Bailiffs hunting 2011 Brighton Pride team over debts (From The Argus)

I hope the former board members know they MAY be liable for some of the costs if it's shown they were responsible for the purchases at the time... This is what happens when charities/companies limited by guarantee go under!

Well what a surprise!

This is the same 'Pride' that was reported as....

15 August 2011


Brighton Pride 2011 'model for the future'
Revellers at Pride Brighton Pride celebrated its 19th birthday this year with the first ticketed event in Preston Park


Organisers of Brighton Pride have hailed this year's festival as a model for future years despite not being able to tell if they broke even.

The 2011 festival, which culminated in a parade and party in Preston Park on Saturday, was the first in 19 years for which tickets were sold.

It followed criticism of overcrowding and the amount of rubbish left behind after the 2010 free event.

Organiser Judith Manson (FIND HER SHE IS LIABLE!) said it was too early to say how many tickets sold.

But she said between 33,000 and 50,000 attended the event.

"We haven't got all the figures in yet because the tickets were being sold from lots of different outlets," she said.

"We have lots of information to collect but looking at the numbers in the park, we were really, really pleased with the way it went."
'Good model' (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
AHAHAHAHA)

Sussex Police said thousands of revellers were in the city for the "very successful" parade and party.

A total of 32 arrests were made for offences including suspected robbery, drunk and disorderly, drugs offences and assault.

One officer broke a leg while chasing after a man suspected of a public order offence.
Pride 2011 Police and Brighton Pride organisers said the 2011 event was a success........ (ALL PROVEN LIARS!)

Ms Manson said the parade had the maximum of 55 entries permitted.

"It went without any hitches, which is great," she said.

"The park was really busy and the crowds were in great spirits. Everybody commented on how different the atmosphere was this year.

"The production team and the clean-up operation have been tremendous this year. We cannot fault that.

"We have got a good model now - we just need to build on it." (AND PAY FOR IT HAHAHAHA FARCE!)

James Ledward, from Gscene magazine, who has been critical in the past, said this year's event in Preston Park was like those held 10 years ago. (Loss making!)

"After last year's event, the undercurrent in the community was that people were traumatised after being on the park and feeling unsafe," he said.

"This year people on the park had a very safe experience.

"It's the model for the future so long as it has not lost money.............

"We need to know how many tickets have been sold and whether they have met their budget.

"We don't want a situation where we are accused of throwing a party we can't afford." BRILLIANT!!!!!!!



You could not make it up!

This story does not surprise me,pride was taken away from the local gay community but luckily this year it regained its soul and was organised by buisness people which actually included the local gay scene aagain such as REVENGE,WILD FRUIT,LEGENDS ETC ETc.This year the local gays supported the pride events again as we were once again included into the event.The organisers that took pride away was more interested in having full time paid jobs and not raising money for charity,i know they cut their staff but only when things started to go wrong i dont know how the last organisers could justify employing so many people for a weekend event after they had their wages nothing was left in the pot.This years organisers except for a few tweaking points did a great job and raised money for charity.Last years organisers need to show why a well attended event did not even pat for itself.I put their failings down to greed and very bad organising and most of all they excluded the very community the event was for as non of the local gay community was at preston park.I THANK THIS YEARS ORGANISERS FOR PUTTING THE SOUL BACK INTO OUR BRIGHTON AND HOVE PRIDE,i hope they listen to people so they can fix the minor problems at this years event such as taking 2 hours to get in even with a ticket.

IF YOUR LGBT THEN GREAT

PLS DONT PUSH IT IN OUR FACES

LETS HAVE A HETROSEXUAL PRIDE

LOTS OF BABIES, KIDS,BEER

PUSHCHAIRS, SHORT MINISKIRTS

LOTS OF BALL GAMES

FUN AND FROLLOCKS

STREIGHT ACTIVITIES

WHAT A GOOD DAY THAT WOULD BE..........WHAT DO U THINK?

Charlie Oscar wrote:
IF YOUR LGBT THEN GREAT

PLS DONT PUSH IT IN OUR FACES

LETS HAVE A HETROSEXUAL PRIDE

LOTS OF BABIES, KIDS,BEER

PUSHCHAIRS, SHORT MINISKIRTS

LOTS OF BALL GAMES

FUN AND FROLLOCKS

STREIGHT ACTIVITIES

WHAT A GOOD DAY THAT WOULD BE..........WHAT DO U THINK?

Could there be spelling competitions?

@ Charlie

You know just as well as I do....

We wouldn't be able to have One as it would be branded as sexist i'm afraid.

Don't really add up to me!

if money is owed from a previous year, the current years pride should not go ahead, regardless of who is organising it. bet the council bails them out!!!