Bridgwater Community Pride

28/10/2026

Hello everyone!

We have our first meeting happening on Friday! If you are interested in helping us put on a pride next year, please give us a message or email us at [email protected] to find out information and where we’ll be!

We hope to see as many of you as possible join us in this year because pride is needed more than ever! ❤️

We need YOU!

After teaming up with Pride on Sea and helping them put on their pride on Burnham on Sea, we’re pleased to say that we’re teaming up once again to bring pride back to Bridgwater in 2027!

However, we need more help in the planning process.

We’re looking for people that truly care and understand why pride is needed. We need people to come onto the BCP committee and help us plan, fundraise and spread the word about the return of Bridgwater Community Pride next year. This is all volunteer work.

If you’re interested in joining us, please email [email protected]

We’ll be planning a meeting ASAP in a safe space of which we will send out emails for people who are interested in joining us!

15/10/2026

And so it begins.

The planning process for next year is slowly starting to move along and we have a date in mind….

Saturday 14th August 2027!

Fingers crossed we can nab that date and bring you all a summer pride!

If you are wanting to sponsor Bridgwater Community Pride, or donate to BCP, please get in touch by either giving us a message on here or email us at [email protected]

Together, we’re stronger! ❤️

01/10/2026

We need YOU!

After teaming up with Pride on Sea and helping them put on their pride on Burnham on Sea, we’re pleased to say that we’re teaming up once again to bring pride back to Bridgwater in 2027!

However, we need more help in the planning process.

We’re looking for people that truly care and understand why pride is needed. We need people to come onto the BCP committee and help us plan, fundraise and spread the word about the return of Bridgwater Community Pride next year. This is all volunteer work.

If you’re interested in joining us, please email [email protected]

We’ll be planning a meeting ASAP in a safe space of which we will send out emails for people who are interested in joining us!

07/09/2026

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03/09/2026

Please give them a message if you’d like to volunteer!

🫵 WE NEED YOUR HELP 🫵

We’re looking for volunteers to help us create the most loving, safe and supportive day on Saturday 12th September.

We believe that the community are stronger together, and so we’re reaching out to you all to help us.

Things you can help with
- marshalling the pride march
- helping us set up and set down
- litter picking
- checking the toilets
- keeping an eye on everything around

If you’re interested in helping out Pride on Sea this year, please either message the page or email us at [email protected]

Together, we’re stronger! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️

02/09/2026

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🌈 ❤️ come and join us at St Andrew’s Church in Burnham-on-Sea on Monday 7th September for a Rainbow Service at 7pm ❤️ 🌈

St Andrew’s Church have once again shown their love and support for Pride on Sea by putting on an inclusive rainbow service. We appreciate the support so much!

We hope to see you there!

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30/08/2026

This is why pride still needs to happen. We will stand tall. We will not back down. Sending love to the person who was unfortunately attacked. We will always stand by your side.

PLEASE SHARE THIS FAR AND WIDE
It’s easy to show up for Pride when there are flags flying, music playing, performances to share and glitter on our faces.

BUT, we are heartbroken today and this is when showing up really matters.

Last night, a member of our Pride community was surrounded by a group and violently attacked close to her home in the Cale Park area of Wincanton. She has been left with a split lip, a black eye and bruised ribs. Her family have told us this is being treated as a hate crime.

We won’t name her. But we want you to know something about her. She came to her first Sherborne Pride alone, without telling her mum.

One of our team spoke to her that day. Afterwards, when we were all emotional and swapping the moments and people we’d remember, she was one of them. The brilliant human in the knight’s helmet with the rainbow Christmas tree, right at the front of our parade, beside us. Someone we remembered for being brave enough to come alone.

This year’s Pride her mum knew about Sherborne Pride and proudly came along with her, I personally met her on the day and shared a beautiful conversation.

Last night, her mum reached out to us for help.

That has broken our hearts. Because this is why Pride exists.

Not just for the sequins and the party. For the night somebody is attacked. For the morning after. For the frightened parent who doesn’t know how to make people listen. For making damn sure that hate is not allowed to happen quietly.

So today we need our community — and everyone who has ever stood beside it — to be loud.

Share what happened. Share this post. Help it travel beyond our own little corner of the internet. Help make sure it is seen, recorded and heard by the people with the responsibility and power to act. The police MUST act.

If you witnessed the attack or have information that could help identify those responsible, please contact the police. Please do not speculate publicly, name individuals or take matters into your own hands.

To the very brave human recovering today: you walked into Pride alone once.

You are not standing alone now.

Love lives here. And when hate shows up, so do we. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

30/08/2026

Less than 2 weeks to go! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨ 13 days to go! ✨🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

👀 Want to plan your day? Well look no further because here is what we've got in store for you this year at Manor Gardens!

We'll bring you more info about the acts performing this year over the next week, but in the meantime, heres when you can catch your favourites on the main stage!

😍 We are hosted this year by the fantastic Mrs Robinson

👑 We've got the fabulous Elise joining us for a magnificent time, and Kyle Finn is bound to give us a set of feel good bops to keep the party going!

🎸 Our bands this year are Chelsey Dee's Wildhearts, the amazing voice of Lianne Vessier!

🎤 We are Thrilled to announce that the incredible Corky is bringing his Agricultural Hip Hop to Pride-on-Sea this year as our Headliner!

👀 If that wasn't enough, we are kicking off the day with ✨ The Cher Experience✨ who is bound to give us the hits that we all love to open Pride with a glittery bang!

🌈 Phew! This is shaping up to be an incredible celebration of love, inclusion and acceptance! Clear your diaries, because you don't want to miss a second ⌚️

18/08/2026

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‼️ 📢 26 DAYS TIL PRIDE ON SEA 📢‼️

Pride on Sea is rapidly approaching us and we wanted to give a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this year so far!

From the fantastic folks who showed interest in having a stall with us (and their patience while we get everything organised), to the wonderful acts who have reached out to us and are helping to fill our lineup (watch this space 👀), to the folks who have very kindly donated to our crowdfunder! We consider ourselves incredibly lucky to be in a position where we can celebrate the lgbtqia+ community in Highbridge and Burnham-on-Sea, and further afield!

Saying this, we still need your help to make Pride on Sea happen and be the best it can!

Our crowdfunder is still open for another 19 days. Everything that is donated to it goes to ensuring that this Pride will be a fantastic event for everyone involved! It will help us fund our acts, our stage and our security!

The link to our crowdfunder is: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/pride-on-sea-highbridge-and-burnham-on-sea

We are also still looking for sponsors! Anything and everything would absolutely help us out, even just a poster in the window! If you are interested in sponsoring Pride on Sea, please email us at [email protected]

Once again, we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We've been working hard to get Pride on Sea ready for everyone, but we couldnt have done any of what we have already without you!

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