Pride in Tech 🌈🌈🌈
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Belfast Pride Parade 2019 is set to be the biggest yet – Making a clear statement in favour of Equality by exceeding the record 55,000 people who came out for change last year.
In recent years, a lot of tech companies have shown their support for Equality here, and have organised their staff to walk in the parade.
Having had numerous conversations with companies, startups, and community groups, it has become apparent that so many people in our local tech community want to get involved, but are unable due to the financial element of the parade.
Charged is very excited to announce that we will be walking in Belfast Pride - and we hope people in the local tech scene join us. Whether you’re a small startup, a growing company, or just someone who attends some of the incredible meetups happening in Belfast, we would be honoured to have you walk with us and show your support for the LGBTQ+ folk in our community 🌈
We want to celebrate LGTBQ+ lives by keeping community at the heart of the parade and making is as inclusive as we can.
When: Saturday 3rd August at 1.00pm with the parade build up starting from 11.30am. Come meet us down at Custom House Square 👋
The festival : Belfast Pride Festival is one of the biggest festivals in Belfast and runs over 100 events across 10 days. The festival runs from Friday 26th July and will run to Sunday 4th August with Pride Day and the centrepiece Pride Parade on Saturday 3rd August.
The Parade : The Belfast Pride Parade is the biggest cross community parade in Belfast and the single biggest parade in the city, the main event in the LGBT+ calendar and the one of the key events in Belfast Pride festival. It is a protest and a celebration, a call for equality, a stand for solidarity and a celebration of the lives of LGBT+ people in Belfast.
The Route: The parade leaves at 1.00pm. The route for Belfast Pride Parade 2019 is under review – a new route was introduced for 2018 and outgrew this due to the huge numbers taking part last year and they aim to find the best way to fit everyone in, keep everyone safe and still get maximum Visibility. It will still be going down Royal Avenue and Donegall Place towards City Hall and Belfast Pride will announce the full route as soon as it had been agreed and has passed all crowd safety tests.
The rules: Anyone who takes part in a parade is subject to the Parades Commission’s Code of Conduct which is laid down in the Public Processions (NI) Act 1998. These are legally enforceable Guidelines and breaches can lead to prosecution.
This type of law and its application to Pride parades is unique to Northern Ireland and it is a legacy of the Peace Process and governs parades and marches of any type or size.
Parades Commission’s Code of Conduct for Public Processions and Related Protest Meetings: this explains the official guidance on conduct during parades and aims to ensure that ‘those participating in public processions can do so legally and peacefully while at the same time minimising disruption, annoyance or offence to those who work or live on or near the routes along which they pass’. Please read the Parades Commission Code of Conduct and the Appendices on behaviour during parades, click the link below to read:
Pride in Tech 🌈🌈🌈