keeping pride free

Pride in London has had a long and sometimes chequered history.  There have been times when it has been run by a commercial company, mostly with little success.

 

Pride London is committed to keeping pride free to attend.  We want an event that is run by the community for the community.  Of course putting on such a large event does cost money, and lots of it.  Pride London 2007 cost the charity £392,000 to put on!  We are almost entirely run by volunteers, with some specialist consultant help, so every penny of this money goes on creating the event.  You can read more detail about how this money is spent and where it comes from in our [finance] section.

 

Finding the best part of half a million pounds every year is never easy.  Almost two thirds of our money comes from our sponsors.  We are very grateful to them for the support they show the LGBT community; quite simply without them there would be no pride.  The rest of our money comes from grants (from people such as the Mayor of London), donations-in-kind (like the nice people that make our website work), and donations directly from nice people who want to see pride continue.

 

sponsors

Pride London simply wouldnt happen without the generosity and support of our sponsors and partners.  We hope that you will buy their products, visit their websites and generally show them love in return.

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become a business supporter

Your business can really play a big part of the UK's Capital Pride. By holding fundraising events and campaigns with proceeds going directly to the charity, Pride London will shout loudly about how much you are supporting London's LGBT community.  

You will receive regular certificates and all totals will be regularly published.  You can view the current League Table here

There are no fees for becoming a Pride Business Supporter, instead all Business Supporters guarantee to raise a minimum £200 for Pride London throughout the year, and in return Pride will work with you to publicise your fundraising events and your business via our website and festival publications.  

You can download an application form and more details

 

donations

If everyone that attends Pride London donated just £1 it would make a massive difference.  It would allow us to continue to grow and develop our event in London into one of the most fun mixes of politics, Pride and party.  It would also allow us to continue our work supporting LGBT communities, and their pride events, around the world.

There are a number of ways you can donate:

  • There should be a collection tin on the bar of your favourite venue.  We don't think it's a proper place to hang-out without one!  If your local doesn't have one you could encourage them to request one by emailing
  • Our collection teams will be out on 05 July and the run-up to Pride smiling a lot and shaking their buckets.  Please give generously, they are nice people, you don't want to disappoint them.
  • You can now donate online by clicking here.  Your donation could go even further as we can usually claim back the tax paid on your donation via the Gift Aid scheme.
  • We are also more than pleased to receive a cheque.  They should be made payable to Pride London and sent to: Keeping Pride Free, Pride London, 344-354 Gray's Inn Road, London , WC1 8BP

 

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