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“Highbury demonstrates its commitment to go
beyond mere compliance with equality legislation,
and to actively promote equality and celebrate
diversity throughout the College’s many activities.
We place equality and diversity, and tackling
discrimination, at the heart of our work and
champion these by:
s PROMOTING EQUALITY
s PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND
staff that is free from discrimination
s CHALLENGING AND ERADICATING INEQUALITY AND
discrimination
s EMBRACING AND CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY OF OUR
students, staff and local communities
s PROMOTING EQUALITY IN OUR POLICIES PROCEDURES
plans and practices”
Contact Details
www.highbury.ac.uk
hr@highbury.ac.uk
SUMMER 2012
30
Bourne Free back
for another celebration
of diversity
What is Bourne Free?
Bourne Free is Bournemouth’s LGBT Pride
Festival. It is an annual celebration of all
diversities that live in Bournemouth and the
constant strive towards universal equality for
all through entertainment and awareness.
Why did Bourne Free start?
Bourne Free was originally set up in 2004
when a far right organisation was due to
come to Bournemouth and preach that
homosexuality was wrong. Many promi-
nent figures and active members of the gay
communities in the area came together to
organise an event in the Lower Gardens to
protect the gay communities from the bigots
and keep them together for a day of celebra-
tion, rather than of hostility.
The event included entertainers perform-
ing at The Bandstand to support diversity, a
balloon release with a 2 minute silence for
victims of hate crime and Bournemouth’s
first Gay Pride march. By the end of the
day those that had come together just a
few weeks before the preachers came to
Bournemouth, the Bourne Free Committee,
felt that they could have done even more if
they had more time.
It was decided that the committee would
get back together and repeat the event
every year, but as an official charity with
designated roles. Bourne Free would
become an annual celebration in the heart
of Bournemouth for everyone to see the
diversities in the community and to enjoy a
variety of entertainment. In 2006, the title
of the event was changed to the Bourne Free
Pride Festival.
Who is Bourne Free?
The Bourne Free committee consists of
trustees and volunteers plus a large number
of contributors from the LGBT community
across Bournemouth and Dorset. Bourne
Free is a registered charity and has no paid
staff. To volunteer your time, visit the web-
site for more details - www.bournefree.co.uk
On Saturday 14th July the celebrations will
start with a parade from West Cliff (Monkey
Island), through the centre of the town,
continuing towards the Triangle. The theme
this year is Royalty so dig out your tiara and
meet at Monkey Island for midday.