Supporting Prides in 2023

UNISON South East is proudly sponsoring a number of Prides across the region in 2023, including Canterbury, Dover and Hastings.

The UNISON South East LGBT+ self-organised group (SOG) is pleased to be an official sponsor of the following Prides this Summer:

Canterbury Pride Sat 10 June
Brighton Trans Pride Sat 15 July
New Forest Pride Sat 19 August
Dover Pride Sat 26 August
Hastings Pride Sun 27 August

We will be out in numbers at each of these events, so please come and join us if you can.

If you would like to get involved, support our work, and join UNISON at any of the above events, please email UNISON South East regional organiser Michael Etheridge for more details.


The Regional LGBT+ SOG is unable to sponsor every Pride in the region, but we encourage UNISON branches and activists to get involved and attend their local Prides.

Here’s when some of the major events around the South East will be taking place in 2023.

Chichester Pride Sat 27 May
Oxford Pride Sat 3 June
Portsmouth Pride Sat 10 June
Worthing Pride Sat 8 June
Isle of Wight Pride Fri 14 – Sun 16 July
Eastbourne Pride Sat 29 July
Brighton Pride Fri 4 – Mon 7 August
Tonbridge Pride Sat 5 August
Margate Pride Sat 12 August
Medway Pride Mon 14 – Sat 19 August
Crawley Pride Sat 19 August
Southampton Pride Sat 26 August
Reading Pride Sat 2 September
Milton Keynes Pride Sat 9 September
Pride in Surrey (Reigate) Sat 9 September

If your branch would like to find out more about sponsoring your local Pride then please contact Micheal.

Find out more about UNISON South East’s LGBT+ work