We had some insightful mental health conversations at our stand, enjoyed giving out our pronouns and 'proud parent' badges, stress balls and Lush freebies, and fundraising through our raffle and tombola.
All the monies we have raised through Worthing Pride ticket sales and at the event itself directly support our new LGBTQIA+ peer groups in Worthing, Littlehampton and Southwick, which we’ll be launching in September and October this year. In the next few weeks, we will be advertising for a part-time peer support mental health worker to work with these groups – so please do watch this space.
Thank you to Worthing Pride for inviting us onto the stage to talk about our work and for inviting two of our staff (Kate Scales, our acting deputy CEO, and Leanne Challen, our head of mental health support) to walk the Pride catwalk donning their ‘Proud hearts and minds’ T-shirts!
Huge thanks to all our staff, volunteers and services users who worked so tirelessly to plan our presence at Worthing Pride this year – particularly to Alison Lake who did such a splendid job project-managing for us and braved the stage – and to everyone who worked, supported and volunteered for us on the day.
Finally, a huge thank you to Worthing Pride and to its one-man-dynamo creative director, Gary Richardson, for having us as an official charity and supporting our LGBTQIA+ peer support groups. It really was an immense pleasure and honour to be part of this wonderful event.
