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2021-12-31-accounts

Norwich Pride Annual Report 2021

Registered Charity 1184491

Norwich Pride c/o 10 Cathedral Street Norwich NR1 1LX info@norwichpride.org.uk www.norwichpride.org.uk

Trustees in 2021: Julie Bremner Nick O’Brien Michelle Savage

Norwich Pride

Norwich Pride is the celebration of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans+ (LGBTQIA+) community for everyone.

Our mission is clear - to live in a city where everyone feels safe and proud to be themselves . Our vision is to turn Norwich into a rainbow.

Our job is to organise an inclusive Pride March and associated events on the last Saturday in July.

Trustees’ Foreword

This is our second report since becoming a registered charity in 2019. Our annual event has grown hugely since 2009, so two years ago a number of the founders and other volunteers decided we should become a charity, to ensure we are transparent and accountable as an organisation. We are always aiming to move forward and become the best version of ourselves whilst staying true to our original aims.

Pride 2021 took place against the backdrop of COVID for the second year in a row but we are proud to have put on an inclusive event which involved a much broader cross-section of our community and crucially encourage members of the community and allies to host their own events in celebration of our community (Pride Inspired).

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We raise funds in a variety of ways, mainly seeking financial support from our Allies who sign up to our Pride Pledge (now in its second year) and share their commitment to LGBTQIA+ inclusion. We believe we must account for how funds raised are spent to achieve our objectives, and are therefore proud to present this report into our activities for 2021.

We are run by volunteers, although we buy in expertise and services when required and have formalised and professionalised our structures and policies over the last few years. We have a set of well-established Core Values and Ground Rules that all volunteers and contributors towards Norwich Pride must adhere to. These are located in our Handbook for Pride Organisers and volunteers sign up to these during their induction process. We consider these core documents every year and adapt where necessary to keep them current.

Overview:

Our objectives outlined in our CIO Charity Foundation document are: To promote equality and diversity for the public benefit across the city of Norwich and the county of Norfolk; and in particular the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, including in particular but not exclusively by:

a) Raising awareness of the public with regard to all aspects of discrimination in society and issues and difficulties affecting the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender plus other sexual and gender identities (LGBTQ+) people;

b) Advancing education and raising awareness in equality and diversity whether by teaching, interaction, performance or producing and/or displaying artistic and other materials;

c) Producing publications, lectures, media, promoting public events and exhibitions, public advocacy and other means of communications;

d) Association with voluntary organisations, and/or governmental, public and private bodies to develop and maximise the effectiveness of voluntary organisations run by and for LGBTQ+ people;

e) Staging and promoting LGBTQ+ events and in particular an annual LGBTQ+ festival with a Pride Parade and associated events on the last Saturday of July;

f) Promoting activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds.

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The Structure of Norwich Pride

The Trustees form the members of the CIO and the Board of Trustees must comprise of at least 3 people. New Trustees may be recruited to the Board at any time by the Trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as Trustees, the Trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. We are also actively considering the diversity of both the Trustees and the Organising Team. The Trustees may, by and from their number and from time to time, elect such officers (chair, secretary, treasurer) as they see fit. There are four layers of involvement for volunteers at Norwich Pride that reflect the time, experience and skills that people have to offer:

1. Trustees

The Trustees are people who have got considerable experience of organising Norwich Pride or have got specific skills that are important to the smooth running of the organisation. They are here to offer advice and support and oversee our long-term planning and development.

2. Organising Team

These are people who have experience of volunteering for Norwich Pride and have got overall responsibility for organising the celebrations each year. They recruit, train and support the volunteers who make Norwich Pride happen. They work with partners like the City Council & Police on planning and ensure we have enough money each year to fund the celebrations. The Management Group meet at least once a month, and more often in the last few weeks before Norwich Pride.

3. Delivery Team

These are people with specific tasks – e.g. maintaining the website, managing the Pride Shop, organising acts for the Main Stage and Acoustic & Cabaret Tent, championing access, recruiting and supporting volunteers, liaising with schools, booking stalls. Some of these roles may have all-year-round tasks. The Delivery Team have regular meet-ups with the Management Group to ensure that everyone is working together towards a shared vision for Norwich Pride.

4. Pride Makers

These are people who work on the day and in the immediate lead-up to the Norwich Pride celebrations. They include all the stewards, steward team leaders, everyone who works in the Pride shop and members of the Access and the Wellbeing teams.

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Background to Norwich Pride 2021

This was the second year with the backdrop of COVID-19 and we were determined to improve the depth and quality of our own online package given that we had the experience of an online event the year before and the learning points that came from that. We also felt more pressure this year due to the frustration there was at not doing a face to face event. We made the announcement in March 2021 -in good time to avoid letting our partners and supporters down.

The political backdrop was the stepping back from the “LGBTQIA+ action plan” by the Government. Our aim was to provide an online package that would be easy to access and watch but also focussed on our aims as an organisation. This was outlined by our Chair, Joe Ballard in his introduction. We felt that coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, as we hoped we were at the time, there was a need to reassert our demands and values.

Our Pride Schools Week took place in July, in the lead up to Pride and focussed on the need for all schools to support LGBTQIA+ students as schools opened up again as lockdown eased. We were acutely aware of the way in which schools could support young LGBTQIA+ people and how much they would have missed this support over lockdown. We were concerned

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that there had been an increase in bullying over this year and with schools having so much on their plates, LGBTQIA+ inclusion remained of massive importance.

It was great to see schools hosting their own pride events in the lead up to July for the first time and our online event with Juno Dawson, trans author was a success. We estimate that around 20 local schools took part in Pride Schools Week in some way.

We continued to demonstrate our commitment to a diverse pride with our Black History Month icons and in efforts to make work across all of our platforms as inclusive as possible. Over the whole of October we published a post each day on a person of colour who has inspired us.

Norwich Pride 31 July 2021

On the morning or Pride, we started the day with a welcome from our Chair Joe Ballard. Once that had finished there was a Zumba warm up and rainbow baking and cocktail making classes to set the scene over the rest of the morning.

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Midday saw the launch of our Pride Question Time, chaired by Education Lead Nick O’Brien with guests Peter Tatchell, Asifa Lahore, Lisa McIntyre and Josh Rivers. The panel was diverse and a good mix of both local and national speakers. It touched on issues including education, standing up against racism and showing support to our trans community at a time when it felt they were increasingly under attack. Over the course of the past year, Norwich Pride had lobbied our city MPs Chloe Smith and Clive Lewis alongside our Trans Advisory Group. Around 60 people took part virtually at the time whilst the event was viewed by around 900 people after the day.

This was an excellent and invigorating backdrop to the virtual march shortly after 1pm which was a movingly put together collage of messages of support and LGBTQIA+ representation. Although nothing can rival the colour, drama and energy of thousands of people marching, the video did a superb job and had brilliant feedback. Overall the march has been watched by around 7,000 – a superb reach for something that took place online.

The Pride Show took place from 2pm over the rest of the afternoon with a diverse range of performers. The event was hosted live by Titania Trust, ably assisted by Dame Vesta Bules. The show had two unique, never seen before game show competitions – the Norwich Pride Dragster Challenge and the Degeneration game. Other performers included The Squirrels, David Fung and Kimberley Moore.

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For the first time, we partnered with the Puppet Theatre Norwich as a venue for the show with a small, selected audience. All members of the audience tested for COVID beforehand.

We were very proud this year to develop our Pride Inspired and Proud at Home events. Pride Inspired allowed us to work with a range of other organisations to broaden the reach and range of our online event.

Those working with us to put on events included:

We also tried to encourage people to take part more actively from home with ideas around making flags, cakes and building a party to support full participation in pride.

Finally, we used the Guide to promote the LGBTQ+ venues who could also fly the flag and run events during the big day.

COVID-19 has had a huge impact on all of us and at this stage we are longing for lockdown to end. This Pride took place at an awkward time where things were opening up and people were perhaps moving on in their heads, yet major events still could still not happen. We mitigated this by making the announcement early and trying to involve people as much as we could. We anticipate very excitedly being able to report on a live event in next year’s report.

Trans Day of Remembrance

We worked with our Trans Advisory Group on an event for Trans Day of Remembrance on Saturday 20[th] November at the Maddermarket Theatre. This was a well-attended informal discussion involving social media influencer Adrian Sweeney, local animator Edalia Day and local activists Charlie Caine and Andrew Copeman.

Below is a page from our Pride Guide 2021 showing the range of Pride Inspired events and some press coverage.

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Norwich Pride

Independent Examiners Report

Year Ended 31 December 2021

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2021 as attached.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:

Basis of independent examiner's report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

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.

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Profit and Loss

Norwich Pride

For the year ended 31 December 2021

Profit and Loss
Norwich Pride
For the year ended 31 December 2021
2021
Income
Advertsing & Sponsorship 9,661.00
Fundraising, Raffles, Donations, Collections, Grants 3,691.35
Shop Sales 3,239.92
Total Income 16,592.27
Cost of Sales
Shop Stock 1,192.90
Total Cost of Sales 1,192.90
Gross Profit 15,399.37
Administrative Costs
Arts & Decorations (inc OUT140, Dandies, Flag) 1,338.99
Audit & Accountancy fees 417.50
General Expenses 259.76
Insurance 628.36
Printing Pride Guide & Posters 3,502.80
Speakers & Performers 1,673.20
Stationery, Ink, Photocopying etc 6.38
Stody Garden Costs 400.00
Subscriptions 44.37
Thank You Cards 50.00
Venue Hire 900.00
Virtual Pride Expenses 2,683.45
Total Administrative Costs 11,904.81
Surplus for the year 3,494.56

Surplus for the year

Income and Expenditure

Norwich Pride