PRIDE EVENTS 2008
Reading Pride
Well the sun was out in force for this the 5th Reading Pride event. This is the second year that Reading held their parade through the town which members may want to join in next year.
TVGPA were in attendance with our now famous gazebo, which this year was doubled up with another gazebo. Also in the TVGPA gazebo was Berkshire East Community Cohesion Unit and Gay Berkshire LGBT network. TVGPA also extended its welcome to British Transport Police and invited them to participate on our stand.
A great day was had by all and lots of networking community safety and recruitment advice was given out together with local partnership crime prevention aides.
Oxford Pride
Well its Pride Season again and we have been busy making preperations to attend as many events as we can get to. On 12th July 2008 we attended Oxford Pride. This was the first year that the event 
organisers arranged a parade through the town past many of the gay venues. We attended with our gazebo and liaised with many community members and gave out a number of recruitement packs. This was also the ideal opportunity to promote our buddy scheme and many cards were given out to people considering becoming part of the Thames Valley Police Family. Despite the rain and clouds a great day was had by all and this was a very sucessful 'Pride' event.
PRIDE EVENTS 2007
Oxford Pride Festival
This was the first of the Pride Events that TVGPA attended in 2007. For once the sun turned out to shine down on the event. Volunteers from both the Excutive Committee and members attended the event to work on our stand to promote the TVGPA and also to promote Community Safety and Recruitment.
There were many stands in the market place including Crown Prosecution Service, Oxford Friend, HALT (Homophobic Awareness Liaison Team), Terrence Higgins Trust, Unison and many more..............
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London Pride
Members of TVGPA attended a very wet London Pride March and together with colleagues from across the country marched through the centre of london. Despite being very damp, spirits were high and a good day was had by all.
Reading Pride Festival
Saturday 8th September saw the 4th Reading Pride Festival which for the first year consisted of a Pride Parade as well as the main festival event. This years event saw over 6000 people attend.
TVGPA attended the event in all our glory (as you can see from the picture) to promote diversity, community safety and recruitment on behalf of Thames Valley Police.
The event also had representatives from Thames Valley Police Community & Diversity Officers, Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, Hampshire Police, UNISON, Crown Prosecution Service, Prison Service, BeYou, Gay Oxford, Gay Surrey and local community groups.
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Outburst Black Pride Festival
the Renaissance Rooms in Vauxhall hosting the First Outburst UK Black Pride Festival, a voluntary community organisation dedicated to nurturing pride and unity within the BLGBT community in the
TVGPA attended this event with our display boards and also took along the TVBPA display board, to promote diversity on behalf of the Thames Valley Police. The organisers kindly promoted both the TVGPA and the TVBPA on their website
The event consisted of various artists including Angie BROWN, Kory McLEOD, X-Factors Rowetta and Ashley McKENZIE, Hayley ELLIOTT and many more. The event also held a fashion parade. 410 people attended the event and it is hoped that this event will run every year.
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