**T H E P I N K F E S T I V A L G R O U P T R U S T E E ’ S A N N U A L R E T U R N 2 0 2 2**
Registered Charity No. 1163298.
## **W E L C O M E T O O U R 2 0 2 2 R E P O R T**
## embraCiNg A reTuRN to FrEedOM
## **As a charity supporting isolated, excluded and discriminated communities, the concept of freedom is key to our aims.**
After a two years of lockdowns and uncertainty, 2022 was a hugely important return to freedom that we knew we had to embrace.
While taking seriously the health and safety of our teams and communities, we new that it was important to deliver Cambridge Pride 2022 so that LGBTQ+ communities in Cambridgeshire could be visible, connected and supported once more. The event was a success, involving an estimated 8,000 people.
Looking back on 2022 fills me with great pride for what we continue to make possible, and continued confidence in why the charity is so valuable to our many stakeholder groups. Myself and the team are grateful to all who made Cambridge Pride possible in 2022, and we look forward to many more life-changing events .
## _**Paul Hyde-Clarke**_
_Chair of the board of trustees_
## CELEBRATE
**Fun, safe, diverse, entertaining**
INVOLVE **Open, inclusive, accessible, equal**
WHY PRIDE MATTERS **Our vision and values** INSPIRE **Unique, creative, challenging, awareness-raising**
## **O U R O B J E C T I V E S A N D A C T I V I T I E S**
## ~~**Improving health and wellbeing**~~
Clearly, by helping people access support for a range of needs there is personal benefit to them and their families. These benefits include reduced isolation, improved health and increased income from employment. This benefit is incidental to the wider public benefit and, indeed, a necessary prerequisite to the realisation of the benefits to LGBT+ people and the public our organisation aims to achieve.
## ~~**Providing opportunities for communities to come together and to bring about change**~~
The charity’s events aim to bring large groups of people together to help build tolerance and understanding of the things that make us all different.
This is ‘gay pride’ for a modern era aiming to build social cohesion. Our unique family-oriented events make a real difference – especially for people living in the rural East of England – by providing a safe, accessible environment that embraces all aspects of diversity including sexuality, race, age and gender.
## ~~**Supporting better employment**~~
Through volunteering, participation and performance, our events can help increase the skills of vulnerable LGBT+ people.
## ~~**Building a stronger voluntary sector in the Cambridgeshire region**~~
We particularly seek to include partners who provide services that meet the needs identified by LGBT+ people in the recent needs assessment, for example health (including mental health), education, safety/crime, employment and tackling bullying and harassment.
We seek feedback from people who attend our events, and the LGBT+ community more widely, to asses which elements they found most helpful, which less so and whether other elements should have been included. Together with the needs assessment and other research evidence, we use that feedback to target specific partners and projects to include within the overall programming for events.
We CreatE safe sPaces where change happens.
## **O U R C H A R I T A B L E P U R P O S E A N D A I M S**
## why we exist
## **To promote equality and diversity** for
the benefit of the public, including by:
- the elimination of discrimination in particular on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identification;
**Create a safe Provide a variety of environment that entertainment, art brings communities and culture together**
**Offer a fun and diverse experience**
**Offer access to information and support**
- advancing education and raising awareness in equality and diversity;
- promoting activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds (in particular in respect of their sexual orientation or gender identification); and
- cultivating a sentiment in favour of equality and diversity.
**Offer meaningful opportunities to be involved**
**Be successful, sustainable and supported**
## **To promote social inclusion** for the benefit of the public, by:
preventing people from becoming excluded (particularly as a result of their sexual orientation or gender identification), relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded (particularly as a result of their sexual orientation or gender identification) and assisting them to integrate into society.
**Raise awareness and Be visible promote acceptance throughout each by challenging year (beyond one-off stereotypes events) and leave a legacy**
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## **O U R S T A K E H O L D E R S**
## ~~**Our benefciaries**~~
The Pink Festival Group engages with a wide range of stakeholders, many of whom benefit from our activities.
- The **LGBTQ+ communities** in Cambridgeshire are the focus of our charitable aims. We primarily deliver benefits to people who are not hetrosexual and/or cisgender.
- **Charitable and non-governmental organisations** are supported by us to multiply the positive impacts on LGBTQ+ people throughtout the year.
- In reaching people within the **general public** , no matter their sexuality or gender identity, we are helping to change perceptions and build acceptance.
## ~~**Other external stakeholders**~~
## ~~**Our internal stakeholders**~~
## ~~**Cambridge Pride working group**~~
- Without funding from generous **corporate sponsors** , Cambridge Pride would not take place each year.
- **Grant funders** provide additional, restricted funds to deliver specific event aspects.
- As a registered charity, we report our aims, activities and outcomes on an annual basis, in line with the requirements of the **charity commission** .
- Our **board of trustees and long-term volunteers** ensure the success of the charity and its projects.
- Our **project working groups** deliver our projects and events, such as Cambridge Pride. Each working group is briefed by the Pink Festival Group and reports back on progress and outcomes. Some working group team members are also trustees. The charity remains ultimately accountable.
The working group was established prior to delivering the first Cambridge Pride event in 2019. SInce then, the team of volunteers continues to grow and are engaged with each year’s project for up to 12 months.
The team is responsible for nurturing and maintaining relationships with projectspecific stakeholders as shown in the diagram above.
## 2022 HIGHLIGHTS
## Inputs
## Outcomes
**Corporate sponsorship Grant and award funding Fundraising and collections Hundreds of volunteer hours**
## THE EVENT
**A successful 11-hour-long Pride festival event in the centre of Cambridge city**
**A programme of almost 60 hours of entertainment and activities**
**A platform for local and national charities supporting LGBTQ+ people in Cambridgeshire**
**More than 100 artists and performers**
**Eight distinct event areas**
**Delivering our charitable aims**
a huge sucCesS!
## **O U R 2 0 2 2 R E P O R T**
## ~~**Our focus: Cambridge Pride 2022**~~
In 2022, we focused on delivering the second ever Cambridge Pride event, and the first since 2019 due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The overall goal of Cambridge Pride is to fulfil all of the charities aims by providing a diverse range of accessible entertainment, activities and information to many thousands of people in a safe space. Cambridge Pride is our key tool for delivering our charitable aims and we see this strategy being retained for years to come.
## ~~**Defning the Cambridge Pride event**~~
There are a few simple factors we consider when shaping the event.
- Our charitable aims
- Our previous decades of experience running large-scale, outdoor LGBTQ+ events in Cambridge
- Our team’s capacity
- The feedback we receive from stakeholders
- The available budget
- Listening to stakeholder feedback
Directly following the previous event in 2019, we conducted a survey of attendees. The survey told us about the demographics of those attending. We also took the opportunity to receive general feedback about the 2019 to understand what was working well and what we needed to improve.
**Pride sits at the heart of ARU’s values, and we are delighted to once again be partnering with Cambridge Pride for this year’s event.**
**At ARU we are proud to provide an inclusive, supportive environment in which to work and study. We have a vibrant LGBTQ+ staff and student community, and we are looking forward to celebrating our diversity at [the] event.”**
## _**Professor Roderick Watkins**_
_Vice Chancellor, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) Cambridge Pride title sponsor_
## **O U R 2 0 2 2 R E P O R T**
As well as our own observations, we reviewed the 250 responses we received and agreed to focus on three key developments while retaining all of the successful elements of the 2019 event.
Improve attendee information at the event including signage
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Provide a seated space for people to be able to rest and congregate
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- Provide a parade that all attendees can take part in
## ~~**Obtaining funds to hold the event**~~
Before comfirming the scale of the event we use communications to reach potential sponsors and commit to sponsorship agreements. Sponsorship is the main source of the event’s funding.
## ~~**Event planning and governance**~~
We spend many months planning the event which includes mapping out the event areas, sourcing suppliers, booking entertainment and marketing the event to the public. Our team has specific roles and responsibilities for the required activities.
## ~~**Accessibility and inclusivity**~~
A key focus while planning and delivering the event is naturally to ensure it is accessible for all and that our visitors and other stakeholders feel welcome.
It is also very important to us that Cambridge Pride provides a platform for both established and upcoming queer performers. Because of this, we aimed - and succeeded - in ensuring this event consisted of the vast majority of acts coming from within the LGBTQ+ community.
## **O U R 2 0 2 2 R E P O R T**
## ~~**Volunteering opportunities on the event day**~~
The day provides numerous opportunities for the general public to get involved in delivering the event. These opportunities are promoted prior to the event. We then allocate volunteers to specific roles based on their interest, experience or skills and we provide induction training online as well as at the event site at the start of the day. We look to build new skills and confidence in those volunteering, so that they feel the experience was valuable. Informal feedback from volunteers is entirely positive. Along with training and experience, they also receive a complimentary, branded T-shirt and subsistence. The event is photographed by volunteers who generously donate their time and images to us for use in marketing and communications.
2022 event photography credits (volunteers):
Jamie Thistlethwaite
Mark Nortcliffe Alice Chapman
## ~~**Welcoming the Commonwealth Baton to Pride**~~
On the same date as Cambridge Pride, the city hosted a leg of the Queen’s Baton Relay, the traditional curtain-raiser to the Commonwealth Games.
The Baton, which contained a message from Her Majesty the Queen to the athletes, was carried to the stage by a batonbearer, selected by Cambridge City Council. The council team arranged the Baton Relay event to co-incide with Cambridge Pride on the same Jesus Green park site, recognising the synergies of spirit and vision between the two events. The Queen’s Baton Relay is all about celebrating community and honouring the Batonbearers chosen to carry the Baton from our local communities.
This baton’s global journey spanned 294 days and 71 nations and territories.
Representatives of the Local Authority and VIPs joined the batonbearer on stage before the Baton was placed on a ceremonial plinth.
**Cambridge Pride gave us the opportunity to directly connect with the community we broadcast for. It’s been an unforgettable day and it’s amazing to see so many people coming together to protest and celebrate. It makes us immensely proud to support such a great, inclusive and professional organisation.”**
_**Eugenio Ceriello** GlitterBeam Radio Official Media Partner, 2022 and 2023_
**O U R 2 0 2 2 R E P O R T**
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## ~~**The success of Cambridge Pride 2022**~~
An estimated 8,000 people attended Cambridge Pride 2022. The event is not gated or ticketed and is therefore free and accessible for the general public to attend.
## **Main Stage**
In 2022, we welcomed over twenty unique acts to the Main Stage, from solo performers to a huge community choir and every size of act in between. The crowds were captivated by comedy, dance, vocal performances, punk rock bands, country music, afropop, drag artists and a UK chart topping group, with more than 60 performers from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum (and a few fantastic allies showing their support for Pride) enjoying the opportunity to entertain thousands with their talents.
## **Parade**
In 2022, we held our first parade in the park which circled Jesus Green, for all to participate in. Over 1,000 walked and wheeled, led by a local samba band. The Youth Tent participants created costumes.
## **Community Hive**
In 2022, the Community Hive hosted over 30 local and national LGBTQ+ charities, support organisations, social clubs and staff groups from several local businesses. The Hive gave these groups a unique opportunity to meet LGBTQ+ people, their families and other members of the local community who were curious and looking for support or to have questions answered.
In addition, visitors were entertained by a large selection of community performers, bringing poetry, sign language, song, comedy and performance art to the stage.
It wasn’t just an opportunity for fun however, as important panel sessions discussing attitudes towards disability within the LGBTQ+ community helped give voice to a group who’s experiences, especially when it comes to gender and sexuality, are too often overlooked.
## **Dance Tent**
In 2022, the Dance Tent featured locally based Cambridge DJs who wanted to provide not just a fantastic day of crossgenre dance music, but also showcase a wide variety and diverse range of DJ talent from across the LGBTQ+ community. In an environment where the DJ world can often be seen as a predominately male orientated scene, the Dance Tent was able to demonstrate just how truly inclusive a DJ lineup could be and was totally representative of all the values we strive to uphold. The Dance Tent ran from 12-9 and was hugely popular, attracting young and old to dance the day away in an exciting, vibrant and above all, safe environment for everyone to be themselves.
## **Wellbeing Tent**
With the LGBTQ+ community witnessing higher than average mental health issues and suicide, we proactively champion wellbeing. Visitors to Cambridge Pride were able to simoly turn up and join any of the amazing free sessions run by Satyam Yoga Centre including mindfulness, breathwork and yoga as well as therapy taster sessions.
## **The Youth & Families Tent**
The Youth & Families Tent supported children and young people up to the age of 25 and their families. It was a sober space with a ban on alcolhic drinks.
Well respected Cambridgeshire charity, The Kite Trust, programmed the space created by young people for young people.
There were opportunities to get creative, connect with peers, and find out more about the wide range of opportunities, support and services available to LGBTQ+ children and young people in Cambridge.
## **Community Art Workshop**
Another area for visitors to get involved was the art workshop with free materials and recognised workshop leader, Hilary Cox Condron. Participants created a mural (pictured left and on the next page) as well as masks and banners for the parade.
This giant artwork was led by a local artist and created by attendees of Cambridge Pride 2022.
## **P I N K F E S T I V A L G R O U P 2 0 2 2 S T A T E M E N T O F F I N A N C I A L A C T I V I T I E S**
## **Annual accounts for the period 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022**
|**Recommended categories by**
**activity**
Guidance Notes
**Incoming resources (Note 3)**
**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
S01
Charitable activities
S02
Other trading activities
S03
Investments
S04
Fundraising
S05
Other
S06
S07
**Resources expended (Note 6)**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
S08
Activity Costs
S09
Salaries and Associated Costs
S09
IT and Communication Costs
S09
Property and Office Costs
S09
Finance Costs
S09
Governance Costs
S09
Separate material item of expense
S10
Other
S11
S12
S13
Net gains/(losses) on investments
S14
S15
**Extraordinary items**
S16
S17
S18
Other gains/(losses)
S19
S20
**_Reconciliation of funds:_**
S21
S22
**_Total_**
**_Net movement in funds_**
Total funds brought forward
**_Total funds carried forward_**
**_Total_**
**Net income/(expenditure) before investment**
**gains/(losses)**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Transfers between funds**
**Other recognised** **gains/(losses):**
Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s own use|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Prior year**
**funds**
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318
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8,279|
**P I N K F E S T I V A L G R O U P 2 0 2 2 B A L A N C E S H E E T**
## **P I N K F E S T I V A L G R O U P – B A L A N C E S H E E T**
**Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner’s Report Report to the trustees** The Pink Festival Group CIO **On accounts for the year** 31[st] December 2022 **Charity no** 1163298 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** See accompanying Independent Examination Checklist, Notes and Recommendations I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2022. **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
- **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
- **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
- I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the trustees
- _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
|**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**|**Date:**|31/10/2023|
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||Judith Dartnell||
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Paul Hyde-Clarke, Chair, Pink Festival Group 31 October 2023
## **A B O U T T H I S R E P O R T**
## **Our charity**
**Charity name:** The Pink Festival Group
Registered in England as a Charitable incorporated organisation No. CE004417 and a Registered Charity No. 1163298.
**Address:** Office A, The Marlborough Club, High Street, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 8UG
## **Structure, governance and management**
**Type of governing document:** Constitution
**How the charity is constituted:** Charitable Incorporated Organisation
**Trustee selection methods:** Appointed by board
## **Our trustees**
The following board of trustees managed the charity during this period.
Paul Hyde Clarke Chair Adam Olivant Secretary Alistair Wilson Board member Gordon Bateman Board member Robert Ferguson Board member Paul Owens Board member Deborah Luxon Board member
## **About this financial return**
This financial return is for the charity named ‘The Pink Festival Group’ (a charitable organisation responsible for running the event known as Cambridge Pride), for the financial year 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022.
There are no custodian trustees, advisers to the board, chief executives or senior staff members.
## CAMBRIDGE PRIDE IN NUMBERS
**In a post-event online survey of visitors in 2019, the 250 people who responded told us…**
SEXUALITY AND GENDER
2.9% 60-65 2.5% under 16 The vast majority TRAVEL travelled less than 25 miles 32.2% 16-25 25.2% 40-59 AGE 39.7% 26-39 57.6% FOUND OUT BY... 38.7% 14.7% 3.7% TIME SPENT AT PRIDE
10.6% TRANSGENDER 19% STRAIGHT 44.5% LESBIAN/GAY
16.6% BISEXUAL
8.9% QUEER 6.1% PANSEXUAL 1.6% PREFER NOT TO SAY 3.2% OTHER
## EMPLOYMENT
55.8% FULL TIME 14.2% PART TIME 2.7% HOMEMAKER 6.5% NOT IN PAID EMPLOYMENT 18.1% STUDENT 2.7% RETIRED
**Across the day in 2022 we welcomed an estimated**
## 10,000 VISITORS
OUR 2022 FOLLOWERS
**3.5K 1.3K 2.5K**
**Our 2022 event was broadcast live on air all day, reaching**
40,000 LISTENERS
## **w w w . c a m b r i d g e p r i d e . c o . u k**
The Pink Festival Group is registered in England as a Charitable incorporated organisation No. CE004417 and a Registered Charity No. 1163298. Registered Office: Office A, The Marlborough Club, High Street, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8UG