Cairngorms Pride 2025
Consultation
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OCTOBER 2023 - FEBRUARY 2024
Co-creating a blueprint for new Pride Festival for the Cairngorms, in collaboration with communities, schools, businesses and organisations in and around the Cairngorms National Park.
The research data gathered over the Consultation period is now being collated and analysed and will be released as a public document at the end of March / beginning of April 2024.
We received funding from the Scottish Government and the Cairngorms Trust, in partnership with the Cairngorms National Park Authority, to reach out to individuals, schools, community groups, organisations and businesses to co-create this new festival with us.
WHY PRIDE?
Having a Pride in the Park will enable greater LGBTQ+ visibility and inclusion, support positive mental wellbeing for communities and individuals, and provide a new place and platform for LGBTQ+ culture and heritage, as yet untapped.
PRIDE IN NATURE
We live in a beautiful place, so we want to co-create a nature-led, carbon neutral Pride festival, designed to make the smallest environmental impact while creating the biggest social impact.
FOR INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND SCHOOLS IN AND AROUND THE PARK:
Between September 2023 and February 2024 we asked:
What would you like a Pride in the Cairngorms National Park to look like?
What events and activities would you like to see?
How long should the festival be?
Where in the Park should it happen and why?
What time of year appeals to you?
In addition to the survey, we hosted EIGHT PRIDE IDEAS SESSIONS in various locations around the Cairngorms National Park, to collect as many ideas and opinions as possible. Participants were free to respond as many times as they liked.
FOR BUSINESSES/ORGANISATIONS IN AND AROUND THE PARK:
Prides are very good for business, offering a chance for organisations, venues, activity providers,
accommodation providers, attractions and local businesses to increase LGBTQ+ visibility, show
authentic support for the Park's local and visiting LGBTQ+ communities and to celebrate diversity
and inclusion.
We invited businesses across the Park to participate in our Business Survey to capture their ideas too. We also attended the CBP CONFERENCE, MACDONALD RESORT, AVIEMORE on 6 NOVEMBER where we had an information stall about the Pride research and local businesspeople were able to come and chat to us about it.
WANT TO KNOW MORE? GET IN TOUCH:
For more information about the Cairngorms Pride Consultation project, please email Kath Pierce: kath@somewhereedi.org.
