Manchester Pride Limited

Manchester Pride Limited is a leading UK LGBTQ+ charity rooted in Manchester's activist heritage, dedicated to campaigning for equality, uplifting queer communities, and celebrating LGBTQ+ life through visibility and solidarity. Core values of inclusion, representation, intersectional empowerment, and celebration as protest drive their grantmaking philosophy, emphasizing community-led reinvestment of festival surpluses into grassroots empowerment, amplifying marginalized voices via consultation, and fostering safe spaces that challenge discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. They believe systemic change arises from high-visibility advocacy, cultural affirmation, and direct support for local queer agency.

They prioritize LGBTQ+ community development funding grassroots activism, visibility initiatives, cultural expression through arts and events, educational programmes countering prejudice, and mental health services tailored to queer populations experiencing isolation, anxiety, depression, or trauma from discrimination. Supported interventions include peer support groups, counselling, advocacy campaigns, safe spaces, health and wellbeing programmes, and community-led protests promoting solidarity; beneficiaries encompass LGBTQ+ individuals across ages, intersectional groups like ethnic minorities, trans people, and those with complex needs from marginalization, including youth facing barriers, adults seeking affirmation, and families navigating inequities. They fund therapeutic activities, outreach, training for equality advancement, and creative expression reinforcing pride, resilience, and social cohesion against inequities.

They exclude capital projects and prioritize underrepresented intersectional LGBTQ+ identities in Greater Manchester's urban queer communities, favouring grassroots organizations with lived experience leadership over national entities. Distinctive for blending festival celebration with protest-driven grantmaking, they emphasize preventative mental health, community empowerment through feedback-driven priorities, and holistic approaches valuing creativity, visibility, and solidarity to sustain queer resilience and eliminate discrimination.