We’ve had a fantastic year here at Support U, recently announcing our brand new Youth Outreach Programme, supported by BBC Children In Need.
Celebrating some of our other achievements this year, we mark our first London Pride, and our fourth Oxford Pride, both fantastic local days out for the LGBT+ communities and their families. Take a look at other Pride festivals in the local area here.
With our birthplace and roots firmly in Reading, each year we attend our local Pride, Reading Pride. We have been extremely lucky to have the support of our commercial partners in previous years and had the privilege of attending Reading Pride free of charge based on the similar work in the LGBT community.
Understandably, as costs continue to increase, with funding continuing to decrease for all local Pride festivals, sustaining such a large scale event is difficult.
Each year Support U plays a part in celebrating diversity at Reading Pride, offering access to support and guidance on LGBT issues. As part of this commitment we are proud to be part of Reading Pride each year, attending both the parade and festival day.
Getting in to the community is really at the heart of what we do, and we really need your help! This year we need to raise £500 in order to help cover our ground costs of our pitch for this year’s Reading Pride.
Without your help and generosity, there is a real gloomy chance that we could be #PricedOutOfPride.
Take a look at our Virgin Giving link here:
http://virginmoneygiving.com/fund/readingpride2016
Update – 22:26 21/07/2016
Thank you for all your kind wishes and support! We’d like to say a big thank you to group leader Alyssa for raising over £125 today; running a bring and buy sale at our Come As You Are group. Top work!
EDITORS NOTES
Support U is an LGBT support, advice and guidance service across the Thames Valley. Each year we handle in excess of 4,000 queries from LGBT people and their families.
Established in 2011, Support U is one of the largest LGBT+ support charities in the South East, offering a range of support, peer to peer guidance, counselling, and social groups.
With a team of 40, Support U relies solely on volunteer time to help keep our organisation going. This means there is zero cost and overhead on our staffing, with every penny going to run our helpline and drop in services.