Southend-on-SEA Pride

1. TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:- THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION IN RELATION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS, INTERSEX, QUEER, QUESTIONING (LGBT) AND ALLIES AND ASSOCIATES LIVING WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTHEND-ON-SEA;- CHALLENGING HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, OR ANY ASSOCIATED NEGATIVE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR WITHIN SOCIETY;- WORKING WITH PARTNERS AND ORGANISATIONS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, IN DEVELOPING INITIATIVES THAT WILL ENHANCE AND SAFEGUARD LGBT PEOPLE'S LIVES, ENSURING THEIR INCLUSION IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE, AND THAT THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED;- ADVANCING EDUCATION, RAISING AWARENESS AND PROMOTING A CULTURE BASED ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.2. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTHEND-ON-SEA BY PREVENTING LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS, INTERSEX, QUEER, QUESTIONING PEOPLE (LGBT) AND ALLIES AND ASSOCIATES FROM BEING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY;3. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD MENTAL HEALTH IN THE CITY OF SOUTHEND-ON-SEA AMONG THOSE SUFFERING FROM, OR AT RISK OF SUFFERING FROM, MENTAL ILL-HEALTH AND WHO ARE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER THROUGH PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT AND SIGNPOSTING TO OTHER APPROPRIATE SERVICES.