Waterford
LGBT Pride 2000
PRIDE NEWS
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Next Meeting There will be an open meeting of Pride on Tuesday May
9th at 7:30pm, in Waterford Regional Youth Services, Manor St. All are
welcome.
We hope to
get some feedback from the community as to the direction of Pride this
year. We would also be interested in meeting anyone interested in helping
out with organisation and staffing of the festival.
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Fundraising To date we have raised just over £100. We are running
a Eurovision Sweepstakes - buy a country for £2, with £1 going
into the pot, and £1 into Pride funds. Whoever owns the winning country
stands to win the pot from that card. Can you help sell a card? Email [email protected]
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Festival Date A date of August 19-21, 2000 has been identified as the
preferred date for this years festival, pending the availability of venues.
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Membership will be open shortly. Membership will cost £2, and
guarantee entry to Pride events at a reduced members rate, receive an invite
to Pride's official launch reception, & members will be sent out Pride
brochures in advance of the festival. |
Fundraising Target = £500
To date = £100 [May
4th]
Can you help?
Bank A/C Number:
[email protected]
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We
are seeking sponsors to put together
our Pride brochure.
Become a friend of the
festival, and
get your business mentionned
in our Pride
Brochure. Email us! |
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Pride
1999 Report
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Can you help?
Design a logo
Design Posters
Do a better job on this website
Help us with locating a venue
Fundraising Ideas?
Help us get some sponsors?
Look after the accounts?
DJ on the Friday or Saturday nite?
Do stewarding or ticket checking?
email [email protected] |
LOCAL LGBT WEBSITES
Waterford
Gay & Lesbian Resource Group
WIT
GLAM Society
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Aims &
Objectives
Waterford Pride
has been founded to celebrate the Pride that lesbians, gay men, bisexuals
and transgendered people have in themselves. This is expressed in an annual
festival.
In doing this,
Waterford Pride aims to create a focus through which the lesbians, gay
men, bisexuals and transgendered people of the south-east of Ireland can
project their unity, diversity, dignity and fundamental right to universal
equality.
Waterford Pride
will endeavour to be fully accountable, through its membership, to the
communities that it represents.
Waterford Pride
undertakes to secure the future of the annual event through sound management
and through consultation.
Waterford Pride
strives to implement a full equality policy and to be open and accountable
to everyone who wishes to be involved.
Who are we?
Waterford Pride
is a non-profit voluntary organisation, founded in 1999 and is responsible
for organising the Waterford Pride festival, which is planned to be staged
in Waterford each year.
Membership
Waterford Pride
has an open membership and we welcome anyone and everyone to get involved.
As a voluntary organisations its survival is ensured by people generously
giving their time and money in order to work together and make Waterford
Pride a reality year after year. Members are guaranteed entry to Pride
events at a reduced members rate, members will receive an invite to Pride's
official launch reception and be sent out Pride brochures in advance of
the festival. Where possible, a minimum donation of £2 is requested
when filling membership.
Structure
The organisation
is to be divided into a Management Committee, which makes strategic decisions
and ensures that the event will actually take place and a number of smaller
Working Groups, which focus on a specific area of activity. These Working
Groups will make the day-to-day decisions in their area and are responsible
for providing a particular service to the wider organisation. These working
groups will be
Communications:
dealing with the media, maintaining the website, postal, email and telephone
enquiries. posters and publicity.
Events:
Organising and staffing events, booking venues, artists, PA systems etc.
Fundraising:
Seeking grants and sponsorship, fundraising campaigns, etc.
Finance
& Legal: Accounts, Insurance, Taxation etc.
Health Promotion:
Liasion with local agencies and voluntary organisations to run health promotion
activities during the festival.
Waterford Pride
will have an Annual General Meeting (AGM) in January 2001 at which we seek
to publicise a full and comprehensive overview of that year in the organisation
and are held accountable by our members. Like all other AGMs it has a number
of speeches about the organisation, a full financial run-down of the organisation
and its accounts, and elections for vacant posts on the Management Committee.
Other Activities
Health
Promotion Work
The Health
Promotion team is active in publicising information via the Waterford Pride
Festival on health issues such as safer sex, diet, alcohol and mental health.
This is achieved by interfacing with a number of other community groups
and health bodies in order to ensure that the LGBT communities are given
up-to-date and accurate health care information.
