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# Official Birmingham Pride merch raises money for Rape & Sexual Violence Project West Midlands
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/official-birmingham-pride-merch-raises-money-for-rape-sexual-violence-project-west-midlands/
- Published: 2022-10-28T15:00:33.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-28T12:56:45.000Z
- Description: To celebrate their 25th anniversary, Birmingham Pride collaborated with You Betta Merch to sell official Birmingham Pride merchandise and raise money for the Rape & Sexual Violence Project (RSVP).
- Author: Catherine Muxworthy
- Tags: Birmingham, Birmingham Pride, LGBT, LGBTQ, sexual violence

To celebrate their 25th anniversary, **Birmingham Pride** collaborated with **You Betta Merch** to sell official Birmingham Pride merchandise and raise money for the **Rape & Sexual Violence Project** (RSVP).

The products, which included a fan, a t-shirt, and a tote bag, featured the words ***Brum 25, Protest Power Pride*** in celebration of 25 years of Pride, protest and power in the city. Twenty per-cent of profits from the sales of these products will be donated to RSVP, a Birmingham and Solihull-based charity which supports LGBTQ+ individuals who have been subject to rape, sexual assault or sexual abuse.

*You Betta Merch*, which is run by **Elliot Barnicle** and **Izzy Hard** (Elliot Izzard), “was created by queer artists for queer artists… to support LGBTQ+ performers who want to develop their brand through means of merchandise.” They told *Scene* magazine that the sales of the Birmingham Pride merchandise had **raised £75**, and while this isn’t as much as they would have hoped, RSVP’s website shows that just £5 can pay for a travel ticket so an abuse survivor can attend counselling, while £20 can pay for books or toys for a sexually abused child.

When it was first announced that RSVP would be the recipients of this year’s Birmingham Pride merch fundraising, RSVP West Midlands said: “Thanks so much for thinking of and fundraising for us too. And for showing survivors you believe them.”