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ABOUT
The need for Pride is as strong as ever.
A huge amount of progress has been made for the LGBTQ+ community but the reality is, the struggle is far from over.
Wigan Pride promotes and celebrates equality and diversity by bringing together arts, music, a street parade, and positive messages at a big annual event in Wigan.
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We also support smaller activities that encourage equality across the borough throughout the year. Led by the LGBTQ+ community of Wigan Borough and supported by Wigan Council and organisations. We also rely on the support of local businesses and local people to help us make each Wigan Pride event bigger and better.
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As well as offering a fantastic day of entertainment for the whole family, Wigan Pride also helps remind our local community that equal rights are often hard won and should not be taken for granted. Celebrating equality helps us to value the importance of it and make sure that it continues.
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Wigan Pride includes people of every race and faith, people with and without disabilities and all sexualities and genders.
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OUR MISSION
Wigan Pride is led by by a group of volunteers who are passionate about equality and diversity. We are a not for profit organisation, and any surplus funds we raise are used to support the LGBTQ+ community and improve the event.
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Our mission is to make sure we provide a platform for Wigan's LGBTQ+ community to raise awareness of LGBTQ+ issues and campaign for the freedoms that will allow them to live their lives on a genuinely equal footing.​
OUR VALUES
ACCESSIBLE
we will provide fair and open access to Wigan Pride Committee and its activities.
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FORWARD LOOKING
we will recognise the need for continual review and improvement.
QUALITY
We will strive for excellence in the delivery of our activities.
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INCLUSIVENESS
we recognise that diversity is strength and will seek to listen and involve all people.
CONNECTED
We will work with and engage local communities and groups in the delivery of the aims of Wigan Pride.
OUR AIMS
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Encourage and support LGBT+ communities to have a voice and to shape Pride events across the borough throughout the year.
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Work together to implement Wigan Pride, working positively with the local community, including professionals, partners and local organisations.
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Promote inclusivity within Wigan Borough.
WHY WE MARCH
Each year, we start our event with a parade. Members of the LGBTQ+ community still face so many challenges and stigmas, from kissing their loved ones in public, coming out to their friends, colleagues and family or even just being able to walk down the road as who they truly are.
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​Celebrating equality and diversity through the march helps us to value the importance and make sure that it continues to be celebrated in the borough.
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BYOU
If you’re 18 or under, you could join Wigan Council’s BYOU youth group, a safe space for young LGBTQ+ people in Wigan Borough. The group offers support, advice and activities and gives young people an opportunity to have a say and campaign for positive change.
Contact b.youproject@wigan.gov.uk
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WIGAN LGBT+
Wigan LGBT+ Group helps to give a voice to the local LGBTQ+ community, offer a chance for people to find new friendships, signpost people to services and create a safe space for LGBTQ+ people to socialise and thrive.
Contact wiganlgbt@hotmail.com Facebook: @WiganLGBT+Group