Ronan Clayton (he / him)
Founder
Event Manager
Vice Chair
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Since then it has grown to become one of Congleton’s anticipated annual events – each year the Pride event gets bigger and bigger. With people from all over Britain coming to celebrate Pride in our small town, adding a new meaning to the slogan ‘a little town with a big heart’. Pride is not just an annual main event, but a community in its own entity. We intend to grow further, and the key part of Pride’s future is celebrating the community and the individuality and uniqueness of the people within it.”
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Malcolm Pope (he / him)
Chair
Fundraising & Sponsorship Lead
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The world of business has long understood that equality is a key driver of success. I started my support of Congleton Pride as a Sponsor before the 2021 event. Through this period I continue to be involved and consulted by the Pride Committee with the responsibility for Sponsorship.The Congleton Pride team raise funds by holding events and by seeking support through sponsorship.”
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Richard Walton (he / him)
Trustee, Treasurer
Sponsorship Team
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I have now helped ensure the Congleton Pride event is firmly embedded in the Congleton calendar, and having recently been elected as a Congleton Town Councillor, I can now ensure that the LGBTQIA+ community has a louder voice in the decision making process in our Town. I love Congleton Pride! Since joining, I have met some wonderful people who have opened my eyes to a diverse and wonderful community, who I treat as my second family. My only regret is I didn’t get involved in the LGBTQIA+ community sooner.”
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Garry Fuller (he / him)
Communications Team Lead
Social Media Manager
Podcast Manager
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My passion is radio and I was involved from the start and setup of GAYDIO the UK’s 1st LGBTQ+ national radio station and presented the weekend breakfast show for a number of years. Fast forward to 2021 and I joined the Congleton Pride Team to offer some of my skill sets to give back to community and promote positivity and enlightenment on the LGBTQ+ community in Congleton. My main contribution is to present and produce Congleton Prides podcasts and I am also on the sponsorship team too.
Oh by the way I’m a collector of retro games consoles. Yup I’m a geek!”
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Gordon Self (they / them)
Website Manager & Graphic Designer
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It’s been fun, educational and so satisfying working on graphic design, animation, website development and even building a video game, for Congleton Pride!”
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Murray George (he / him)
Wellbeing Officer
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Behind the scenes members
There are a lot of people working behind the scenes at the moment who are not members of the committee, who volunteer their time and expertise to Congleton Pride, but prefer to stay in the background. They provide light and sound to our events, provide graphic design and copy to our advertising leaflets and banners, host our monthly Caffeine Connections, link with and support the community, research and development, provide security at events, IT and technical issues to name a few. Without all these people Congleton Pride would not be able to continue, nor would it be the growing community it is to date.
The Congleton Pride Committee is divided into Sub-Committees in order to have smaller, more effective meetings and highlight volunteers’ particular talents.