by Positive Living Programme each year. The lunch club is
and for LGBTQ communities, for people living and ageing a locally unique and genuine
this much needed service has with HIV. We run twice weekly community based project.
excellent outcomes for the exercises classes, mindfulness A safe and supportive space
people who use it. groups and online resources, in that brings people together
The Rainbow Fund has order to holistically support the for food and friendship, peer-
provided seed funding for us to physical and mental wellbeing support and breaks the cycle
pilot a relationship counselling of our clients and combat frailty” of social isolation. With over
service and a relationship skills 30 committed and highly
peer support group.” SWITCHBOARD – GRIEF motivated volunteers, this
ENCOUNTERS project involves everyone and
MINDOUT – OUT OF THE BLUE “Thanks to our Rainbow reaches those very most in
Our second grant from the Fund grant we are able to need”
Rainbow Fund enables us to run our Grief Encounters
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6150+ HIV SUPPER GROUP BLUEPRINT 22 – THE L-ZONE THE CLARE PROJECT
“The Rainbow Fund grant Funding form The Rainbow THE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING:
supports this monthly Fund to run ‘The L Zone’ a youth “The continuation of
gathering of people with led lesbian visibility project. The development funding from
HIV aged 50 and over. A safe, funding means that we are The Rainbow Fund will
relaxed and peer-led place able to give young adults the enable us to continue our
to share and socialise, with a opportunity and support they investment in the growth
special focus on peer support as need to explore their identity, and sustainability of services
we get older. For many people sexuality and self worth in a supporting trans, non-binary,
this is often remarked as “the safe environment without intersex and gender-variant
first time they have seen anyone judgement or prejudice. The folk. It will allow us to empower
for a long time” or pleased they project will bring a the voice our trans-led organization to
came as it is “the only reason for of the next generation to the provide more opportunities
going out this week”.“ wider LGBT* community in for both engagement, work
Brighton and Hove and will be and volunteering for our TNBI
RADIO REVERB HIV HOUR used to inform future work in community members”
“The grant from the Rainbow this area.
Fund will allow us to continue THE CLARE PROJECT
broadcasting the UK’s only radio INSIDE OUT TUESDAY DROP-IN FUNDING:
show about living with HIV, The project which has been “This grant from the Rainbow
and to distribute it as a podcast funded by The Rainbow fund is Fund supports the continuation
in order to reach a global something that offers anyone of our weekly Tuesday Drop-
audience. The programme from the LGBT* community the in for trans, non-binary,
educates listeners about HIV, chance to have 1-2-1 support intersex and gender-variant
connects people living with the for any issues they are facing in adults. Approaching our 20th
virus with local support services, relation to their sexuality and/ year of supporting the TNBI
and destigmatises HIV by or gender identity. This project community, the fund enables
encouraging open discussion. also offers the chance for young us to provide regular mental
The grant also allows us to adults to facilitate their own health support spaces and
continue a training partnership peer led workshops where they socialising opportunities for our
with the Terrence Higgins Trust’s can discuss and share specific members.”
Work Positive programme, issues which they have and
which helps those who are do face when growing up. All RADICAL RHIZOME
long-term unemployed due to of these services are of huge “ “The grant from the Rainbow
health issues back into work.” importance to the youth LGBT* Fund makes it possible for Black
community in and around the and brown queer people in
city and would not be possible Brighton and Hove to regularly
SIGN LANGUAGE USER without the support from the meet, helping us to build
OUTREACH Rainbow Fund and fortify our burgeoning
The grant from the Rainbow community, reducing
Fund will allow us to become RAINBOW CHORUS – RC+ isolation and enhancing social
more inclusive, reaching out The grant from the Rainbow connectivity.”
to those within the LGBT+ Fund will allow us to continue
communities who are deaf this unique monthly workshop PEER ACTION
or are sign language users choir, open to all in the “ The grant from the Rainbow
and enable them to enjoy our LGBT+ communities. In a safe, Fund has allowed us to
performances and concerts. friendly space, members can support people living with
This has included working drop in when their personal HIV in Brighton & Hove by
collaboratively with other choirs circumstances allow or making available affordable
& Marco Nardi to provide a fully attend regularly. They explore complementary therapies and
interpreted performance at the their singing voice, grow in yoga sessions in a space where
annual World Aids Day concert confidence and make new they can relax and openly talk
last December. friends at the social after each about what is going on with
session. their lives without judgement.’”
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62PRIDE FUNDRAISING PRIDE
Solidarity Fund
SUSSEX BEACON PRESTON MANOR AND CITY PARKS
The Sussex Beacon is the leading HIV charity Preston Manor received £5,000 to:
based in Brighton. • Improve the planting in the two flower beds
at the SE and SW corners of the Manor
“We are proud to be supported by Brighton • Install period-appropriate, bow-top fencing
Pride, one of the UK’s biggest, boldest and around these flower beds, to protect the new
best Pride events with community fundraising planting and to deter anti-social behaviour
at its heart. Through selling Brighton Pride taking place under the Manor’s veranda;
Festival tickets in our charity shops, The Sussex • Install additional
Beacon has been able to fundraise £3,453 CCTV cameras to
from the handling fee that was received from key points across the
each ticket sold. Such fundraising support is rear elevation of the
crucial for the charity to offer its important Manor and under the
services and continue supporting the lives of veranda, to monitor
people living with HIV. “ an area known to be
vulnerable to anti-
The Sussex Beacon provides both inpatient and social behaviour.
outpatient services for HIV+ individuals living in
Sussex and beyond. This includes the charities CityParks received £5,000 to improve the
10-bedded Inpatient Unit, as well Coronation Garden at the north end of
as weekly Day Service sessions, Preston Park, one priority being the repair and
a Women and Families’ Support refurbishment of the shelter on the eastern edge
Group, a Peer Support Project, of the garden.
and additional Wellbeing Groups.
PETER TATCHELL FOUNDATION & KALEIDOSCOPE TRUST
The Pride Solidarity Fund was established in 2018 to support underfunded projects and organisations,
many of which have had their funding cut in recent years.
With £5,000 each going to The Peter Tatchell Foundation and Kaleidoscope Trust, the Pride Solidarity
Fund is proud to support these independent organisations who dedicate their service to upholding
the human rights of LGBTQ+ people in the UK and internationally.
Commenting on the donation, Peter Tatchell, The Kaleidoscope Trust work to uphold the
Director of The Peter Tatchell Foundation, which human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans
campaigns for LGBT+ and human rights in the people in countries where they do not have
UK and worldwide, said: their equal rights and are discriminated against
because of their sexual orientation and/or gender
“We are delighted and honoured to receive identity. Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, Executive Director
this very generous donation from the Pride of The Kaleidoscope Trust said:
Solidarity Fund to aid our work supporting
LGBT+ rights in the UK and internationally. “I want to express huge thanks to Brighton
As a small, under-funded LGBT+ and human Pride for their donation to Kaleidoscope Trust.
rights charity, this grant means a lot. It will This global movement for LGBTQI liberation
enable us to do even more and human rights needs
to challenge homophobia, as many people as possible
biphobia and transphobia. working towards common
Among other causes, this goals of freedom, unity and
funding will help us support dignity. Your donation helps
LGBT+ campaigners in us to continue do this work
Arab countries and LGBT+ and we are so grateful.”
Muslims here in the UK.”
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63Community groups across Brighton and Hove can put Tim Ridgway, chair of the Brighton Pride Social Impact
a little bit of pride back into their city thanks to Pride Fund, said: “This year saw a record number of entries
Social Impact Fund grants worth nearly £30,000 this with bids from more than 57 applications from across
year. the city requesting more than £44,000 to make their
communities a better place.
In what has been a record year, nearly 40 groups
representing people of all ages from Mile Oak to “With the fund oversubscribed, making decisions on
Moulsecoomb, Saltdean to the city centre will benefit individual bids was not an easy process, but those
from money awarded by the independent panel. groups who have been awarded money will ensure
that the legacy of Pride is far-reaching, extending to all
Grants awarded this year will see parks and open corners of the city.
spaces improved; community groups host events and
day trips; equipment provided to sports groups; and “We hope it will help some of the city’s amazing
charities supporting some of the city’s most vulnerable community and voluntary groups create a colourful
given a boost. rainbow of happiness and inclusivity all year round.”
AMEX AREA CHOMP FRIENDS OF PRESTON ST PETERS PRESTON PARK
NEIGHBOURHOOD FORUM £1,000.00 – after school PARK £380.00 – install new water
£500.00 – Plants for a sessions offering hot meals £2,000.00 – new rose arch in butt (with 100 for plants)
Rejuvination Garden to families the park
TARNER COMMUNITY
BEE IN THE WOODS CREW CLUB UNITED HANGLETON AND WEST PROJECT
£1,000.00 – inter-generationl £1,000.00 – expand the BLATCHINGTON FOOD £1,000.00 – cookery club for
forest school youth football club and buy BANK young people
hoodies for the team £1,000.00 – top-up shops,
BEVFEST aprons, table cloths and THE BLACK AND MINORITY
£1,000.00 – community DORSET MEWS RESIDENTS meat vouchers ETHNIC YOUNG PEOPLE’S
festival in Bevendean ASSOCIATION PROJECT
£1,000.00 – new planter to LATEST CIC £500.00 – two workshops to
BOHEMIA ARTS reduce congestion £950.00 – lit trees in St mark 15 year anniversary
AND MUSIC CIC IN James’s Street
CONJUNCTION WITH THE EARLY CHILDHOOD THE GREEN CENTRE
VERDICT JAZZ CLUB PROJECT AT TARNER MOULSECOOMB AND £200.00 – support
£400.00 – a theatre £1,000.00 – buy resources BEVENDEAN COMMUNITY volunteers at the project
performance in the annual for toy library VOLUNTEERS
community festival in £850.00 – Moulsecoomb THE OLD BOAT
Dorset Gardens EXTRATIME Supper Club Project COMMUNITY CENTRE
£1,000.00 – family fun day £500.00 – purchase a large
BRIGHTON AND HOVE for 200 children with SEND NESTOR COURT new fridge to offer further
HOUSING COALITION and carers £1,671.00 – repair fence for options for people living in
£200.00 – support ongoing block of flats for elderly food poverty
activities FOOD AND FRIENDSHIP people
£1,000.00 – continue bi- THE OLD BOAT
BRIGHTON PHOENIX weekly cooked lunches for NORFOLK SQUARE GROUP COMMUNITY CENTRE
FLAMES BASKETBALL older people £500.00 – community £1,000.00 – set up a
CLUB gardening project community kitchen
£976.00 – new equipment FRIENDS OF BLAKERS
and kit for the youth teams PARK OFF THE FENCE THE OTHER SCREEN
£600.00 – tree planting £500.00 – general clothing £550.00 – host film event for
BRUNSWICK TOWN IN to support rough sleepers deaf / disabled community
BLOOM FRIENDS OF BRUNSWICK
£120.00 – cover entry to SQUARE PATCHAM DUCK FAYRE WAVE PROJECT
South East in Bloom £500.00 – community £600.00 – community event £1,000.00 – offer club surf
gardening project sessions to young people
CAROUSEL QUIET DOWN THERE with anxiety
£643.00 – music equipment FRIENDS OF PRESTON £400.00 – creative
to support regular live PARK community artwork project WINDMILL YOUNG ACTORS
music nights £1,000.00 – volunteer for local multicultural £924.00 – cover costs of 12
gardening in the park and women week term of drama club in
CASE new roses east Brighton
£500.00 – free family- ST PETERS PRESTON PARK
friendly science festival in FRIENDS OF PRESTON £180.00 – repair pathway YOUNG PEOPLE’S CENTRE
Hollingdean PARK £470.00 – revamped entrance
£1,000.00 – Easter Egg hunt way to building
for 200 kids
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64PRIDE SOCIAL IMPACT FUND GRANT CASE STUDIES
FRIENDS OF PRESTON
PARK
The Friends of Preston We have 9 committee members and around
Park was founded 9 years 500 ‘Friends’. It’s free to join and there are regular
ago as a not-for-profit communications by email to let people know
voluntary organisation. what’s happening in the park. We’re currently
organising an evening bat walk and Preston
We wanted to involve the Village Open Day. The contribution from Pride’s
local community in park issues and celebrate the Social Impact Fund made a massive difference
park by organising events. We are keen that park to us: by enabling us to hire a large marquee to
users, especially young people, know about and host our Halloween Lantern Walk again in 2017.
treasure the park’s special history, architecture, An evening, family event that attracts hundreds
flora and fauna. We liaise with various of local people, we’ve held it for several years but
departments in the council so that we have a had to cancel it in 2016 as there was no venue.
two-way communication between park-users The fund also paid for 3 elm trees for the park.
and the council. For instance, there are changes The gracious old elms are nearing the end of their
being made to a couple of areas of the park and lives and these new trees will be a wonderful
the Friends’ group have worked with the council lasting legacy for future generations.
to ensure the changes will enhance the park.
BRIGHTON & HOVE
HOUSING COALITION
Brighton & Hove Housing leading deputations or asking questions of that
Coalition was launched committee.
on 19 August 2017 in the The funds from the Pride Social Impact Fund
presence of MPs Caroline have helped us to meet basic costs such as the
Lucas and Lloyd Russell- hire of meeting rooms at the Crypt and for print.
Moyle. Our motivation We have ambitious plans – for example improving
was that housing and homelessness was too legal training for volunteers to create what we
important a matter to be left to bureaucrats and call ‘Street Advocates’ – people with sufficient
that view was shared by the twenty organisations knowledge to help the vulnerable when faced
that signed up to our Aims and Objectives that with seemingly insurmountable problems of
day. poverty, homelessness and injustice.
On a day-to-day basis the Executive hold the city
council’s Housing Committee to account and no
housing committee meeting goes by without our
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65TARNER COMMUNITY
PROJECT
Established over broad range of specialisms to share and teach.
20 years ago, Last year we were able to support a group of
Tarner Community about 20 young people a week, who were
Project (TCP) is not in education, employment or training
a charity based (NEET). This is a particularly at-risk group and
dedicated to running children and young it emerged that there were multiple issues
people’s services in the Tarner area of Brighton including very low-level basic skills and special
in partnership with the local community. needs. The group was a huge success and
supported young people aged from 12-24. Many
With OFSTED outstanding accreditation, the of these individuals have issues with sexual
provision offers a caring, inclusive, service. exploitation, substance misuse, sexual health,
Healthy living and wellbeing are at the heart of exclusion from school and family relationship
the project with an emphasis on physical and breakdowns.
outdoor activities.
We are now focussing on providing a diverse
The funding we have received supports the offer for young women attending the weekly
activities we undertake with the young people, girls group, especially supporting women
running a range of different interesting projects around sexual health, personal care, positive
and bringing to the session’s facilitators with a healthy relationships and safety.
BRIGHTON OASIS
PROJECT
Brighton Oasis Project recognised substance misuse services in the
(BOP) is a substance South East whilst remaining true to the original
misuse service for vision of addressing inequality in access to
women and families. treatment.
We provide a range
of recovery-focused The Pride Social Impact Fund Grant has
treatment services enabled us to offer a range of activities for
to support and empower women who have children and young people during the Easter
difficulties with drink or drugs to make positive holidays. Groups of children took part in
changes in their lives. a number of activity days, including a trip
to Saddlescome Farm where they had an
Established by women who felt that substance opportunity to engage in creative, outdoor play,
misuse treatment services did not meet their have fun and explore. School holidays can be
needs, Brighton Oasis Project has been making difficult times for any family, so being able to
a difference to vulnerable women and families offer activities like this to families affected by
in Brighton and Hove for the last 20 years. The substance misuse has been invaluable. We plan
project has grown to become one of the most to deliver activities during the Summer holidays
too.
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