Facilitated 12 social groups in South Devon, with an average of 26 people attending each month
Hosted Totnes Pride 2014 with the first ever Pride procession in Totnes, attended by approximately 1200 people
Installed the first temporary rainbow pedestrian crossing in Totnes, during the week of Totnes Pride 2014, to celebrate diversity and raise awareness about the issues still faced by the LGBT+ community. The crossing was funded by a successful crowd funding campaign
Teamed up with local trans organisation Transfigurations to host Trans Day of Remembrance event in South Devon
Held 2 LGBT+ Youth Focus Groups in Totnes
Facilitated 4 activity days in Totnes, South Devon
Hosted 2 fundraising discos in Totnes, South Devon
Celebrated and promoted our work at 4 local Pride events
Facilitated 2 anti-bullying workshops to students in Wolverhampton and Aylesbury as part of Local Heroes
Facilitated 2 LGBT+ Awareness workshops for PSHE days at schools and colleges in South Devon
Facilitated 2 Equality & Diversity sessions to the charity sector
Shortlisted for two awards: The Community Group Award at the Pride of South Devon and the LGBT Community Organisation award at The National Diversity Awards 2014
Recorded a heartfelt and honest video to celebrate Proud2Be’s 3rd Birthday
Bitpod asked Maya from Proud2Be to record a video about ‘Embracing diversity in the workplace’
Named high profile LGBT+ activists Peter Tatchell, Christine Burns MBE, Aderonke Apata and Andrew Solomon as our Patrons
Hosted and produced 9 Proud2Be Radio Shows on Soundart 102.5 FM Guests included human rights activist Peter Tatchell
Took part in an LGBT film project for LGBT+ young people ‘Made Of Rainbow’s’ with Soundart Radio, Healthwatch Devon and The Intercom Trust
Attended The Independent on Sunday’s Rainbow List 2014
For those new here, welcome; here’s something I wrote fairly recently about the everyday human cost of trauma, the long cold shadows of lived experiences of poverty, and how the price of potatoes doesn’t tell the whole story about the cost of survival.
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