Paul Elgood, chair of the Rainbow Fund said:
“The grants panel wanted to ensure the maximum community impact for the money donated. We are pleased to be supporting the Community Safety Forum in their work tackling what has become the leading current issue for our community.”
Michael Deol, owner of Revenge and Director of Pride said:
“We are delighted to link up with our charity partners, the Rainbow Fund, to ensure the maximum charitable benefit from Pride for the city’s LGBT and HIV communities.
“We are particularly keen to see money targeted to tackle community safety issues, following the worrying increase in attacks in the St James’s Street area. We hope that this investment will help to turn the tide on this issue.”
Billie Lewis, Vice Chair of the Forum said:
“The voice of the victims continue not to be heard. We hope this professionally administered service will encourage all victims of Hate Crime to gain confidence to report to the police and speak out if the system does not serve them well.”