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# Brighton Pride 2019 raises £217,432.50 for local good causes
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/brighton-pride-2019-raises-217432-50-for-local-good-causes/
- Published: 2019-09-26T00:50:09.000Z
- Updated: 2019-09-26T00:50:09.000Z
- Description: Following Brighton & Hove Pride’s amazing celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprising in New York City that ignited and inspired the global Pride movement, Brighton & Hove Pride announce they have raised a fantastic £217,432.50 for local good causes.
- Author: Besi

## Following Brighton & Hove Pride’s amazing celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprising in New York City that ignited and inspired the global Pride movement, Brighton & Hove Pride announce they have raised a fantastic £217,432.50 for local good causes.

![Photo: James Daly](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/james-daley_-web_-600.jpg)

Photo: James Daly

**EVERY year the** city of Brighton & Hove is awash with rainbow flags as businesses show their support for Pride and our LGBT+ communities and an estimated £20.5 million is brought into the city’s economy with visitors spending money on accommodation, retail, food and drink over the Pride weekend.

Brighton businesses within the Pride Village Party footprint contributed £125 per day (small venue) or £250 per day (larger venue) that helped raise £7,520 towards the Pride Social Impact Fund.

Bucket collections on the Pride Community Parade raised £768.

Legends was again the biggest LGBT+ business supporter contributing £3,504.74 in fundraising and £5,000 in sponsorship.

This year, Brighton Pride introduced the *Pride City Angels* scheme to engage with businesses across the city to help support community fundraising and projects all year round. The launch of *Pride City Angels* saw a first year sign up of 26 businesses with founding members contributing £1,000 each, bringing in a further £10,750.

![Paul Kemp](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web-300-1.jpg)

Paul Kemp

**Paul Kemp, Pride Director, said:** *“With increasing costs this year for cleansing and security resources and the uncertainty around Brexit that adversely affected sponsorship income, it has been a really challenging year for Pride. This year Pride are thrilled to have raised over £200,000 which will be distributed to local charities community groups and projects through the Brighton Rainbow Fund, the Pride Social Impact Fund and Pride Cultural Development Fund.*

*“With over £922,000 raised under the current organisation, Pride are very much on target to reach £1million fundraising for good causes by 2020, the 30th Anniversary of Brighton & Hove Pride.”*

Brighton & Hove Pride is the UK’s biggest Pride Festival operated by Brighton Pride CIC, a not for profit community organisation. All tickets revenue raised goes directly to the operational and running costs of producing the Pride Festival, Pride LGBT+ Community Parade, Pride Village Party and community fundraising, with £1 for every paid ticket going direct to the *Brighton Rainbow Fund* who give grants to LGBT+ organisations that deliver effective frontline services to LGBT+ people in the city.

**How the funds will be distributed**  
• Brighton Rainbow Fund: £165,724.50  
• Social Impact Fund: £20,958 (plus £10,000 roll over from 2018)  
Total SIF fund allocation for 2019: £30.985  
• City Angels: £10,750.00  
• Pride Solidarity fund: £10,000  
• Cultural development fund: £10,000