SOMEWHERE: FOR US ISSUE TWO IS OUT NOW!
OUR RAINBOW ENTERPRISE NETWORK AND DIRECTORY
OUR RAINBOW ENTERPRISE NETWORK AND DIRECTORY
OUR QUEER QUARTERLY: We are super excited about the latest bumper issue of our new Somewhere: For Us magazine with its iconic cover, in special collaboration with Beano Studios! You can get your copy here!
Having launched in November 2020, each magazine features four sections: Arts, Culture, Heritage and Enterprise as we shine a spotlight on all these aspects of LGBTQ+ life across Scotland and beyond.
By becoming a monthly or yearly member you'll receive your very own copy of the magazine, a free gift and you'll contribute to our new LGBTQ+ funds. At nearly 100 pages, Issue 2 is even bigger than our launch issue! Follow us on Twitter at @Somewhere_ForUs for updates :)
OUR RAINBOW ENTERPRISE NETWORK AND DIRECTORY
OUR RAINBOW ENTERPRISE NETWORK AND DIRECTORY
OUR RAINBOW ENTERPRISE NETWORK AND DIRECTORY
COVID19: We know the LGBTQ+ community has been 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.
We've been waiting for lockdown to ease so we could get our new Rainbow Enterprise Network up and running!
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+ staff network members.
Email kath@somewhereedi.org for details, membership tiers and benefits.
FUNDING FOR YOU: OUR NEW GRANTS SCHEME
OUR RAINBOW ENTERPRISE NETWORK AND DIRECTORY
FUNDING FOR YOU: OUR NEW GRANTS SCHEME
COMMUNITY FUNDS: Up to 20% of all membership income goes into our new Somewhere: Funding for You grants scheme. As well as creating a fabulous new quarterly publication, we are founding two new LGBTQ+ funds for Scotland, enabling LGBTQ+ and ally creatives, researchers and business owners to thrive authentically.
The Somewhere: Arts and Culture Fund has already supported three new and emerging LGBTQ+ creatives with paid commissions for our launch issue and Issue 2.
The Somewhere: Enterprise and Research Fund will soon be supporting LGBTQ+ start-up entrepreneurs and business owners, and provide a means to create new research. This will be linked into our Rainbow Enterprise Network.
OUR ONGOING PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS
RESEARCH: Collaborative Doctoral Award announced
RESEARCH: Collaborative Doctoral Award announced
RESEARCH: Collaborative Doctoral Award announced
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 announced
RESEARCH: Collaborative Doctoral Award announced
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 first year, supporting our inaugural mentee, Teale Failla, the programme has just started for 2020/21.
Somewhere is delighted to be mentoring this year's scholarship recipient, and we extend a big welcome to Xingjian Wang, who joins us from China
CULTURE: Somewhere At The Fringe
RESEARCH: Collaborative Doctoral Award announced
RESEARCH: LGBTQ+ enterprise focus
SATF 2020:
A GROWING SUCCESS
Our yearly campaign supporting the 5% of shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe made for, by or about the LGBTQ+ community. 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 will be announced soon.
RESEARCH: LGBTQ+ enterprise focus
RESEARCH: LGBTQ+ enterprise focus
RESEARCH: LGBTQ+ enterprise focus
NEW LGBTQ+ RESEARCH:
2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021
Somewhere is a research-led social enterprise and is contributing to research, knowledge and understanding of LGBTQ+ equality, diversity and inclusion issues.
As well as our Arts and Culture Fund, we also have a new Enterprise and Research Fund and associated initiatives, which will be launched and rolled out from February 2021.
We continue to actively expand our research collaborations with HEIs across Scotland and have close links with the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH).
CULTURE: Community Partnerships
RESEARCH: LGBTQ+ enterprise focus
CULTURE: Community Partnerships
LAVENDER MENACE RETURNS: 2019, 2020, 2021
Somewhere is delighted to be a community partner in the exciting new plans to reimagine and relaunch the famous Lavender Menace LGBT bookshop as a queer archive and blog.
The bookshop was a first for Scotland, and its founders, Bob and Sigrid, are much-loved community role models, and a big part of Scotland's LGBTQ+ cultural heritage.
As well as supporting Lavender Menace on their journey to becoming a new community interest company, there are permanent Lavender Menace pages in our Somewhere: For Us magazine.
CULTURE: LGBT History Month 2021
RESEARCH: LGBTQ+ enterprise focus
CULTURE: Community Partnerships
LGBT YOUTH SCOTLAND'S LGBTQ+ HERITAGE FESTIVAL
The annual LGBT+ History Month programme of events is a fantastic opportunity to strengthen our knowledge and understanding of LGBTQ+ history past and present.
Somewhere is here to shout about all the fantastic work taking place across Scotland each February.
Given life in lockdown has been especially tough in 2020, we are really looking forward to LGBT History Month 2021 to be able to rejoin our communities online for a month of exciting events.
Keep an eye out for ours as we have a special surprise in store!
OTHER NEWS 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
WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO
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Big Lottery funded
community consultation work
2016 and 2017 - through the Somewhere MCR pilot project
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