FOI Request 2194

Subject: Pride Month 2025

Status: Complete

Date received: July 2025

Question Asked:

This is an information request relating to Pride month 2025.

Please include the following information:

• Whether any events have been organised for Pride month. If so please provide the date, start and end time, and title/topic of the event

• Whether any LGBT themed merchandise has been purchased for Pride month. i.e. since the beginning of the 2025/26 financial year. If so please provide me with information on what has been purchased and the cost

• Whether the organisation have sponsored any Pride events. If so which events and please provide details of the nature of the sponsorship (particularly the financial value)

Our Response:

Please see our response below to your Freedom of Information Request.

• Whether any events have been organised for Pride month. If so please provide the date, start and end time, and title/topic of the event

  Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service did not organise any LGBT+ pride events of its own during Pride Month 2025.

• Whether any LGBT themed merchandise has been purchased for Pride month. i.e. since the beginning of the 2025/26 financial year. If so please provide me with information on what has been purchased and the cost

  A quantity of stickers, whistles and keyrings to the total value of £3,248.65 has been purchased from a budget ringfenced for local campaign and community engagement work.

• Whether the organisation have sponsored any Pride events. If so which events and please provide details of the nature of the sponsorship (particularly the financial value)

  Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service has provided £500.00 sponsorship in support of Chester Pride, an organisation which it and other local public sector help to found more than 10 years ago.

Outcome: Information Provided

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO