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[[File:Nottingham Pride 2010 MMB 01.JPG|thumb|right|A man on stilts talks to a police officer at Nottingham Pride 2010.]]
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'''Nottingham Pride''' (aka '''Nottinghamshire Pride''') is a registered charity<ref>{{EW charity|1115541}}</ref> which organises an annual [[pride festival held in July in [[Nottingham]]. The first event was in 1999. It aims to eliminate discrimination against the ([[LGBT]])  community.
'''Nottinghamshire Pride''' was a registered charity which organised an annual [[pride]] festival in July in [[Nottingham]] and other events. Pride events have been held in Nottingham since around 1997.


The event usually consists of a day-long celebration, including art and music.
Nottinghamshire Pride replaced a previous charity, '''Nottingham Pride''', which ran into debt and was closed by the Charity Commissioners.
[[File:Nottingham Pride MMB 98.jpg|thumb|left|The crowds at the 2010 event.]]
<ref>"Nottinghamshire Pride will take place on 25th July 2015 in the Lace Market and Hockley area. Pride last year was a huge success and enabled us to clear away the debts of the previous charity, Nottingham Pride." http://nottinghamshirepride.co.uk/. Accessed: 2015-05-25. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6Ymix07cS)</ref>
:"The purpose of Pride is to provide a safe focal point to bring together our community to celebrate our diversity and a sense of pride which for some people may be difficult in every day life, due to prejudice and injustice."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nottinghampride.co.uk/Blog.htm|title=Nottingham Pride (Blog)|accessdate=2009-04-20}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>


Pride 2009 took place on 25 July in the [[Nottingham Arboretum]]. Pride 2010 took place on 31 July on the [[Forest Recreation Ground]]. It was officially opened by the [[Lord Mayor of Nottingham]], Brian Grocock and the event was headlined by [[The Cheeky Girls]], with other acts including [[Kenelis]], [[Lisa Scott-Lee]] and [[Betty (band)|Betty]]. Pride 2011 had over 20,000 visitors, with headline act [[Ruth Lorenzo]] performing.
By 2023 Nottinghamshire Pride was no longer running but another commercial Nottingham Pride existed. In June 2023 the organiser announced: 'In light of recent events, Howard Donald will no longer be playing at our Nottingham Pride Festival on Saturday 29th July at Binks Yard' <ref> Pride event drops Howard Donald over Twitter likes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65940381 </ref>.
 
Since 2011, [[E.ON UK]] have been the principal sponsor of Nottinghamshire Pride.


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Latest revision as of 13:09, 10 July 2026

A man on stilts talks to a police officer at Nottingham Pride 2010.

Nottinghamshire Pride was a registered charity which organised an annual pride festival in July in Nottingham and other events. Pride events have been held in Nottingham since around 1997.

Nottinghamshire Pride replaced a previous charity, Nottingham Pride, which ran into debt and was closed by the Charity Commissioners. [1]

By 2023 Nottinghamshire Pride was no longer running but another commercial Nottingham Pride existed. In June 2023 the organiser announced: 'In light of recent events, Howard Donald will no longer be playing at our Nottingham Pride Festival on Saturday 29th July at Binks Yard' [2].

References

  1. ↑ "Nottinghamshire Pride will take place on 25th July 2015 in the Lace Market and Hockley area. Pride last year was a huge success and enabled us to clear away the debts of the previous charity, Nottingham Pride." http://nottinghamshirepride.co.uk/. Accessed: 2015-05-25. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6Ymix07cS)
  2. ↑ Pride event drops Howard Donald over Twitter likes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65940381
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