Find your Pride!

How you can help make Pride in London 2014 the best yet

1) Get Marching! There's no other experience like walking in a group as part of the parade and waving to the thousands of Londoners that come out to support the Parade. There's music, there's dancing, there's antics and a great buzz. And if you're lucky, no rain!

Parade registration for groups closes on 18th May.
Details: http://prideinlondon.org/get-involved/parade-registration/

If you are an individual, there are lots of groups marching, and they all need bodies - so ask your sports team, social group or charity if you can volunteer. If you would like to march with us, get in touch ASAP!! You'll get a free t-shirt and maybe some goodies too, as well as a guaranteed fun day.

OR you could take parade involvement to the next level, and volunteer to steward the event, along with hundreds of other LGBT community members. It's a fantastic way to make friends - through the training and social events - and be involved on the day without the pressure of marching with a group. Find out more here. 

2) However, the Parade can't happen at all without some investment from the community. Following the success of last year, Pride in London have set up a crowdfunder to help cover the cost of the parade - things like barriers and security don't come cheap. http://prideinlondon.org/get-involved/fund-parade/

Just £2 can make a big difference, if we all get behind this! 

3) There's more to Pride in London than the Parade. Did you know the organisers are also curating a festival of community-organised events. We want that to be incredibly diverse - building on the success of last year. Planet London are keen to make sure there's plenty of events for women, and that women know about the events to attend.  

We will be promoting the events on the My Pocket Planet App exclusive events calendar - so you'll know what's on and where at your fingertips!

More details here http://prideinlondon.org/get-involved/festival-events/

4) #PROUDWomenUK launched on 15 April. PROUDWOMEN is the non-profit partnership between Elysion Events & Pride In London (Community Interest Company CIC); on a mission to increase the representation, inclusion and visibility of women at Pride. Here's a link to their Facebook - please 'like' and 'share' their page; attend their events - the first one of which is the PROUDWOMEN Challenge Quiz; lend your support; be involved. 

Join the #ProudWomenUK quiz night - bring a team to a heat and if you can make it into the finals. Heats are taking place on Wednesdays throughout April & May with celebrity guest hosts - Zoe Lyons is the first! For full details about how to enter a team, visit their Facebook page.

Planet London are keen to hear from you if you have any ideas about how to raise funds towards activities for us in Pride, and from any women interested in running or supporting fundraising events - get in touch via mail@planet-london.com

By Katie

Volunteer with Pride 2013 - it can't happen without you

Pride need a lot of volunteers to help make the day a huge success. Volunteering is great fun and gives you the best seat in the house. Pride has already had a very successful volunteer recruitment evening on Saturday 9th March when they 'lovebombed' Soho. They recruited 100 volunteers recruited and raised nearly £1200!  Next they're running another Soho fundraiser on Thursday 28th, in time for Easter. 

Take a look at the video below for a taster of the fun you can have, and if you're interested, read on for more information!

Register online to volunteer with Pride in London and the team there will keep you in touch with all the ways to get involved with Pride in London either on the big day, Saturday 29 June, or before.

They're looking for people to join their Resident & Business Liaison team right now. They are the frontline team building strong relationships with people across the event footprint.

Volunteers on Pride Day steward either the parade route, Trafalgar square or Soho. Their main functions are to provide information, assist the paid security stewards & the Met with crowd management and relay important information about the progress of the event to the event liaison team.

Volunteers are split into two shifts for the day itself, the majority of volunteers bring active from 9am - 5.30pm. All volunteers are expected to have attended one training session in advance of the day, and we shall also be running training sessions on the morning of Pride Day in case volunteers have been unable to attend the ones in advance.

In all, volunteers are the face of Pride in London – by far they have the most interaction with the public and are ultimately what makes Pride in the Capital unique.

There are a range of volunteer roles on offer to cater for a range of experiences: from Steward roles (ideal for those who have never been to a Pride before) up to Deputy Area Manager roles (which involves running a sizeable part of the event footprint on the day!). Your role will be allocated by our dedicated volunteer team around a month before Pride Day.

So please considering registering now to become part of one of Europe's largest volunteer-led events. London LGBT+ Community Pride are committed to ensuring every volunteer has an enjoyable experience and for all those who complete their volunteer assignments we offer some great benefits - all to say "thank you" for helping make Pride in London a success!