Supporting Culture and Sport in Lancashire.
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Preston Pride Festival is a fun filled, accessible, flamboyant, colourful, inclusive & free to attend, community based LGBTQ+ event, that will take place in September 2025 in the heart of the City
Preston Pride LGBTQ+ Community Festival is a fun-filled, accessible, flamboyant, colourful, inclusive, and free-to-attend community-based LGBTQ+ event complete with a fantastic parade. It will take place on Saturday, 27th September 2025, in the heart of Preston, around the Flag Market. The Preston Pride team, also known as the 'Pride Makers', is a 100% volunteer-led community-based group and are dedicated to make the day at continued success by listening to what the community wants!. The festival will feature a wide range of entertainment, including live music, drag performances, local artists, an inclusive dance group, community drummers, and local tribute bands. The main goal is to to celebrate diversity, inclusivity, and equality, and to create a welcoming space for everyone regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or background whilst raising awareness, visibility and encouraging engagement & support from our own community, friends, families & our fabulous allies.
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Why it's a great idea:
There are numerous benefits to having a local LGBTQ+ Pride event, both for the community and the wider society. Preston Pride promotes acceptance and fosters a sense of identity. It celebrates diversity, encouraging inclusivity within the community. We increase visibility for our local LGBTQ+ issues, helping to educate the wider public and address how to reduce prejudice and discrimination and stigma. We provide a space for people to connect, share experiences, and support each other, strengthening intergenerational community bonds. Pride can improve self-esteem and mental well-being for the LGBTQ+ community by offering a supportive environment where they can express themselves freely The event serves as a platform for raising awareness about LGBTQ+ rights and advocating for change, promoting advocacy and raising awareness of local issues and impact whilst often attracting tourists into the city, boosting local businesses and contributing to the local economy.
Steps to get it done:
This year due to last years feedback, we have extended the parade route which will now showcase the event on the day, It will be winding its way from Preston's Fishergate Centre, through the city main high streets, past the bus station and finishing at the event site on Preston's flag market which is 3 times longer than last year and more visible. Our website will include all the information you'll need to plan your visit to Preston including approx artist timings, best places to park, public transport links, how to sponsor the event, booking a stall and full joining instructions of how to take part in the parade. So please visit our website for more information www.prestonpride.com or find us on Facebook & Instagram for regular updates as they enfold. In 2024 social media had a combined media reach of 61, 715 entries. A piece of research by UCLAN (Bradshaw 2019) was carried out and showed that the social return on investment was £14 for every £1 spent on delivering the Festival.
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How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £13,599
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VolunteerPreston Pride is an amazing vibrant event that has grown considerably over the last 12 years. The Pride team are a voluntary group which aims to bring together Preston's lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans (LGBTQ+) and wider communities annually to celebrate through the Preston Pride event in September. The group is managed by a small number of volunteers who run & organise the event and each year recruit additional 'Pride Maker' volunteers to support on the day and the weeks leading up to the main event .The team aim is to continue to develop and strengthen the event for the community by engaging wider and continur to work with a diverse range of people to break down barriers, reduce isolation faced by many within the LGBTQ+ community . The event aims to do this by celebrating the diversity of Preston's communities together and increase wider awareness raising of Preston's LGBTQ+ communities.
The group started in 2012 which was the year of Preston Guild, to raise the visibility of the LGBTQ+ community in Preston. It is 100% volunteer managed and led. The group also host smaller events throughout the year highlighting key dates within the LGBTQ calendar.
Since 2012 this community-based festival has taken place annually and has now become a firm favourite for the City, supporting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer communities, alongside our ever-increasing important allies especially young people who attend in huge numbers each year.
When it began the event attracted around 200 people, data supplied at the time by Lancashire Police however in 2024 this figure has risen to over 3,000 people and continues to grow which the event infrastucture must expand and now grow too!
Project Owner: Preston Pride The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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