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                        UID:19642aec276360f4ff8e77a24bf8a498https://godshousetower.org.uk
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                        SUMMARY:Event: Pitch Your Project LGBTQIA+
                        DESCRIPTION:<h4><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Join us at the Pitch Your Project Voting </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Event</span></h4>
Friday 28th August, 6pm - 8:30pm

<span data-preserver-spaces="true">Hear directly from the brilliant people behind creative community projects in your local area. There are so many groups and gatherings in Southampton that deserve more funding and more support. </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">This is an opportunity </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">for you</span><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> to </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">find out </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">more about what they do and why they do it.</span><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> Plus, you can play your part in their future by voting for the project you’d like to see awarded the funding.</span>

<span data-preserver-spaces="true">Each community leader will have 10 minutes to pitch their project at the event, then voting will officially begin on </span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Saturday 29th August.</span></strong>

<span data-preserver-spaces="true">The pitches are now live on the </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.youtube.com/@aspacearts6825" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">‘a space’ arts YouTube Channel</span></a>

<a href="https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/z50ShgHev6">Cast your vote here! </a>

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<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">About Pitch Your Project</span></strong></h4>
<span data-preserver-spaces="true">Pitch Your Project </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">offers</span><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> a creative, community-focused initiative in the SO postcode </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">£2000</span><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> to fund new activity.</span> <span data-preserver-spaces="true">Projects are selected by the community, for the community, at a live event where applicants pitch their ideas to an audience </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">who </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">then </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">vote</span><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> for the projects they’d like to see awarded </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">the</span><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> funding.</span>

<span data-preserver-spaces="true">To celebrate 10 years of Southampton Pride, this round of the </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Pitch Your Project bursary scheme is specifically for initiatives </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">led by people who identify as LGBTQIA+. The winner will receive </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">£2,000 to initiate a new project, or contribute to the ongoing </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">work of an existing one.</span>

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<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">About the Projects</span></strong></h4>
<strong>Celebrating Our City: A New LGBTQIA+ Pride Flag for Southampton</strong>

Led by Joy McKay (@JoyStixx2806)

I want to work across the many LGBTQIA+ communities in Southampton running workshops to co-create a new flag proudly celebrating us. The final, large, quilted fabric flag will be revealed at God's House Tower alongside a multimedia exhibition featuring collages, photos, videos and testimonials created during community-based design process.

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<strong>Gathering in Celebration: Sharing Songs of Hope for the Next 10 Years of Southampton Pride</strong>

Led by Kuch Bhogal (@kuchbhogal)

Making a decade of Southampton Pride, this project will transform LGBTQIA+ community members stories into an exhibition or songs, images and writing themed around the idea of hope for the future.

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<strong>The Oracle of Gender Designation</strong>

Led by Jez Franck (@oracleofgender)

The Oracle of Gender Designations is an interactive installation that playfully explores the complexity, joy and absurdity of gender through games, ritual, performance and participation.

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<strong>Transcribe: Everybody Transitions</strong>

Led by Abigail Parkes (@BeyondReflectUK)

Transcribe aims to provide paid opportunities to early career writers that will support their development artistically, empower trans+ people to share their experiences, and enrich awareness of the community.

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<strong>Queer Southampton: Then and Now</strong>

Led by Net Ember and Spencer Jones (@their_initiative) (@carabiner_club_soton)

Queer Southampton: Then and Now is a community-led project exploring Southampton's trans+ and queer histories through five monthly workshops, bringing together local trans+ and queer people to learn, share knowledge and build a community archive.
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