Pride Place

We have been open since September 2024 and we’re still in the process of fitting ourselves out. We would be keen to know more about your group’s needs, if they’re not covered by our current facilities.

We’d love to host LGBTQ+ groups for:

• Meetings
• Peer support
• Workshops
• Rehearsals
• Intimate performances
• Art exhibitions

Our current facilities

• Event space: a large room capable of holding 60 people standing or 40 seated
• Conference room: a smaller room for seated meetings up to 12 people
• Small private room: for phone calls or private conversations (up to 2 people)
• Kitchen: tea and coffee facilities, a fridge and a microwave
• Toilets - 1x accessible and 1x other, both gender-neutral
• Free wifi
• Video conferencing facilities (see below)
• PA system
• Tables and chairs
• Sofa and bean bags (in event space)
• Mugs, glasses, cutlery
• Baby changing table
• Community leaflet display

Video conferencing at Pride Place

Our video conferencing equipment includes a 65" screen and wideangle camera that can capture everyone around a large table.

Hybrid meetings at Pride Place are based on Google Meet. You will not need to bring your own equipment: we’ll set up the hybrid meeting for you and send you a link to distribute to your remote participants. When you arrive at Pride Place, you only need to select your meeting name from the touchscreen and your meeting will start.

You can connect laptops or phones to the session using “companion mode” if you want to interact with the chat function or present slides to the meeting.

Our equipment also supports Zoom and Webex meetings but these take more setup so if you need to use one of these technologies instead of ours, please be sure to give us plenty of notice to configure our equipment appropriately.

Our full hybrid meeting user guide is available here.

Coming soon

• Conference table for the conference room
• Projector screen
• Community notice board

We’re always looking for new volunteers to join us, for example:

• Helping to improve the physical space (furnishing, decorating)
• Helping with sessions run by us, including the community drop-ins and coworking sessions
• Helping behind the scenes with organisation, social media etc

Jobs

Pride Place is mostly staffed by volunteers, but occasionally we will have paid opportunities available. Click here to see our open vacancies.

Call for artists

We’d love to exhibit work by local LGBTQ+ artists on our walls in the event space. If you have work you’d like to see on our walls, get in touch using the email address below!

Donate to our running costs

Although we charge funded groups a fee, many groups use our space at no charge and we ask for donations to help cover our costs.

Click here to donate to Pride Place using PayPal

Anything you are able to contribute will help us considerably!

There are four doors from the street to the event space: (1) the exterior door, (2) the entrance to Pride Place, (3) the kitchen entrance and (4) the kitchen exit.

There is one step to enter the first door, and there is a ramp permanently installed to allow wheelchair access.

The accessible toilet is located in the event space, just next to the kitchen exit. The other toilet is located in the entrance hall.

The conference room is located at the far end of the space - you have to pass through the kitchen and the event space to reach it. It has a glass wall separating it from the event space and a privacy screen that can be drawn between the two rooms.

The private room has an entrance located in the event space. If you have booked this room, and someone is using the event space at the same time, we will let you know.

Unfortunately, we cannot leave the exterior door unlocked as we are not the only users of the building. You can contact the event space from the street with the buzzer, or your event’s host may prefer to assign someone to the door during gathering times.

If you have any specific access needs or concerns, please contact us ahead of your visit and we will be happy to discuss them with you.