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You're invited to walk with us at the Manchester Pride event on Saturday 23rd August 2025!
This year we're going bigger and better than any other event before - we'll have a fully branded float! We'd love for you to be involved! Be quick to sign up, we're giving the first 50 colleagues who sign up to join us will receive FREE ENTRY to the party in the Village on the day too!
Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity for all of us to unite, show our support and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Click below to register your interest!
If you’ve already signed up, don’t worry you don’t need to again, we'll have your name on our list.
We want to take a moment to reaffirm our unwavering support for you following the recent Supreme Court ruling.
NEXT is committed to creating a safe, respectful, and inclusive workplace. Regardless of any legal developments, your rights, dignity, and place here are fully protected and respected.
We recognise and value your identity, and we continue to stand by our values of equity and inclusion for all employees.
If you have questions, concerns, or simply need someone to talk to, we encourage you to reach out to your LGBT+ Employee Led Community at pride@next.co.uk, your line manager or your HR team. We’d also like to take this opportunity to remind you of the great Trans community below.
We are here to support you, not just in policy, but in practice, every day.
Thank you for being an essential part of the NEXT team.
We want our 7th year to be the biggest and best ever!
We spoke to Andrew about what's on plan for 2025 but we want to hear from you.
Andrew Jurd | Chair of Pride at NEXT
Here are the key ambitions for myself and the committee for the next 12 months:
Hearing from you - This year’s key ambition is to involve each and everyone of you with everything we do. So please let us hear your voice, tell us what you want from your community.
LGBT+ History month - raising awareness of the impact the Pride Community space
has had over the last 6 years and what the people involved over the last 6 years are most proud of.
Pride Month - Working on better representation across the brand for the month of June, including Product, Marketing and events.
Charity Partner - Continuing our relationship with the Terrence Higgins Trust, supporting their aim of now new HIV cases by 2030.
We had a fantastic turn out for Manchester Pride 2024 and all celebrated in style. With our matching t shirts, rainbow flags, fans and sparkle, we took to the streets and showed everyone what it means to be part of Pride, here at NEXT.
We want to thank all of you who joined us and made the day a memorable one!
Read more about how we celebrated pride month and why it is important.
