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Consortium and Wise Thoughts receive £41,850 in National Lottery funding to support LGBT+ communities re-imagine a future against backdrop of COVID-19

The partnership between Consortium and Wise Thoughts has received £41,850 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund for the project ‘Emerging with Pride’. The…

Consortium stands #TogetherWithTrans

Over 50 LGBTQ+ organisations and allies have joined together for the first time to change the way trans and non-binary lives are being represented in…

City for LGBT+ Crowdfunding event goes virtual

We are proud to announce that City for LGBT+ is back – and it’s virtual! GiveOut and Consortium are joining forces with The Funding Network…

Thank you to our outgoing Chair!

  After 6 years of being a Trustee (the maximum term Consortium’s Trustees can serve), and 3 years as our Chair, today marks outgoing Consortium…

September Newsletter

Our September Newsletter is out and it’s a bumper edition packed with funding opportunities! Click on the following link to read all about it 👉…

Consortium Welcomes 3 New Trustees!

Consortium is delighted to announce that following a recent recruitment process 3 new Trustees have been appointed, bringing the Trustee Board to a team of…

LGBT+ Futures COVID-19 Response Fund Launched

Consortium is delighted to announce the launch of the LGBT+ Futures: National Emergencies Trust Fund. Thanks to funding from the National Emergencies Trust, Consortium will…

Urgent and Important Call to Action

As many of you will have seen, the Sunday Times reported that the UK Government Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, is planning a…

Our statement on Liz Truss MP’s evidence to the Women and Equalities Select Committee

On Wednesday 22nd April Liz Truss MP, the Minister for Women and Equalities, appeared before the Women and Equalities Select Committee to give evidence. She…

Consortium Special e-bulletin

Welcome to this special e-bulletin, which is full of updates about what Consortium is doing to support our Members in response to the COVID-19 pandemic….

Liverpool’s Pride Quarter Gets New Safety Measures Including Rainbow Taxi Rank

Liverpool’s Pride Quarter gets new measures to improve safety, including a branded ‘Rainbow Taxi Rank’, improved signage and CCTV. Merseyside Police, working with LCR Pride…

Artist Callout

We are super excited to announce that TransSober are looking for artwork to show in our upcoming exhibition – Expression Through Freedom: Trans+ Sober Realities….

Pride in Gloucestershire included in Bids Announced for EuroPride 2027

Today, the European Pride Organisers Association announced the list of cities bidding to host EuroPride 2027. Joining Pride in Gloucestershire are Turin, Torremolinos, and Vilnius….

Region’s Businesses Show Pride In Their Workplace As Trailblazing Initiative Launched

Businesses, collectively representing thousands of regional employees, joined LCR Pride Foundation last night (14th March 2024) to get a first preview of their new initiative,…

Salisbury Pride Relaunch

“We are so excited to be relaunching Salisbury Pride in Summer 2024, with a new team of directors and volunteers working hard behind the scene…

THE DIVERSITY TRUST ANNOUNCES FUNDING OVER 5 YEARS FROM THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND

We are thrilled to announce that we’ve been awarded a grant of £450,000, over 5-years, from The National Lottery Community Fund for our LGBTQ+ Voice…

March With Pride Returns For Biggest Year Yet

Tens of thousands of people are expected to join Liverpool’s annual March With Pride as it returns for a weekend of celebration and protest in…

First Grants Awarded From LCR Pride Foundation Community Fund

The first round of grants from the LCR Pride Foundation Community Fund have been awarded to initiatives aiming to bring real change for LGBT+ people…

Trans+ History Week Crowdfunder

The Trans+ history lesson we never had QueerAF’s annual LGBT+ History Month crowdfunder 2024 is raising funds to learn and celebrate the momentous and millennia-old…

LGBTQ+ Intersections Conference

SAYiT announce LGBTQ+ Intersections Conference: working with LGBTQ+ people with intersecting marginalised identities. The conference will encourage collaboration in developing solutions to provide culturally competent…

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