LGBTQIA+ people and communities experience poorer outcomes including mental health, physical health, education, safety, economics, and access due to exclusion, stigma, legal and policy barriers and a range of other compounding factors.
Myriad people, organisations, and projects are working tirelessly to improve outcomes, but there are range of resourcing and capacity challenges standing in the way.
Without adequate capacities, effective action cannot be taken and queer communities will continue to experience poorer outcomes.
of LGBTQIA+ initiatives have insufficient resources to achieve their strategic goals
of LGBTQIA+ initiatives need support to build their capacities.
We are the only organisation to exclusively provide bespoke, capacity support based on initiatives’ unique needs and gaps.
Pride by Side builds the capacities of initiatives by connecting them to experts, resources, knowledge, and networks to help address their specific challenges. Areas of capacity include impact and evaluation, business and finance, user and ecosystem, branding and communications, systems and processes, people and culture, and intersectional LGBTQIA+ perspectives.
In short, we make sure those trying to improve outcomes for LGBTQIA+ people and communities have the skills, knowledge, and resources they need to achieve their goals.
We measure our work primarily through:
These hero metrics are supported by a (much) larger impact framework (v4.0). Click on the image below to see the full PDF:
Our work can be understood through our 12 strategic goals grouped into 4 pillars of work. For more information see our latest strategic direction v1.1.
1 · We learn
1.1 · We deepen our understanding of LGBTQIA+ initiatives' capacity needs.
1.2 · We deepen our understanding of capacity builders.
1.3 · We deepen our understanding of capacity-building practice.
2 · We support
2.1 · We meet the capacity needs of LGBTQIA+ initiatives—prioritising need.
2.2 · We support LGBTQIA+ initiatives in unpacking their own capacity needs.
2.3 · We connect LGBTQIA+ initiatives to other capacity-building opportunities.
3 · We amplify
3.1 · We grow the Pride by Side community and strengthen our role in the LGBTQIA+ ecosystem.
3.2 · We mature others' understanding of LGBTQIA+ capacity and capacity building.
3.3 · We celebrate and platform the work and impact of our ecosystem.
4 · We evolve
4.1 · We fortify Pride by Side's own organisational capacity.
4.2 · We interrogate the impact of our work.
4.3 · We evolve our work based on evidence.
Workshops
Design and facilitation of workshops and learning sessions to support LGBTIQ+ initiatives.
Capacity building advocacy
Advocating for programs to allocate resources to queer initiatives. e.g. funding or opportunities.
Research
Leading or collaborating research efforts to better understand the needs of LGBTIQ+ initiatives.
Community building
Curation of events and other opportunities for LGBTIQ+ initiatives to meet, share, connect, and learn.
Collation of resources
Centralising knowledge, opportunities, and resourcing. e.g. LGBTIQ+ initiative database.
As our work is bespoke depending on who we collaborate with, what "we do" can look different at different times. Below explains the type of work we do to help build capacity and community.
Examples of what can happen when we directly pair initiatives with experts:
Strategic development
Creation of a strategic plan or artefacts. e.g. government engagement strategy.
Operational execution
Provision of additional logistical capacity to help deliver key work. e.g. social media experts to create content.
Mentoring
One-to-one support and coaching as a "sage on the side". e.g. leadership mentoring, feedback loops, etc.
Examples of other work Pride by Side leads to help support the LGBTIQ+ sector beyond matching initiatives to expertise:
Workshops
Design and facilitation of workshops and learning sessions to support LGBTIQ+ initiatives.
Capacity building advocacy
Advocating for programs to allocate resources to queer initiatives. e.g. funding or opportunities.
Research
Leading or collaborating research efforts to better understand the needs of LGBTIQ+ initiatives.
Community building
Curation of events and other opportunities for LGBTIQ+ initiatives to meet, share, connect, and learn.
Collation of resources
Centralising knowledge, opportunities, and resourcing. e.g. LGBTIQ+ initiative database.
NB: Pride by Side does not provide funding. However, we can, for example, pair an initiative with an expert who to help develop a funding strategy.
She/her
Olivia is a social entrepreneur and impact practitioner based in Sydney. She is admitted as a lawyer and works for the Australian Pro Bono Centre, the peak for pro bono legal work.
A Foundation for Young Australians Young Social Pioneer and winner of a Good Design Award for Social Impact, she uses her backgrounds in social impact, design, policy, law and entrepreneurship for innovative approaches to social and legal change.
He/him
Lee Crockford is a social impact advisor and non-executive director working to solve complex global challenges through co-design, impact measurement, and behaviour change.
His work spans mental health, education, environment, technology, and justice across private, public, and non-profit sectors. He is a strategist, speaker, and facilitator.
He/him
Ravi is an experienced marketing professional with a focus on strategic communications and stakeholder relations.
He is passionate about equity, social justice and making a difference in the community.
"We were consistently impressed and grateful to the spur: team for both the way in which they worked with us throughout the project, and the quality of the outputs.
This project has developed very tangible outputs for a really important area of our work!"
· BRIDGET BARKER, FAIRER VICTORIA
Expert
"Pride by Side are so wonderful to work with. The process is easy, smooth, and stress-free. We cannot thank them enough for the fantastic work they do for nonprofits and small teams.
The initiative and the pairing experience also foster such valuable connection, up-skilling, and goodwill in the community and beyond."
· Adrian Tuazon-McCheyne, The Equality Project
INITIATIVE
"Pride By Side were the perfect intermediaries to help us expand our initiative into LGBTIQ+ causes whilst offering a supportive environment for us to better understand the cultural nuances."
· Helena Grima-Barraza, THE PILLAR INITIATIVE
Expert
"As a small charity operating on a shoestring budget we needed support for our social media marketing. The experience was efficient, seamless, and handsfree and we came away with an invaluable piece of marketing strategy for our digital comms.
Pride by Side's mission to help build the capacity of LGBTIQ+ charities like us is such a great initiative that serves our under-resourced communities. We highly recommend Pride by Side!"
· Adrian Tuazon-McCheyne, The Equality Project
INITIATIVE
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