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Celebrate Pride Month With Us
You are at your best when you are being you. We celebrate your individuality and what makes you, you!
At NEXT, we know how important it is for you to not only be yourself at work, but to feel comfortable doing so. We create a positive working and learning environment, where you are valued for your contribution and individuality.
Be You and take it on.
NEW Be You Collection
We are really excited to announce our fifth collection Together with The Terrence Higgins Trust, supporting the work they do in ending HIV transmissions by 2030.
This NEW collection consists of two Be You tees, in a timeless black and white colour way. 100% of the profits will be donated to THT.
The white T-shirt can be found in some of our selected flagship stores and both colours will be available online. This is very excting as it's the first time launching our product with THT in store!
The Be You beauty box has returned this year! £2 from each sale will go to the charity too!
Come to Our Pride at NEXT Day Lunch
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Celebrate Pride at NEXT Day with us at Head Office on Friday 27th June with Vicki Vivacious from Ru Paul's Drag Race from 11:45am-1:30pm in The Lounge.
This is an exclusive and ticketed event. Come along for a chance to meet Vicki, a Pride at NEXT themed picnic box, a great atmosphere and a chance to win some prizes!
Find out more on how to get your ticket by clicking below.
How to be a Better Ally and Support Pride Month
Educate yourself and understand the History
Learn about the diverse communities within the LGBTQ+ community here
Stay informed and support current news affecting the community
Join our Pride at NEXT space or Yapster groups
Support Terrence Higgins Trust (THT)
Speak up and support your colleagues if something doesn't feel right
How to Celebrate Pride With Your Team
Check out our department pack below to see how you can express yourself, be an ally and celebrate Pride month with your team! Be You and Let’s Take It On.
Click below to download and print assets for your own celebrations, including bunting, fans, selfie frames, flags and stickers!
Walk Manchester Pride With Us
Join us this year to walk in Manchester Pride. Register your interest below.
Downloadable Wallpapers
Download our new desktop and mobile screensavers to add some Pride into your life!
Terrence Higgins Trust
We're partnered with the Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK's leading HIV and sexual health charity. They support people living with HIV and amplify their voices, and help the people using their services to achieve good sexual health.
We support THT with donations and profits from our Pride collections, to help them on their mission to end all new cases of HIV in the UK by 2030.
We would like to ask you to support this worthy cause with either a regular or one off donation.
About Pride Month
What is Pride?
Pride as we know it today, started as a protest.
In the early hours of June 28th 1969, the Stonewall Inn in New York City was raided by police. Frustrated with police brutality, discrimination and not wanting to lose another LGBTQ+ safe space in the city, the community fought back.
Pride month is celebrated in June, as the anniversary of the Stonewall riots and as a reminder of the power of standing together in defiance of those who seek to divide us.
Pride is known as a celebration of people coming together in love and friendship, to show how far LGBTQ+ rights have come, and highlighting the work that is still to be done, both at home and across the world.
Pride month is about acceptance, equality, celebrating the work of LGBTQ+ people, education in LGBTQ+ history and raising awareness of issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community. It also calls for people to remember how damaging discrimination was and still can be.
Pride is all about being proud of who you are no matter who you love.
Why do we need Pride?
Just eight years ago, the UK's legal framework for LGBTQ+ rights was the pride of Europe. But no longer. As anti-LGBTQ+ narratives have taken hold in our press and politics, the progress we have made has stalled.
Over 1.5 million LGBTQ+ people live in the UK, and the impact on us has been all too real. Hate crimes against our communities have risen drastically in the past few years. With every day that passes, we feel a little less safe going about our lives.
As across the world the rights LGBTQ+ people fought so hard for are slowly being stripped away, Pride is a chance for the community and allies to stand together to show that we’re not going anywhere.
Fifty years after the Stonewall uprising, there's lots for us to celebrate – but there’s also a lot more work that needs to be done. We won’t stop, until everyone, everywhere, can be accepted for who they are - without exception.
