Manchester Pride

Who they support

Promote equality and diversity for the public benefit and in particular the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, including in particular but not exclusively by raising the awareness of the public with regard to all aspects of discrimination in society and issues and difficulties affecting the lives of lesbian, gay and bisexual and transgender people.

  • The average annual spending of grantees has been £494,871
  • The average age of charities supported has been years.

www.manchesterpride.com

info@manchesterpride.com

01618317700

Manchester Pride Ltd
53 Portland Street
MANCHESTER
M1 3LD


Charity registered in England & Wales, No: 1117848
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Analysis of Grants Made
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In this period 37 donations have been made totalling £35,311 to 37 organisations

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Main Overlaps with other Grant Makers ?
By ValueBy Number
The National Lottery Community Fund 20% 19%
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport 11% 11%
Trafford Housing Trust 8% 8%
Manchester City Council 8% 8%
LGBT Consortium 8% 8%
The Henry Smith Charity 6% 5%
The Clothworkers Foundation 6% 5%
Macc 6% 5%
Garfield Weston Foundation 6% 5%
Forever Manchester 5% 5%
Sole supporter: 68% by number, 69% by value.
Individual Grants Made
When Amount Annual
Spending
Grantee To be used for
22/12/2023 £1,000 YDSA EVENTS Highlighting Queer Icons and their achievements. This represents individuals in all fields of profession such as Literature, Entertainment, Politics, Sports and Fashion. Everyone involved so far counts up to 8 dancers and this will contribute in paying them a fair fee for their rehearsal and performance time. Some will go towards costumes to really make the performance popping and result in educating the audience better.
24/11/2023 £1,000 HOMOS AND HOUMOUS CIC Cabaret and performance evening.The evening will include a social dinner for people to get to know each other beforehand. Artists will be both artists from Manchester and from around the UK Funds from Manchester Pride will be allocated exclusively to paying artists and covering travel costs.
24/11/2023 £742 TO BEE PRODUCTIONS LTD The grant will be used to support the development and rehearsal process for our upcoming show “Queen of the Desert a Queer Cabaret”, which will celebrate Manchester’s LGBTQIA+ community as part of LGBT+ History Month in February. The cabaret features drag, music, burlesque and poetry, with cabaret artists developing stories that are interwoven to songs to tackle intersectional topics that affect the wider LGBTQIA+ communities.
27/10/2023 £1,000 £85,335 PORTRAITS OF RECOVERY Portraits of Recovery (PORe) in partnership with Manchester Art Gallery (MAG) proudly announces the art commission "Let's Talk About Chemsex,”. This initiative aims to explore different perspectives and experiences of Chemsex, focusing on the role, intimacy, and consent in queer sex and relationships.
27/10/2023 £1,000 QUEER FAMILY TEA We are thrilled to share that Queer Family Tea has been awarded a Community Grant to host three community meals for people who identify as LGBTQ+! These gatherings will provide a safe and welcoming space for the LGBTQ+ community to come together, socialise, and create community through food.
27/10/2023 £1,000 TRANUARY CIC Tranuary is a not-for-profit events CIC run BY trans FOR trans.
13/10/2023 £1,000 STOCKPORT ACTIVE CIC T/A LIFE LEISURE This organisation is working with a local Pupil Referral Unit for young people with social and emotional needs. The majority of the pupils are part of the LGBTQ+ community with limited or no access to physical activities or sports. This grant will also improve the library in the school and purchase books around identity, sexuality, and sexual health. Lastly, young people have requested some training for the LGBTQ+ lead in the school to help better equip teachers for the future, who will in turn help more young people, leaving a lasting legacy in the school.
13/10/2023 £1,000 THE UNTOLD ORCHESTRA CIC The Superbia Grant will enable The Untold Orchestra to run four workshops for queer people. In these workshops, participants will discuss ideas, understand barriers to engaging with different creative spaces, and participate in drop-in choir sessions led by a queer facilitator who also performs with the orchestra.
13/10/2023 £1,000 INK AND CURTAINS LTD The play imagines Orpheus and Eurydice as a lesbian couple trying to build a lasting love out of their respective trauma. Torn apart by a hate crime, Orpheus refuses to let death be the end. But in refusing to accept the inevitable, she loses so much more than her partner ;This play is a love letter to butch/femme relationships and queer friendships, exploring how love leaves us both uniquely fulfilled and uniquely vulnerable.
15/09/2023 £910 MORTAR & PESTLE ARTS CIC ‘Small Hour Stories’ is a trans new-writing anthology for the trans and non-binary community. Trans playwrights to tell stories that focus on folklore, fantasy and mythology stories through a trans lens.
15/09/2023 £1,000 £45,664 BLACK BEETLE HEALTH The H.E.A.T. Programme is a cultural safety development course, designed to support practitioners in engaging with LGBTQ+ Black and People of Colour within the realms of health, wellbeing, and equality in the UK. .
15/09/2023 £1,000 BURY LGBTQI FORUM This exciting initiative offers a special experience to younger LGBTQ+ people and families. Through collaboration with the Proud Trust, the East Lancashire Rainbow Train promises an unforgettable journey of music, drag acts, and comedy on a vintage steam train.
01/09/2023 £1,000 DIDSBURY PRIDE A pride celebration in Didsbury
25/08/2023 £995 RAINBOW NOIR In celebration of their tenth anniversary, Rainbow Noir are making an impact in this years pride parade! Rainbow Noir aims to elevate their cultural heritage and lived experiences as carnival troupers, voguers, and performers to the forefront of the parade.
25/08/2023 £1,000 DIBBY THEATRE LTD Toxic Community Outreach Programme - a community-led creative outreach project exploring LGBTQ+ relationships impacted by racism
14/07/2023 £700 VILLAGE BAKERS Village Bakers is an inclusive social group that aims to use food to tackle social isolation within our LGBTQ+ community. Village Bakers Baking Masterclass Project will host an interactive cookery class, where the LGBTQ+ community can learn a range of cookery skills, whilst working in teams helping to form strong friendships.
14/07/2023 £990 QUEER AS BOOKS LTD With this grant, our LGBTQ+ Free Books For Schools project enables us to send carefully curated book packs to 33 local schools across Greater Manchester. The goal is to promote LGBTQ+ literature and provide a valuable resource for students, educators, and the wider school community.
14/07/2023 £1,000 VILLAGE MANCHESTER FOOTBALL CLUB VMFC has been running for over 20 years now, what is the core ethos of the club and has that changed at all over that time? Village Manchester Football Club was formed in February 1996 to give gay and bi guys the chance to play and support the sport they love in a safe, welcoming environment. Since then, we’ve grown massively, and now have four teams giving players of all abilities the chance to play football. These days, we’re delighted to welcome many straight allies whilst remaining Manchester’s gay-friendly football club.
14/07/2023 £1,000 £52,481 LEVENSHULME OLD LIBRARY Levy Rainbow Parade builds on a tradition of community creativity and a celebration of Pride in Levenshulme.
14/07/2023 £1,000 TRANS PRIDE MANCHESTER CIC The project is a major event that brings together the trans and non-binary community. We are having a protest march, panel event and workshops, where we would also like to provide water and snacks due to the potential hot weather.
14/07/2023 £1,000 £1,455,426 THE FACTORY OF CREATIVITY Established in 2019, Turn On Fest is theatre and performance festival, with work produced by LGBTQIA+ people for LGBTQIA+ people. We will be able provide support across the festival including new emerging queer writers who without this vital financial support would leave their stories left untold.
14/07/2023 £1,000 £1,330,321 THE PROUD TRUST The young people of The Proud Trust's BeeYouth group have been awarded a grant to do a project over number of weeks that explores the topics contained within the musical Heathers. The young people will engage in workshops around: Positive and Healthy relationships, drug and alcohol use, sexual health, and wellbeing, see the musical and share ways to promote positive wellbeing amongst their peers.
08/03/2023 £1,000 HOUSE OF SPICE Celebratory event exploring how racism can be challenged in the LGBTQ+ community.
22/02/2023 £1,000 PROUD 2B PARENTS Supporting LGBTQ+ parents providing children's book bags.
22/02/2023 £1,000 GAYDIO ACADEMY Amplifing the voice of the gender diverse community, raising awareness of trans issues and concerns, challenging discrimination, and encouraging cohesion through a radio forum
22/02/2023 £974 MYCO MANCHESTER CIC Community mushroom farm running workshops and taster days for trans people interested in urban farming, wild walk
22/02/2023 £1,000 TRANS CREATIVE Supporting Trans Creative's application to become a registered charity.
22/02/2023 £600 MANCHESTER PROUD CHORUS New piano for performances and rehearsals
22/02/2023 £2,000 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Facilitating an event to mark World AIDs Day
22/02/2023 £1,000 TRANUARY Facilitating an event for up coming talent and an array or workshops for the trans community.
22/02/2023 £1,000 BI - TOPIA Cross-arts show exploring impact of 1967-2000 ban on homosexuals in the military.
22/02/2023 £1,000 YDSA EVENTS Facilitating future queer club events exclusively hiring QTIPoC, Trans and Non-Binary talent.
22/02/2023 £1,000 PART FISH Film exploring the expereinces of LGBTQ+ people with autism
22/02/2023 £500 BOX OF TRICKS THEATRE COMPANY Giving LGBTQ+ writers a space for collaboration and access to award winning writers for further skill development.
22/02/2023 £500 STUDIO 25 Support for the ballroom community in GM, workshops.
22/02/2023 £1,000 LADYFRIENDS Open rehearsal for young LGBTQ+ people looking for roles in the creative sector
22/02/2023 £400 TINY'S BARBERSHOP Half price haircuts for young Trans and Non-Binary people.
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