Posts by UKPON Board

We are pleased to announce this year’s candidates for UK Pride 2025. It’s amazing to see that the competition is heating up with 4 prides bidding for the title. Portsmouth Pride Pride in the Port Pride in Hull Pride Canterbury All four will be presenting at the UKPON AGM this November hosted by Pride in Liverpool. Further bid documents…

11th May saw this year’s Rainbow Map of Equality across Europe released, and for us here in the UK the news is rather bleak. In 2015 we here in the UK were top of the list at number one, last year we were 14th, and now this year we come in at 17th, a further…

Today across our network and across the UK, the community, our family are coming together to show support and solidarity with our trans siblings/niblings. We as Pride organisers have an important role in ensuring visibility for the trans community, and stand firm in the fight for their rights. We have an important role in making…

Our rainbow family has lost one of our own. The tragic news of the murder of Brianna Ghey at such a young age has struck a chord in all of us. The entire Pride network and its members have come together this week to stand together in remembrance of such a bright light being extinguished…

Yet again the UK government are attacking the trans community and showing no support. The Scottish government very clearly passed the bill! It’s the first time a bill in Scotland has been vetoed. Trans rights in the UK are under threat. Wake up Rishi Sunak and pay attention, another failed promise, this country has stood…

From all of us on the Board of the UK Pride Organisers Network we wish you all an amazing 2023. This year sees the UK Pride head to Pride In Weston, and our annual conference heading to Liverpool! 2023 we must all continue to work together as a network to fight the inequality we all…

UKPON Board Tally Aslam – Co Chair (Female Identifying) Lee Bowditch – Co Chair (Male Identifying) Elliott King – Secretary Gian Molinu – Treasurer Deb Barrows – Membership & Outreach Jay Jay Potter-Peachey- Communications Kirsty Swinford-Smith – Inclusions The new board are looking forward to getting stuck in to move the UK Pride Organisers Network…