The company

Pride Sports is the UK’s is the UK's leading organisation for LGBT Sports Development & Equity. Pride Sports was constituted as a Company Limited by Guarantee on 24th April 2006 with Trevor Burchick MBE and Louise Englefield as directors. Between them, they brought over 25 years experience of project management and development in voluntary, public and private spheres. Since then, the founding Directors have been joined by a third director, Sally Carr who brings substantial strategic experience both in LGBT and mainstream youth work.

Since the company’s inception, its directors have served as Board members of International LGBT sports organisations such as GLISA (international Gay and Lesbian Sports Association) and the company is currently represented on the Board of the EGLSF (European Gay and Lesbian Sports Organisation). Pride Sports is also a member of the Federation of Gay Games, the longest standing International LGBT sports association. Click for more .....

Mission

Pride Sports is a dynamic entrepreneurial community driven organisation, with a focus on annual LGBT multi sports events, leisure activities and year round enabling support for increasing participation in sporting activity by lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, trans people and wider community. 

Strategic Objectives

  • To tackle homophobia in sport and promote the inclusion of LGBTs in national sports strategy and delivery in the UK
  • To support the growth of a vibrant UK wide LGBT sports community through the development of a National LGBT Sports Network
  • To deliver and grow the Pride Games sports festival annually and to maintain its position as the UK’s premier LGBT multisport festival using Pride Games as a pillar event for a EuroGames
  • To increase opportunities for participation in sport by LGBT young people, promoting sport as an attractive lifestyle alternative to the commercial gay scene
  • To ensure all projects and activities are inclusive of all sections of the LGBT community and target need where it is greatest (for example for those living with and affected by HIV)

Brands

Pride Games
Positvely Healthy
Active 8
Out & Active
Pride Games Community Sports Awards

A big and very special THANK YOU to the Co-operative Group www.co-op.co.uk for sponsoring the foundation of our new social enterprise and to Co-operatives UK for their professional guidance and support www.cooperatives-uk.coop

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