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# Margate Pride awarded £124k from National Lottery for project celebrating region's LGBTQ+ history
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/margate-pride-awarded-124k-from-national-lottery-for-project-celebrating-regions-lgbtq-history/
- Published: 2025-11-25T11:33:12.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-25T11:33:12.000Z
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: UK

**Margate Pride** has been awarded a **£123,968** grant from **National Lottery Heritage Fund** to deliver an ambitious 18-month project celebrating the region’s LGBTQ+ history.

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The initiative, titled ***The Heritage Hotline: Thanet’s LGBTQ+ History from the 1960s to 2000s***, will research, document and archive stories spanning five decades of queer life in **Margate** and **Thanet**. Organisers say the project aims to honour older LGBTQ+ voices while inspiring younger generations with a deeper understanding of their cultural lineage.

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The programme will include **training, archiving and oral history work**, alongside a public engagement campaign to raise awareness of the area’s rich queer heritage. A physical archive will be housed at the **Bishopsgate Institute**, with a smaller collection at the **Margate Queer Library & Archive**, while a digital version will be hosted by **Queer Heritage South**.

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Legacy outputs will feature a **radio series** and **podcast** in partnership with **Margate Radio**, as well as a **zine and online archive**, ensuring these histories remain accessible and shareable.

The timing is significant: the project coincides with **Margate Pride’s 10th anniversary in 2026** and the 60th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK under the **Sexual Offences Act 1967**.

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**Mia Pollak** of Margate Pride said: “We are thrilled to have received support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we can reflect, celebrate and archive the LGBTQ+ history of Margate and Thanet - preserving our past and learning for our future.”

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Founded in 2016 as a small parade, Margate Pride has grown into a major annual event attracting thousands. Beyond the summer festival, the organisation runs year-round socials, exhibitions and advocacy work, including **Tea Time Socials** for LGBTQ+ people over 50.

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