Applications are currently closed.
The Pride Social Impact Fund aims to support those groups or organisations which need a little helping hand in making a difference in their community. The applications do not have to be LGBT+ related; they don’t even have to directly linked to Pride (although applicants directly impacted will be favoured). However big or small, the only criteria is that it will brighten up people’s lives by the time Pride comes round again next year.
Now in its 7th year, the Pride Social Impact Fund ensures the positive contribution of the UK’s most popular LGBT celebrations continues year round.
Thanks to the generosity of Pride attendees and local businesses, £30,000 was available to distribute to grassroots groups across Brighton and Hove who need a helping hand to support their work.
Submissions should be a maximum of 400 words mapping out how the money will be spent and why the cause is deserving. Please note the maximum award will be £1,000. There is no lower limit.
The panel also has the potential of awarding one or two larger grants of up to £10,000. These bids need to comprehensively meet the criteria, namely supporting good causes in areas directly impacted by Pride.
There is no restriction on numbers of entries by individual groups. However, the emphasis is on supporting community and grassroots groups, rather than individuals.
Bids will be considered by a panel made up of representatives from The Argus, BBC Sussex, Brighton & Hove News, Brighton & Hove Independent, Sussex Life, Latest magazine and Latest TV with notification of awards by the end of December.
Any money distributed needs to have had a visible outcome by the start of Pride 2023.
Funding comes from contributions made by businesses within the Pride Village Party in the Kemptown/St James’s Street area.
Read some testimony from grant recipients here.
Previous Awards
2022
Brighton & Hove Green Spaces Forum
£1,000 – 5000 bulbs across green spaces in the city
Brighton Grub Hub
£1,000 – community growing project
Cranks Bikes
£1,000 – renovating front of workshop
Darwell Court
£1,000 – community events for residents
Dorset Mews RA
£1,000 – Street planter
EnergyWise
£1,000 – 20 wonderbags for families to use for cookin
Friends of Preston Park
£1,000 – children’s events – easter egg and halloween
Friends of Preston Park
£1,000 – Defibrillator in the park
Friends of Preston Park
£1,000 – Book swap
Friends of St Peters Church
£1,000 – New eco-friendly lighting in medieval church
Norfolk Sq Group
£1,000 – flower beds
Preston Drove Community speed watch
£200 – print 1,000 volunteer recruitment leaflets
Preston Park Gilded Twin
£2,000 – Memorial to one of the fallen great elms in Preston Park
PTA of Carlton Hill Primary
£1,000 – Refurbishment of classroom reading areas
St James’s Street Business Alliance
£950 – New solar lighting
St Peter’s Churchyard
£385 – pond plants/pots/compost for the Preston Park wildlife pond.
St Peter’s Churchyard
£615 – new gardening equipment
Stanford and Cleveland Community Garden
£1,000 – New raised beds for community garden
Sussex MS Centre
£1,000 – Exercise classes for people with MS
The Level
£1,000 – Street Art canvas and competition
2019
AMEX Area Neighbourhood Forum
£500.00 – Plants for a Rejuvination Garden
Bee in the Woods
£1,000.00 – inter-generationl forest school
Bevfest
£1,000.00 – community festival in Bevendean
Bohemia Arts and Music CIC in conjunction with The Verdict Jazz Club
£400.00 – a theatre performance in the annual community festival in Dorset Gardens
Brighton and Hove Housing Coalition
£200.00 – support ongoing activities
Brighton Phoenix Flames Basketball club
£976.00 – new equipment and kit for the youth teams
Brunswick Town in Bloom
£120.00 – cover entry to South East in Bloom
Carousel
£643.00 – music equipment to support regular live music nights
CASE
£500.00 – free family-friendly science festival in Hollingdean
CHOMP
£1,000.00 – after school sessions offering hot meals to families
Crew Club United
£1,000.00 – expand the youth football club and buy hoodies for the team
Dorset Mews Residents Association
£1,000.00 – new planter to reduce congestion
Early Childhood Project at Tarner
£1,000.00 – buy resources for toy library
Extratime
£1,000.00 – family fun day for 200 children with SEND and carers
Food and Friendship
£1,000.00 – continue bi-weekly cooked lunches for older people
Friends of Blakers Park
£600.00 – tree planting
Friends of Brunswick Square
£500.00 – community gardening project
Friends of Preston Park – bid one
£1,000.00 – volunteer gardening in the park and new roses
Friends of Preston Park – bid three
£1,000.00 – Easter Egg hunt for 200 kids
Friends of Preston Park – bid two
£2,000.00 – new rose arch in the park
Hangleton and West Blatchington Food Bank
£1,000.00 – top-up shops, aprons, table cloths and meat vouchers
Latest CIC
£950.00 – lit trees in St James’s Street
Moulsecoomb and Bevendean Community Volunteers
£850.00 – Moulsecoomb Supper Club Project
Nestor Court
£1,671.00 – repair fence for block of flats for elderly people
Norfolk Square Group
£500.00 – community gardening project
Off the Fence
£500.00 – general clothing to support rough sleepers
Patcham Duck Fayre
£600.00 – community event
Quiet Down There
£400.00 – creative community artwork project for local multicultural women
St Peters Preston Park – bid one
£180.00 – repair pathway
St Peters Preston Park – bid two
£380.00 – install new water butt (with 100 for plants)
Tarner Community Project
£1,000.00 – cookery club for young people
The Black and Minority Ethnic Young People’s Project
£500.00 – two workshops to mark 15 year anniversary
The Green Centre
£200.00 – support volunteers at the project
The Old Boat Community centre
£500.00 – purchase a large new fridge to offer further options for people living in food poverty
The Old Boat Community centre
£1,000.00 – set up a community kitchen
The Other Screen
£550.00 – host film event for deaf / disabled community
Wave project
£1,000.00 – offer club surf sessions to young people with anxiety
Windmill Young Actors
£924.00 – cover costs of 12 week term of drama club in east Brighton
Young People’s Centre
£470.00 – revamped entrance way to building
2018
Dolphin House
£400 towards the redecorating, supply of soft furnishings and art materials to therapy room
Brighton and Hove Housing Coalition
£1,000 towards core funding for a community campaign group to lobby on improvements to all aspects of housing across the city
Preston Bowls Club
£400 to support wider promotion of four open days to encourage younger audience to take up bowls
Stay Up Late
£1,000 to support and expand the Wild Rainbows gig buddies scheme
Patcham Duck Fayre
£500 towards the running the community event
Norfolk Square Group
£1,000 towards providing community planters and supporting a gardening group for a public open space
Friends of Preston Park
Bid one – £2000 for a new wooden picnic table and bench
Bid two – £2,000 for five new bins for the park
Bid three – £1,000 to host a Easter Egg hunt for families
Green Centre
£650 towards the conversion of the upper deck of an education bus to host exhibitions and workshops on One Planet initiatives
Young People’s Centre
£1,000 towards a specific project – TBC
Bevendean Chomp
£1,000 towards community lunch club which supports up to 50 people twice a week. This includes a summer trip to Drusillas for families on low incomes.
Light Up St James’s Street
£1,600 to buy and install new lights for trees and lampposts in St James’s Street
Moulsecoomb and Bevendean Community Volunteers
£780 for community cooking equipment and a community celebration to coincide with the installation of the new playground in Bevendean in February.
Bevfest
£1,000 to pay for stage hire and essential costs of a community festival
Bees in the Woods Forest School
£960 to pay for five older people and their carers to attend forest school sessions in Easthill Park in Portslade over the next 12 months.
Crew Club United
£1,000 towards buying kit for a youth football team based in Whitehawk. Some funds subsidised the cost of allowing the side play and attend a three-day youth tournament at Butlins.
Mixed Blessings Theatre Group
£600 to support an all-inclusive theatre group to tour Son of an African, a new production of work, around Sussex
Sing for Better Health
£1,000 towards running the weekly singing group for older people at Elizabeth Court in Hove
The Other Screen
£1,000 towards running open, accessible film screenings and events which explore, discuss and challenge the representation of disabled people
Trust for Developing Communities
£200 towards buying equipment and resources to support the youth work of the 67 Centre in Moulsecoomb
Friends of Farm Green
£900 towards the construction and installation of new thermoplastic activity markings for a new playground in Farm Green, Lower Bevendean
Moulsecoomb Forest Garden
£1,000 to buy pond dipping kit and other equipment to allow young people to get closer to wildlife
Carousel
£888 to buy an iPad and iPencil to allow learning disabled adults and children to engage in the arts and develop talents has been successful.
Quiet Down There CIC
£865 towards offering 2 local schools (60 children) a residency in the market (£540) and holding 10 community lunches for 100 people (£325)
St James’s Street Community Action Group
Bid one – £1,000 towards providing materials for new flower beds at the corner of St James Street and Rock Gardens by the side of St Mary’s Church
Bid two – £1,000 towards restoring a section of garden beds in Dorset Gardens
Bid three – £1,000 to provide materials and flowers for seven planters in St James’s Street area and add one or two more street planters to the district
Kingscliffe Society
£10,794 for new outdoor gym in Dorset Gardens (provisional providing relevant consents are met)
Community, Advice, Support and Education (CASE)
£500 to fund a science festival for families on low income in Hollingdean
Friends of Regency Square
£200 towards creating a permanent community heritage exhibition of old photos, prints, postcards and memories of Regency Brighton to coincide with 200 years of Regency Square.
Hangleton Food Bank
£500 to provide clients a one-off £10 supermarket voucher to ‘top-up’ the essential items which are not donated
Tarner Community Project
£1,000 to run summer holiday events for young people attending youth club events
Why Not Club
£520 to fund a weekly breakfast club in Brighthelm Park for the street community
Audioactive
£480 towards providing kit for Room to Rant, which provides music workshops for young men in a YMCA Supported Housing setting in Brighton and Hove (tbc)
Small Performance Adventure with Creative Cascade Recovery
£800 to go towards the travel costs and venue hire to support up to 100 people in addiction recovery take part in drama workshops.
4Streets
£250 to purchase large outdoor screen to support community cinema events. This will be held by Pride as a community resource which can be booked out by community groups across the city.
Sussex Cycle Racing League
£500 towards a new storage shed at Preston Park velodrome
Preston Park Youth Cycle Club
£1,000 towards the construction of a concrete ramp and tarmac path at Preston Park velodrome to support a range of cycling activities
Little Green Pig
£1,000 to support filming of a production of Voices, a story about young people’s experiences which will be form part of Brighton Festival 2019
St Peter’s Womens and Girls Cricket Club
£672 to provide matching kit (complete with SIF logo) for the team
2017 awards :
£1,000 to Brighton Oasis Project – to run a series of holiday arts activities for young people affected by substance misuse in the family, in conjunction with poet Lemn Sissay and choreographer Charlotte Vincent.
£775 to Mile Oak Recreation Action Group (MORAG) – to run regular art sessions which will explore the outdoor environment of the park
£500 to Hangleton & West Blatchington Foodbank – to allow trustees to give out vouchers of £10 per client per month to a local butcher to ensure the provision of fresh meat for those in need
£100 to Diverse City Bowlers – towards boosting participation of ten pin bowling within the community, with emphasis on providing sessions for the elderly
£1,000 to Brighton Table Tennis club – towards continuing pilot table tennis sessions for up to 15 children with Down Syndrome
£942 to Friends of Preston Park (bid one) – for the planting of three new trees
£1,000 to Friends of Preston Park (bid two) – towards a Halloween event for young families and children
£490 to The Manor Boccia and Lunch Group – to run a 14-week programme of Boccia with healthy lunch for the over-50s in east Brighton
£695 to Friends of Farm Green (bid one) – towards Mini Farm and Community Picnic in the park in Lower Bevendean
£695 to Friends of Farm Green (bid two) – towards Mini Farm and Community Picnic in the park in Moulsecoomb
£1,000 to OUTReach at the B Right On LGBT Community Festival – towards the costs of the accessible adaptations needed to make the venue fully accessible for older, deaf and disabled attendees
£450 to Creative Cascade Recovery – towards creating free community performances for a group which supports people in recovery from addictions
£500 to Honeycroft – to establish a lone parent support group at the community centre
£974 to Stay Up Late – towards building on the success of Wild Rainbows, a gig buddies scheme for LGBTQ+ community established by Social Impact Fund
£500 to Surrenden Field Group – for improvements to Surrenden Field, including the creation of a butterfly bank, community composting area and wild flower field
£500 to Saltdean Lido – towards plants for garden beds at the heart of the pool and community centre
£620 to Crew Club – to fund a day out for low-earning families in east Brighton to Tulley’s Farm, while also providing equipment for Messy Play sessions
£400 to Dotties Cafe – towards creating a ramp to improve accessibility to a cafe in east Brighton staffed by deaf people
£300 to Young City Reads – to allow two primary school classes who would otherwise be unable to afford it to attend the finale event of the giant book group
£400 to Crew Club United – towards new tracksuits for a newly established under-11s football team in east Brighton. Some funding will also support the club’s end of season awards.
£200 to Say Aphasia – towards funding day trips so that members can practice their communication skills in public
£500 to Quiet Down There – of match funding to help people explore the Open Market through culture, making the project accessible to 100 more people; 60 children and 40 adults
£1,000 to Audioactive – towards supporting a female-led ‘Young Woman’s Music Tech Group’ in Brighton
£1,000 to Tarner Community Project – towards weekly girls group, Tarner Young Women, which was set up to meet the needs of local girls and young women in the Tarner area, aged 12 upwards, many of whom are deemed at risk.
£400 to St Peters Cricket Club – towards funding kit for one of the youth cricket teams
Up to £1,000 towards buying a projector and screen that will be held by Brighton Pride and used as a community resource. This will be used by 4 Street in Hove and Pop-Up Brighton, as well as other groups.
£500 to Little Green Pig – for printing of books containing an anthology of stories created by young people
£500 to Brighton and Hove Housing Coalition – for costs towards a Homelessness Action Group specifically to contribute to practical services including shelter for those on our streets
£1,000 to Friends of Dorset Gardens (bid one) – towards improved accessibility of Dorset Gardens – non-slip matting for the two entrance ways
£566 to Friends of Dorset Gardens (bid two) – towards improved accessibility of Dorset Gardens – new handrails
2016 awards :
£250 to Brighton & Hove Speakers’ Corner to support five events and support to develop a more sustainable organisation
£300 to Ardingly Court Residents Association for new lawn mower and a garden shredder
£250 to The OWL HOUSE towards co-housing project for Older Wiser Lesbians.
£1,000 to the Tarner Community Project towards drop in session for young people not in education, employment or training
£250 to David Harper of 4Streets in Hove towards community street parties, play street events and open-air cinema
£300 to Dottie’s Community Cafe in East Brighton Park towards running cafe which employs deaf people
£500 to Friends of Preston Park (bid one) towards Easter Egg quiz and hunt
£500 to Friends of Preston Park (bid two) towards Halloween event
£500 to Little Green Pig creative writing charity towards a videographer for This Is My City project
£1,000 to Stay Up Late to allow the group to develop it’s Gig Buddies project and LGBT outreach work
£250 to Friends of Regency Square towards purchase of the information board and the initial setting up costs of tunnel exhibition near the i360
£1,000 to LGBT Community Safety Forum towards LGBT History Big Top Event during LGBT History Month in February 2017
£500 to Marta Scott Dance Company towards helping disadvantaged or abused women take part in the 2017 pride parade
£495 to Friends of Farm Green for mobile farm to come to Bevendean park during half term
£815 to Mile Oak Rec Action Group (M.O.R.A.G) towards reviving the west side of the park to improve the look for all the community and allow access to children’s playground
2015 awards :
£600 to the Marta Scott Dance Company to help disadvantaged or abused women take part in classes with the aim of performing in the Brighton Pride 2016 parade.
£750 to the Friends of Preston Park for a new piece of equipment in the park’s playground.
£250 to the Friends of Preston Park for an Easter egg quiz and hunt
£500 to Radio Reverb, Brighton’s community radio station, to help create a listen again facility.
£300 to the St James’s Street Community Action Group to replace three elm trees in St James’s Street
£350 to the St James’s Street Community Action Group for a planter in Marlborough Place.
£1,000 to the St James’s Street Community Action Group towards the cost of security lighting in Dorset Gardens to deter drug dealers. This money will be ring-fenced and held by the Social Impact Fund until the group can raise the remaining money towards the project.
£500 to Little Green Pig, a creative writing educational charity towards helping 9 to 11-year-olds create a film on homeless people in the city.
£300 to the Manor in East Brighton to subsidise Boccia Group aimed at over 50s.
