Pride Display Competition
On June 1st, we’re launching our 4th Annual Pride Display Competition. We invite charity retailers across the world to create and share fabulous displays, celebrating Pride and showing support for their LGBTQ+ communities.
To support shop teams in understanding the history and significance of Pride, we’ve pulled together some history and links for you, which you can access below.
Last Year’s 1st Place Winners – Highland Hospice Forres Shop, 2024
Discounted Inclusive Visual Merchandising resource
We’re also making our webinar recording on Using Visual Merchandising to Drive Inclusivity and Community Engagement half price from now until the end of July. The recording has lots of great hints and tips on how to create an inclusive and welcoming space for everyone, all year round.
You can purchase the course on our site for just £17.50 plus VAT per person – or if you’re a Charity Retail Learning subscriber, it’s absolutely free as part of your package.
More about Pride
Vicki at London Pride, 1992
Jayne at Pride, 1993
Gay Pride, also known as LGBTQ+ Pride, is rooted in a powerful legacy of resistance and celebration. Its origins trace back to the early morning of June 28, 1969, when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Tired of harassment, the LGBTQ+ community fought back, sparking the Stonewall Uprising – a pivotal moment in the modern gay rights movement.
In 1970, to commemorate the first anniversary of the uprising, activists organised the first Pride marches in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. These early demonstrations were both defiant and hopeful, emphasising visibility and equal rights at a time when homosexuality was still criminalised and stigmatised.
Throughout the decades, Pride evolved into a global movement. It expanded to include a wider range of identities, highlighting the diversity within the community. What began as protest grew into both celebration and remembrance: a time to honour progress, mourn losses from HIV/AIDS and hate crimes, and demand further change.
Today, Pride features parades, activism, and art worldwide. At its heart, Pride remains a call for equality, dignity, and love—rooted in resistance and resilience.
As we see LGBTQ+ rights beginning to be dialled back and under threat, there’s never been a more important time to make a stand and show our support.
Love is Love 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💗
To learn more about Pride, click the links below:
- After fifty years of Pride, what should we fight for next? | Stonewall
- Stonewall at 50 documentary
- HRC | Being an LGBTQ+ Ally
- How to celebrate Pride Month in the workplace
How to enter
Send pictures of your Pride displays – they can be windows, in-store, pop up or online – to hello@thecharityretailconsultancy.co.uk by the 19th of July. Every week we’ll share your entries on our YouTube channel and socials, and the winners will be announced shortly afterwards.
More About Us
The Charity Retail Consultancy helps charity retailers and other non-profits be their brilliant best.
Charity Retail Learning provides online & face to face training developed by charity retailers, for charity retailers. We work in partnership with the Charity Retail Association to deliver training to their members and beyond.
The Charity Retail Coach – Dan O’Driscoll and Katie Duckworth offer a first class executive and aspiring coaching service
The Charity Retail Merchandiser – Kat Maclennan helps you create stunning and profitable displays in store and online
To find out more or to speak to us about how we can help you, please get in touch:
hello@thecharityretailconsultancy.co.uk
Jayne – 07598 243210
Vicki – 07985 574904
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