About Us
Our Values: Queer, Creative, Authentic, Compassionate, Accountable
Happy Valley Pride is an award-winning, rural northern LGBTQIA+ led, co-created community-driven arts charity that reaches over thirteen thousand people of all ages, sexualities, genders, ethnicities & abilities annually. We exist to support the LGBTQIA+ community in West Yorkshire, promoting equality and diversity to eradicate discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, through arts, education and engagement.
We bring together all ages, sexualities, genders, ethnicities and abilities in a creative celebration of equality & diversity with a grassroots annual week-long arts festival, year-round community events, youth engagement programme and art-focussed mental health project.
We celebrate LGBTQIA+ life and promote tolerance, understanding & friendship through access & participation in community created art & culture, working with over 3,000 5-18yr olds, 50+ community volunteers, 80+ artists, 20+ schools & reaching 10,000+ audiences each year.
We promote equity & diversity to make our community a happier & healthier place & eliminate discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity by breaking down the barriers in our society, encouraging conversation & sharing learning.
Advocacy, empathy & fun are the key tools to our success to date. Our activities focus on reducing social isolation, increasing opportunities for everyone to access and participate in live events, creating and delivering artistic activities which provide new opportunities for meaningful connections.
We deliver a week-long Queer Arts and Pride festival celebrating LGBTQIA+ life in Hebden Bridge and the surrounding areas annually in late July, featuring national & international artists as well as championing local talent.
We run a diverse range of events and workshops throughout the year of equal quality to our festival, bringing new & emerging queer art to our audiences as well as cherished big name acts.
We produce an annual youth engagement project engaging with 3000 young people to raise awareness about LGBTQIA+ life. We enable young people to create their very own Youth Pride stage and steer the future of the organisation. We also run campaigns supporting & positively affirming the local LGBTQIA+ community.
Our patrons are human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Trans activist & artist Kate O’Donnell, iconic singer Horse McDonald and award winning poet Jackie Kay, they not only help steer us forward but actively take part in our festival every year.
You can read more in the 'OUR STORY' section of the website.
Safeguarding is embedded into our ethos here at Happy Valley Pride.
