Equality and Diversity UK run free online book clubs throughout the year, bringing people together to explore literature that deepens understanding, sparks conversation, and supports meaningful change.
All sessions are held on Zoom and are open to anyone interested in learning, reflection, and inclusion.
Lancashire Cricket Foundation have organised a series of cricket taster events for the LGBTQ+ community.
The sessions are open to anyone (18 years and above) from the LGBTQ+ community or allies who are interested in cricket regardless of ability or experience level.
The session are taking place on 7th, 14th and 21st January 2026, 6pm - 8pm at Abraham Moss Leisure Centre, Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 5UF.
Aim: Support the freelance creatives who made Manchester Pride 2025 unforgettable but were left unpaid.
Manchester Pride 2025 was a celebration of LGBTQ+ creative expression, protest, and love — but behind every magic moment were hundreds of creative freelancers who made it happen.
Now, those same creatives are facing real hardship.
The Greater Manchester voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) Leadership Group are saddened and shocked to learn of the collapse of Manchester Pride, which not only affects the LGBT+ community but also the wider VCFSE sector.
This course introduces the key principles of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and how to apply them to your organisation.
This training will support senior leaders and trustees to embed EDI in their organisation’s culture, practice and services.
Dates: 15th September, 8th October, 26th November, 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Be/Here know that being both neurodivergent and queer can bring unique challenges – and strengths. This free online workshop is a space to explore the overlap between neurodiversity and queerness, share lived experiences, and learn skills to support your wellbeing.
Together, the workshop will look at:
Manchester Histories and Queer Up North, in association with Aviva Studios, present The Long Table with Lois Weaver.
You’re invited to a unique ‘dinner’ party where conversation is the only course. The Long Table Is both an open discussion forum and a performative gathering, inviting participation and observation alike. Take a seat and become a guest for a while – or be in the audience.
The Queer Up North Long Table is an opportunity to celebrate the first decade of one of the UK and Europe’s most groundbreaking LGBTQ+ arts festivals, founded in Manchester.
Salford CVS is organising a series of focus groups on behalf of 10GM to better understand the needs of marginalised groups and their organisations before, during, and after civil contingencies such as floods, wildfires, and pandemics. The outcome of these focus groups will be twofold:
This session is part of AoC's Board Essentials Programme,
Macc’s statement on the Supreme Court Ruling on the legal definition of sex and call to respond to the Equality and Human Right’s Commission’s Code of Practice consultation