# Annual Report 2020/2021 Basildon Pride CIO basildonpride.co.uk ## Contents - 4 Introduction from the Chair of Trustees - 6 Our charitable purposes - 8 Our organisational structure - 10 Basildon Pride Festival 2021 review - 12 Basildon Pride Everyday review - 14 Performance against charitable purposes measures - 16 Financial Statement 2021 - 17 Our Sponsors and Supporters - 18 Moving Forward - Our focus for 2021/22 3 2 ## Introduction from the Chair of Trustees No-one needs reminding of how unprecedented the last 20 months have been and how much all our lives have been turned upside down. At Basildon Pride we were, like many other organisations, devastated to have to cancel our 2020 Festival, although we did manage to pull off a mammoth 8-hour festival online. The programme of work has developed, and we have moved to a formal committee structure to ensure that Everyday is given the same level of focus and prominence as our Festival Organising Committee. We have no doubt that our programme will come in to its own as we emerge from the pandemic and are able to increase our channels of public engagement. To support this, the team are working on our future strategy which is vital in shaping the direction the work of Basildon Pride Everyday takes moving forward. We are delighted with the engagement we have had from other organisations wanting to work with Basildon Pride and Everyday has been the ideal channel for managing these relationships. However, our resolve was to use the time during the pandemic productively, planning and setting Basildon Pride on a track of growth for the future, so we could expand our work further throughout the Basildon Borough and the surrounding areas. We spent much of the latter part of 2020 and early 2021 working towards gaining our registration as Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), a structure we knew would bring us positive benefits in helping and supporting us to furthering our aims. We were delighted to receive our formal charitable registration on 21st January 2021 and on 11th March 2021 we held our first General Meeting to move our operations over to the new charity. Our work is only possible through the dedication or our wonderful volunteers and without them Basildon Pride simply would not exist. We are an organisation comprised of 100% unpaid volunteers. I am immensely proud of what we have achieved over the last 3 years since Basildon Pride came in to being. We thank all our sponsors and supporters for enabling our work to take place and of course we thank the Basildon Borough community as without their backing and growing support our work would be in vain. After transferring all our direct public interaction work online when the pandemic struck, we were determined to find a way to bring the Basildon Pride Festival back to being a face-to-face event in 2021. I think every member of the team will concur that this was no mean feat, with constantly changing Government guidance and a lack of COVID-19 Cancellation Insurance, planning a major festival was certainly a challenge. Basildon Pride is here to stay, and we look forward to another year ahead as we continue “Building Bridges”. We are delighted to have pulled the event together and delivered it for our community in the face of adversity and even more touched by the heartfelt feedback we have received from so many. It is fair to say that our festival is now a permanent feature of the Basildon Borough events calendar with this year cementing its place. David Burton-Sampson Chair of Trustees In early 2020 we successfully launched our Basildon Pride Everyday initiative, ensuring that LGBTQ+ engagement and visibility in our borough is not just an annual occurrence but part of our community throughout the year. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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4 ## Our Organisational Purposes are: To work with the LGBT+ community of The Basildon Borough and beyond and other interested stakeholders as well as statutory and community sector organisations to promote Basildon Pride as a lasting movement To arrange, fundraise for and deliver an annual Basildon Pride Event To fundraise for and deliver Basildon Pride Everyday which creates a programme of awareness and support events and activities for the LGBT+ community and its allies throughout the year ## The Public Benefit we provide is ## Our Charitable Purposes ## The Objects of the charity are: _“To promote equality and diversity for the public benefit and in particular the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity by delivering an annual Basildon Pride Event and deliver Basildon Pride Everyday which creates a programme of awareness and support events and activities for the LGBT+ community and its allies throughout the year in order to eliminate discrimination and advance education and awareness in equality and diversity.”_ Advanced citizenship, cohesion and improved community relations in the Basildon Borough and beyond Education about the Basildon Borough LGBT+ community and wider LGBT+ issues Free Information, support, guidance, and a non-judgemental space for discussion & dialogue concerning LGBT+ health and well-being The promotion of LGBT+ arts, culture, and heritage Championing human rights, equality and diversity 7 ## Our Organisational Structure All positions across the charity are held on a voluntary basis. ## Board of Trustees There are currently 4 appointed Trustees with the constitutional provision for 5. **----- Start of picture text -----**
David Burton-Sampson David Bedson
Chair of the Trustees Deputy Chair of the Trustees
Christina Crosby Jamie Whaley
Treasurer to the Charity Secretary to the Charity
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## Basildon Pride Festival Organising Committee The Festival Organising Committee holds responsibility for delivering the annual Basildon Pride Festival Event. **----- Start of picture text -----**
David Burton-Sampson David Bedson
Chair Vice Chair
Matthew Whaley Jake Bedson
Secretary
Entertainment Officer
Mark Burton-Sampson Dan Bedson
Business and Community Engagement Officer Technical Officer
Matthew Miller Vacant
Marketing Officer Fundraising Officer
Jamie Whaley Natalie Woodcock
Volunteers Officer Parade Officer
Christina Crosby, Gary Fokchak, Craig Freeman,
Tracy Freeman, Ndunge Kivuitu, Matthew Winslow
Festival Support Officers
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In line with the constitutional arrangements 2 Trustees will retire at the Annual General Meeting in November 2021 ## Basildon Pride Everyday Organising Committee **----- Start of picture text -----**
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The Everyday Committee hold responsibility for coordinating and delivering our Basildon Pride Everyday programme throughout the year. **----- Start of picture text -----**
Matthew Winslow David Burton-Sampson
Interim Chair Interim Deputy Chair
Matthew Whaley Matthew Miller
Secretary
Marketing Officer
Matthew Winslow Gary Fokchak, Jamie Whaley,
Fundraising Officer Everyday Support OfficersNdunge Kivuitu
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9 ## Basildon Pride Festival 2021 Review The Basildon Pride Festival took place on Saturday 4th September 2021 at Basildon Sporting Village. The day began with our colourful Pride Parade, which set off from outside the old ‘Toys R Us’ building in Basildon town centre at 11am. The parade consisted of around 1000 people made up of the general public, drag queens, members of the Basildon Pride Committee, volunteers and the Mayor of Basildon Borough. The parade boasted bright rainbow colours – including a 75-foot-long pride flag! The Palmers Solicitors Marketplace was packed full, with 44 different stalls. These included both charity stalls, such as Terrance Higgins Trust, Basildon Mind and Unite, as well as local businesses selling items such as pride merchandise, candles and personalised gifts. Essex Police and First Essex were also among our wide range of stall holders. The festival was open from 11am until 7:30pm and we estimate the attendance to have been around 4500 – 5000 people throughout the day. The parade made its way through Town Square and St. Martins Square, across Broadmayne and through Gloucester Park into the festival site at Basildon Sporting Village. The day finished with our official afterparty at Mr Mulligans where revellers were treated to some outstanding entertainment, unlimited crazy golf and a DJ playing out tunes into the early hours of the morning. Mr Mulligans kindly donated £5 for each ticket sold to Basildon Pride. The festival site was packed with lots to do for everybody. There were 2 stages with live music and entertainment which saw over 30 acts performing throughout the day. Our post festival feedback questionnaire which was completed by 110 people indicated that over 50% of people who answered and attended were part of the LGBTQI+ Community. We had the Gateway 97.8 Food Court which boasted a huge variety of food from German Sausages, Burgers and a Hog Roast, through to Churros, Ice Cream and Slush Puppy’s. In total we had 14 food outlets, in addition to the Gateway 97.8 Sound Stage playing out in the background. Thank you to the organisers, stewards, police, medical staff, volunteers and anyone I’ve forgotten. You are all amazing. But thank you to the great atmosphere created by every individual who worked or just attended. It’s the best...can’t wait until next year! Thanks for a great day, loved marching with everyone in the town. Amazing show you put on ever year for us to show us true colours of the rainbow. I was worried about going yesterday because of my anxiety but wow, I’m so glad I did because it was brilliant. Had the best day. Kids loved it and was family friendly. 11 ## Basildon Pride Everyday Review ## Supporting Others through LGBT projects Basildon Pride has provided focused support or delivery to third party initiatives in the Basildon Borough that included the LGBT+ community. ## Our Towns – Basildon Creative People and Places – Arts Council Basildon Pride Everyday has spent much of 2020 and the early part of 2021 helping to celebrate, showcase and promote LGBT issues locally through its social media platforms due to Covid-19 restrictions. Following a successful bid to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) fund to support reductions in loneliness, Basildon Pride were awarded funds to invest in a new website platform that could help ensure it could extend its support and reach to more people and organisations. ## The following activities have been delivered through 2021 ## Everyday stall at the Basildon Pride Festival 2021 Taking part in the Basildon Pride Live Christmas Event ## Observing occasions and celebration days via social media Transgender Day of Visibility St Patrick’s Day Celebration LGBT+ History Month National HIV Testing Week Holocaust Memorial Day Worlds Aids Day Transgender Awareness Week Diwali Celebration Remembrance Day International Non-Binary People’s Day 52[nd] Anniversary of Stonewall Riots Pride Month Agender Pride Day International Day Against Homophobia, Biophobia and Transphobia Lesbian Visibility Week Ramadan Celebration Easter Celebration Lobbying others concerning LGBT+ issues in the UK and internationally Supporting trans artist Erin Holly in the engagement of the local LGBT community to support the delivery of a new mural near Basildon Bus Station and Colors Nightclub. New Town Portraits – supporting artist Mark Massey in encouraging people from the LGBT+ community to take part in having their portraits taken for a photographic record of Basildon people. ## Rainbow Library ## First Bus – Pride in Essex Supporting the delivery of an LGBT+ children’s publishing project for 14-26 year old’s through promotion and workshops Spearheaded the design and launch of a new Pride bus for Essex communities Census 2021 – Promotional Video for LGBT+ questions specific to Basildon Borough LGBT+ residents ## Funding £300 from DCMS Loneliness Fund (administered by the National Lottery) on the Basildon Pride Digital 2021. This funding award enabled us to raise awareness to key social media posts during LGBT History Month through paid promotion, as well as paying for an upgraded website platform. For Basildon Pride Everyday, this has meant we have been able to launch a new LGBT+ Support Directory; the first for any Pride organisation in Essex. £1,200 from the Arts Council as part of The Rainbow Library Project to support a project to tackle the exclusion of LGBT+ voices in children’s books in the UK and Ireland through a new publishing venture. 13 12 ## Performance against Charitable Purposes Measures Outlined below is the charities performance against the key measures identified at our inception. For the near future we will not be setting targets until we understand our current rolling annual position. However, the Board of Trustees will use this data to identify areas by which the charity needs to improve or focus its attention. Total annual membership of CIO members as recorded at each AGM. 20 Membership at the point of going to press. Total social media audience across Basildon Pride’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. 4,496 Members of the Basildon Pride LGBT+ Facebook Support Group 144 Total unique visits to the website based on statistics from the new website’s launch in March 2021 to October 2021. 7,095 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Number of attendees at the Basildon Pride Festival 2021 estimated based on gate counts. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Number of attendees at the Basildon Pride fundraising events Curry and quiz night. Number of members assisting Basildon Pride events across the Basildon Pride Festival Organising Committee and Basildon Pride Everyday Committee **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Number of volunteers assisting at the Basildon Pride Festival 2021 excluding the 15 volunteers from the Basildon Pride Festival Organising Committee. 40 Total value of donations and grants made by Basildon Pride to other local causes or campaigns from our Christmas appeal. £172 Rolling programme of Basildon Pride events for fundraising, awareness, and support; As well as the Basildon Pride Everyday Events outlined in the review above a Fundraising Curry and Quiz night were held and 2 event awareness events prior to our festival. Face to face events were restricted due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. However, we expect these to increase throughout late 2021 and 2022. 15 14 ## Financial Statement 2021 Our total income for the year from 11th March 2021 to 22nd October 2021 is £ £33,451.36. This consists of £12,171.36 raised from Fundraising activities, £12,000 from Grants, £3,500.00 from Sponsorship and £5,780.00 from Stallholder Fees. The Fundraising amount for this year includes a £6,967.53 donation from the previous Basildon Pride Community Group as part of its winding up. The total expenditure for the year was £27,392.18. This represents event Logistics and Technical costs, Performer and Security fees, Insurance, and other general operating costs. We have one Festival related invoice outstanding for the year. Our Banking is held with Metro Bank and our balance as of 22nd October 2021 was £6,059.18. Considering the one outstanding invoice mentioned above, we will enter our next financial year in a strong position with over £4000 in our account. In addition to our Bank Account, we have also this year opened our PayPal Account and registered for the PayPal Giving Fund. We have also registered for Gift Aid with HMRC. This will allow us to receive future donations with Gift Aid via the PayPal platform. To date the accounts are unaudited, however, an audit will be undertaken imminently. A full set of accounts will be published in our Annual Report 2022 in line with the Charity Commission requirement. ## Thank you to our sponsors and supporters We would like to extend our thanks to our wonderful sponsors and supporters, without whom Basildon Pride CIO simply would not be able to deliver our activities. Every penny donated is sincerely appreciated. ## Our sponsors: ## Grant funders: High Sheriff of Essex ## Our supporters: 16 17 The focus for the coming year will be to: Deliver Basildon Pride - The Festival 2022, taking learnings from our 2021 event to make it bigger and better than before, whilst ensuring it remains a celebration of the LGBTQ+ Community. Deliver our Basildon Pride Everyday Programme of Events focusing on bringing people back together as and when appropriate in line with public health guidance. Continue to work with and support partner organisations in our local community to further our work and further support for the LGBTQ+ community. ## Moving Forward Our Focus for 2021/22 The Board of Trustees are keen to see the progress made since 2018 develop further and for a sustainable future to be secured for Basildon Pride CIO in line with our charitable purposes. Establish a medium to long term strategy for Basildon Pride CIO which would act as the springboard for securing longer term funding and a sustainable future. 19 basildonpride.co.uk info@basildonpride.co.uk basildonpride @basildonpride @basildonpride © Basildon Pride 2021 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the pertod from Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted fund8 Endowment funds Total funds Lo$t to th• r40ar4it lo th• n•aM•¢£ to np•reot£ th• n•ar¥$t£ A1 Recelpts stAllholder FÈ88 S,7 24.571 45 5,780 24,571 3,500 onsorship ub total(Gn)ss income lor AR) ,851 33,861 A2 A•s•t and Inve•tm•nt •#l••, {••• tabl•l. 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