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SOMEWHERE: FOR US ISSUE FIFTEEN IS OUT now!
OUR RAINBOW ENTERPRISE NETWORK AND DIRECTORY
OUR RAINBOW ENTERPRISE NETWORK AND DIRECTORY
OUR QUEER QUARTERLY: We are super excited to announce that June will see the publication of issue 15 of Somewhere: For Us magazine, celebrating stories and storytellers across Scotland and beyond! Full of fresh ideas for Pride 2024, we are full to the brim with fabulousness. We hope you enjoy it!
Somewhere: For Us champions LGBTQ+ arts, culture, heritage and enterprise across Scotland and beyond. By becoming a monthly or yearly member you'll receive your very own copy of the magazine, and support us to support LGBTQ+ creatives and enterprises across Scotland Follow us on @Somewhere_ForUs (Twitter and IG)
OUR RAINBOW ENTERPRISE NETWORK AND DIRECTORY
OUR RAINBOW ENTERPRISE NETWORK AND DIRECTORY
OUR RAINBOW ENTERPRISE NETWORK AND DIRECTORY
COVID19: We know the LGBTQ+ community was hit really hard by COVID19, so we are doing our bit to help champion queer spaces and places, and especially to help support LGBTQ+-owned and LGBTQ+-ally businesses.
Launched in November 2020, our pioneering network is now over two years old and growing fast! LGBTQ+ and ally organisations of all sizes and sectors are welcome to join us. Why not make 2023 the year you get involved with our Rainbow Enterprise Network! Get in touch for more information about how to join the network and access exclusive benefits and opportunities designed to connect up our rainbow business community, includes a magazine subscription for you, your staff and your LGBTQ+ and ally staff network members.
Email kath@somewhereedi.org for details, membership tiers and benefits.
Our Pride Consultation project took place across the Cairngorms between Sept 23 and Feb 24
A resounding 342 people out of the 400 participants in the research said they would like see a Pride festival in the Cairngorms
People who took part showed a love for lots of different places in the Park, so a multi-locational festival would work best given the 1800 sq mile area of the Park's geography
We were especially pleased to engage with schools and young people to ensure there were lots of young voices taking part in the project
There were lots of activity ideas put forward, and many nature-led, including queer hiking
Others wanted quieter indoors activities such as queer literature events and reading nooks in safe spaces
There was great enthusiasm for a Gaylidh/Ceilidh as part of a future Pride festival celebrating the Park's queer cultural heritage
It was very important that the LGBTQ+ community itself showed strong support for the festival idea, as well as the considerable ally community
Sadly it was clear from some of the opposition and outdated prejudices which still exist in rural areas, that bringing people together as part of a Pride festival is very important, bridging gaps between communities and increasing understanding and kindness
There are animals as well as humans in the Park, and now there are more than 1500 species recognised to have LGBTQ+ communities, it's time to celebrate them as well!
Our brand new 2024 Somewhere at the Fringe Guide is out now!
We're delighted to be part of the Scottish LGBTI+ Rainbow Mark Partnership supporting visible safe spaces in Scotland. Pic: Paul Campbell
FINALIST: Media Award category
3rd place WINNER: Magazine Cover of the Year 2021 at PPA Scotland Awards (public vote)
FINALIST - Diversity and Inclusion category 2021
Finalist - Start Up of the Year, Creative Edinburgh Awards 2021
Finalist - One to Watch category, Social Enterprise Scotland Awards 2021
OUR ONGOING PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS
RESEARCH: Collaborative Doctoral Award
RESEARCH: Collaborative Doctoral Award
RESEARCH: Collaborative Doctoral Award
NEW CULTURAL ENTERPRISE LGBTQ+ PHD FOR SCOTLAND
Through our links with the Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities, we have been named Partner Organisation in a brand new Collaborative Doctoral Award starting this October, focusing on Cultural Geographies of LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurship in Scotland.
We are delighted to be working alongside our Academic Partners in the Department of Geography at the University of Edinburgh.
And a huge welcome to Rowan Rush-Morgan, our doctoral research student.
ENTERPRISE: Scholarship and Mentoring
RESEARCH: Collaborative Doctoral Award
RESEARCH: Collaborative Doctoral Award
SCHOLARSHIP & MENTORING: LGBT+ FIRST FOR SCOTLAND
In 2019, a joint partnership between Somewhere and University of Edinburgh Business School co-created Scotland's first LGBT+ MBA Scholarship and Mentoring Programme.
After a very successful three years, supporting mentees Teale Failla, Xingjian Wang and Henry Arevalo, the Somewhere scholarship continues this year with new mentee Claire Sarafilovic on the EMBA programme for 2022-2024.
CULTURE: Somewhere At The Fringe
RESEARCH: Collaborative Doctoral Award
CULTURE: Somewhere At The Fringe
Somewhere: At the Fringe
A GROWING COLLABORATIVE SUCCESS
Our yearly campaign supporting the 5% of shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe made for, by or about the LGBTQ+ community goes from strength to strength. Our 2019 campaign built on the success of 2018, with a fantastic team of volunteer interviewers and reviewers. In 2020, through our funded PhD internship with the University of Glasgow, we carried out a Community Consultation survey to build a more inclusive LGBTQ+ Fringe for 2021 and beyond. The legacy of this work is a new Strategic Partnership with the Fringe Society, now in its third year.
NEWS ARCHIVE FROM 2020
PRIDE MONTH blog
CULTURAL PRACTICE article
PRIDE MONTH blog
Lives, Livelihoods and Progress
A blog for Emerald Publishing on the effect of COVID19 on LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs and businesses
AGRESPECT pledge
CULTURAL PRACTICE article
PRIDE MONTH blog
SRUC makes Agrespect pledge
Our Founder Kath is part of the SRUC team cementing their commitment to equality and diversity in the rural sector
CULTURAL PRACTICE article
CULTURAL PRACTICE article
CULTURAL PRACTICE article
A blog for the Institute of Cultural Practice's magazine talking about our new work with Edinburgh University