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Salford Pride
This event is being supported by Salford Pride. They are providing us with support with engagement and outreach. Thanks to Salford Pride, we're able to give underrepresented LGBT+ people a voice.
"OUR MISSION IS TO WORK TO BUILD A STRONGER, DIVERSE COMMUNITY THAT CELEBRATES INCLUSION AND EQUALITY; WHERE LGBT+ PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED, THRIVE AND LIVE AUTHENTICALLY IN OUR CITY AND BEYOND"
Salford Pride delivers Salford’s annual pride event, The Pink Picnic, and other fundraising, awareness and educational projects for the LGBT+ community that are open to all to attend and enjoy - no matter how they identify; promoting equality, inclusion and community cohesion.
Salford Pride became a registered charity in England and Wales on 20th January 2020 and in the same year, began to digitally adapt their first event, ‘The Pink Picnic: Digital’ as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, the organisation have been exploring new ways to engage the community and to deliver online projects to the LGBT+ community within Salford and Greater Manchester.
fUNDED BY
This event has been made possible with the funding of Salford City Council, Salford CVS, and Forever Manchester.
Who We are
A TEAM OF INTERNATIONALLY EXPERIENCED EVENT MANAGERS WITH 10 YEARS COMBINED EXPERIENCE IN DIGITAL EVENTS.
The four of us make up a team called ENIGMA EVENTS:MCR. We are a new digital-first events management company based in Manchester.
Digital-first means that we plan and run events which are either fully virtual and take place online, or hybrid, which combines the tactility of real-world events with the accessibility of online events.
Connor James
Project Manager
Frazer MacDonald
Production Manager
Connor is our main contact to Salford Pride and has years of experience of running events that encourage people to discuss diversity and inclusivity.
He was responsible for the successful planning and delivery of the Pink Picnic: Digital event in 2020 and was nominated volunteer of the year by Salford Pride in 2021.
Frazer has worked in events for over 10 years and initially specialised in online live streaming for charity fundraising. He has used his skills to raise over £150,000 for various charities across the globe.
He took those skills abroad when he became an international event manager for large-scale gaming conventions and eSports championships all across europe.
Natalya Disley
Financial Coordinator
Tom Dutton
Social Media & Marketing
Natalya is in charge of all money matters. An organisational wonder, she keeps us on track and keeps us all grounded when we get too carried away with ideas!
Natalya is extremely well traveled and offers us unique and refreshing perspectives that help us design and run exciting and creative events.
Tom is the Enigma Events:MCR Social Media & Marketing Coordinator. For the last 7 years he has spent a vast amount of time volunteering within the charitable sector including planning large scale events for over 5,000 young children. As the Social Media & Marketing Coordinator, it’s Tom’s job to create content alongside our Marketing plan and ensure Enigma Events:MCR is reflected throughout.
ACCESSIBILITY
As part of our dedication to inclusivity, we strive to include as many accessibility options for our events as we can.
British Sign Language Interpretation
British Sign Language (BSL) Interpretation will be included as part of the 'Celebration of Diversity' live stream, as well as 'The Diversity Discussion' panel discussion. We hope these efforts make all our audience feel welcome into the LGBT+ community.
We are so, so grateful for the BSL that has been kindly provided by:
Andrew Higgins - Vee Website (Celebration of Diversity Livestream)
Russell Andrews - Twitter Profile (The Diversity Discussion Panel)
SUBTITLES
Our 'Celebration of Diversity' live stream will include subtitles for the hearing impaired.
Subtitles will be integrated into the video player.
Massive thanks to Daniel Wilson (2ViewFilms Website) for providing captioning services for the Celebration of Diversity Livestream.
