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CANDIDATE INFORMATION PACK
Chair of Trustees December 2016
Manchester Pride Candidate Pack 2016 2
About Manchester Pride
Manchester Pride is a registered charity that campaigns for equality and challenges discrimination;
creates opportunity for engagement and participation and celebrates LGBT life. It fundraises to
empower and enrich LGBT organisations, charities and communities in Greater Manchester.
Formed in 2004, it achieved a charitable status in 2006. It is represented by a number of patrons
from the world of politics, film, television, music and literature who carry messages for LGBT equality
around the globe, championing Manchester Pride and the work they do, celebrating achievements
and campaigns within Greater Manchester and around the world.
Aims and Objectives
“Promote equality and diversity for the public benefit and in particular the elimination of
discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, including in particular but not exclusively by
raising the awareness of the public with regard to all aspects of discrimination in society and issues
and difficulties affecting the lives of lesbian, gay and bisexual and transgender people.”
Community Engagement - Achievements 2016
Listening Groups –Voices from our
LGBT communities shared ideas that
helped shape the future for Manchester
Pride. There were events for families,
free to attend events, improved
experiences for disable visitors. They
helped us simultaneously run Cultural
programmes with The Superbia
Weekend, increasing enjoyment and
comfort for our visitors.
The Manchester Pride
Community Parade – We
created our very own entry to
lead the Parade with the help of
Arts Council England. Over 100+
people got involved and proudly
took to the streets for a
spectacular display to tens of
thousands of spectators. People
learnt new skills whilst working
alongside professional artists
Pride Stars – Volunteers at the very
heart of Manchester Pride helped us
in all aspects of delivery. They came
from diverse backgrounds, talent,
skills and knowledge and helped us in
fundraising at events, assisted
community and cultural events and
enhanced the work we do. They are
essential to everything we do!
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Events and Initiatives 2016
The Manchester Pride Spring Benefit – A standout ‘must attend’ fundraising event brought together
business leaders, community champions and celebrities in support of LGBT causes. Around c.300
guests attended the event and helped us raise over £21,000.
IDAHOT – In May our supporters donned their running shoes to take part in the Great Manchester
Run for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia and helped us raise over
£2,000.
The Big Weekend – Our Flagship event which saw over 43,000 people come together to celebrate,
with pride, some of the biggest names in music. Thousands of revellers were entertained by the likes
of a whole host of world class performing artists and DJs from the world of dance music.
Superbia – Supported, curated, funded and celebrated LGBT related events across Greater
Manchester with debate, film, comedy, literature, music, sport, theatre, family and community led
projects. We had over 100+ events in 2016!
The Manchester Pride Parade – is a major highlight of the Manchester Pride Festival which had over
4000 people taking part. It has kaleidoscope of colour, floats and marchers showing their support to
the LGBT community and this year it was community inspired and brought together proud sponsors,
public sector, local businesses, community groups marching shoulder to shoulder.
The Candlelit Vigil – Our spiritual heart of the Big Weekend in collaboration with our charity partner
George House Trust had people gather to remember those we lost to HIV and joined hands to fight
the epidemic worldwide and the stigma associated with it.
OUT! – Our new project funded by Heritage Lottery Fund helped us uncover some of the rich
heritage and hidden histories of LGBT life in Manchester and led to a digital mapping of the heritage
trail
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Financial Performance and Governance
2016 has been a formidable year for Manchester Pride. We have received a huge amount of support
from friends, allies and supporters of LGBT people which has enabled us to experience increased
levels of engagement with LGBT people who were not previously in touch with the activities of
Manchester Pride.
The figures below are based on unaudited accounts for the year ending 31st
December 2016. Our full audited
accounts will be made available in 2017
“We thank our Board of Trustees and the Operations team who gave their time freely throughout
the year, whether it was assisting in the office, welcoming visitors to our events or running about
over the Big Weekend helping out in a thousand different ways. We really couldn’t do it without
you!” – Vicken Couligian (Chair of Manchester Pride)
Revenue Festival Expenditure Charity Overheads
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Chair of Trustees Vacancy
Manchester Pride is looking for a new Chair of Trustees to join and lead its Board of Trustees in the year 2017. The term of their current Chair Vicken Couligian comes to an end in December after 8 years as a trustee and 6 as Chair. He has been involved with the charity from its inception and has seen it develop and engage with more people and is looking forward to a successor who will continue to support and make a positive impact on Greater Manchester’s LGBT community.
Role Summary
The new Chair will be responsible for the following key responsibilities:
Provide leadership and direction to the board of Trustees and enable the Board to fulfil its responsibilities for the overall governance and strategic direction of the organisation with regards to the LGBT community
Will ensure that the organisation pursues its objects as defined in its governing document, charity law, company law and other relevant legislation/regulations
Will work in partnership with the Chief Executive and support the employees, helping them achieve the aims of the organisation; and to optimise the relationship between the board of Trustees and the staff
Facilitate the board of trustees in stimulating excellent, well-rounded and carefully considered strategic decision-making and help Manchester Pride to continue its support and impact as in raising awareness; empowering and enriching LGBT organisations, charities and communities in Greater Manchester
Person Description
The Chair will be someone with prior experience of managing a Board of Trustees or managing an organisation. He/she will extend support to the CEO as critical advisor and mentor to help Manchester Pride achieve its objectives.
You will be someone with
Significant Board experience or someone who has been a senior management representative of the Board
Previous Chair experience is desirable although not essential
Passion and commitment towards the LGBT community
Leadership experience and the ability to work collaboratively with people, businesses and community groups
Good, independent judgement, political impartiality and the ability to think creatively in the context of the organisation and external environment
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Time Commitment
The Board meets at least 8 times a year and the Chair is expected to be available to attend at least an additional 8 times in a year. It is important that the Chair is able to visit the organisations office(s) and be available to the Chief Executive on a regular basis. In addition to Board Meetings, other contact – usually electronic or by telephone – will be necessary
Application Process
All applications will be made to Reach Volunteering in the first instance. You will provide the following documentation and email it to [email protected]
1. A CV 2. Covering letter answering the following questions:
a. Explain your motivation to apply and become the Chair of Manchester Pride b. What you feel you would bring to the board as Chair
3. Provide names and contact details of two referees to support your application 4. Signed Declaration in Appendix 1 5. Completed Equal Monitoring Form attached in Appendix 2
Recruitment Timeline
Application closing date – 27.01.2017
Shortlisting process – 03.02.2017
Appointment – March 2017
Contact Details
Reach Volunteering Luke Strachan (TrusteeWorks Manager) 89 Albert Embankment SE1 7TP [email protected] 020 7582 6543
Manchester Pride Suite 9C, Manchester One, 53 Portland St, Manchester M1 3LF
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Appendix 1
DECLARATION (please print this section & attach separately)
(Please delete as appropriate)
Some people are disqualified by law from acting as trustees, including anyone described in section 72(1) of the
Charities Act 1993. I declare that:
I do / do not have an unspent conviction for an offence involving deception or dishonesty;
I am / am not an undischarged bankrupt;
I have / have not previously been removed from trusteeship of a charity by the Court or the Commissioners for misconduct or mismanagement;
I am / am not under a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.
I am / am not disqualified by the Charities Act 1993 (Section 72) from acting as a charity trustee.
I declare that the information within this application is true and accurate. I have read and understood the requirements of becoming a trustee should my application be successful. I understand that if it subsequently discovered that any statement or information is false or misleading, or that I have withheld any relevant information, my application may be disqualified or my appointment revoked.
Signed
Print name Date
Appendix 2
EQUAL MONITORING FORM (please print this section & attach separately)
APPLICATION FORM CONFIDENTIAL
Manchester Pride is committed to supporting the principle of equal opportunities, and operates a robust Equality and Diversity Policy. To help us to monitor the effectiveness of this policy, we request you to fill out this form. This form will be detached and kept separate to your application, and the information held herein will be kept securely and used for analysis purposes only.
Please tick one box in each section.
MONITORING ETHNICITY
Ethnic origin is not about nationality, place of birth or citizenship. It is about colour and broad ethnic
groups. UK citizens can belong to any of the groups indicated.
How would you describe you ethnic origin?
Vacancy Information
Post applied for:
ASIAN or ASIAN BRITISH
Bangladeshi
Indian
Pakistani
Other Asian (please specify)
BLACK
Black African
Black Caribbean
Black British
Black European
Other Black
WHITE
White Eastern European
White British
White Irish
White Western European (non-British)
Other White
CHINESE OR CHINESE BRITISH
Chinese
Chinese British
MIXED HERITAGE
White and Black Caribbean
White and Black African
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AGE
Which age category do you fall into?
DISABILITY
A disabled person is defined in law as someone who has an impairment that has a substantial and long-term
effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities
Do you consider yourself to have a disability or long-term health condition?
GENDER
Would you describe yourself as:
Male Female Transgender
Other Prefer not to say
SEXUAL ORIENTATION Would you describe yourself as:
Bisexual Gay Man Heterosexual
Lesbian Prefer not to say
MARKETING SCREENING Where did you hear about this position? (Please tick where appropriate)
Website (please specify) Word of mouth
Other (please specify)
White and Asian
Other Mixed Race
OTHER
Other Ethnic Background
PREFER NOT TO SAY
Prefer Not to Say
Under 21 22-35 36-45
46-55 55+ Prefer not to say
Yes No Prefer not to Say