FOI - Pride in London [Oct 2026]

1. Funding agreement
Please provide the executed current funding agreement with the organisation delivering Pride in London for 2023-24 to 2027-28, including its current schedules setting out:
a) funding conditions;
b) key performance indicators and milestones;
c) monitoring and reporting requirements;
d) community-engagement requirements; and
e) provisions for withholding, recovering or terminating funding.

2. Community-engagement study
Paragraphs 1.14–1.15 of MD2984 state that the GLA commissioned a study to consider how more effective and robust community engagement should be incorporated into the
funding agreement and its KPIs. Please provide the final study or report.

3. Monitoring and annual review
Please provide:
a) the most recent completed monitoring, performance or evaluation report concerning the recipient’s delivery of Pride in London; and
b) the final outcome or decision record from the most recent completed annual funding agreement review, including the revised KPI or milestone plan resulting from that
review.
I seek only the most recent completed record under each part, not drafts or routine correspondence.

4. Payments
Please provide any existing payment schedule, grant-claim record or equivalent summary held on the central grant file showing the amounts paid to the recipient during 2025-26 and 2026-27 to the date of this request.
I do not require the GLA to create a new breakdown if no such summary is held.

5. Equality consideration
Please provide the most recent final equality impact assessment, equality analysis or equality screening record held on the central grant or decision file concerning the
funding agreement or the GLA’s support for Pride in London.
This includes any consideration recorded within that document of sex, religion or belief, sexual orientation, differing views within the communities concerned, conflicts between
protected characteristics or beliefs, or institutional endorsement of contested propositions. I am seeking the existing document, not a new explanation.

6. Review following the Supreme Court judgment

Our response

1. We are withholding the requested funding agreement under section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, which exempts information where its disclosure would, or would
be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person, including the public authority holding the information and third parties.

In response to your particular points above please find the information below.
 

Project objectives
The GLA funding is to contribute specifically for the planning, management and delivery of the community engagement strategy, the Parade and the Trafalgar Square
Celebration event. In doing so the Recipient shall also:
 

Open Community and Stakeholder Engagement
i. Maintain and develop good community relationships
ii. Actively consult across the LGBTQI+ community on plans for the Pride event and demonstrate the impact of this engagement.

Operational Planning & Delivery
i. Procure an experienced Event Production Company
ii. Organise and deliver the Pride Parade in central London
iii. Organise and deliver events and a programme of entertainment following the Pride Parade. Current locations include Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, Golden Square, Soho and St Giles Churchyard* (*NB. exact locations may be subject to change over the course of the period and a subject to landowner approvals)
iv. Ensure regular liaison with, and updates to key stakeholders including but not limited to GLA, Met Police, London Fire Brigade, TfL, London Ambulance Service Westminster City Council and The Royal Parks. Including seeking comment and agreement from relevant safety planning groups
 

Strategic Communication Planning
i. Build and champion London’s Pride reputation as a leading LGBTQI+ event in London, the UK and beyond, recognised for its excellence, creativity, diversity and inclusion.

Governance and Staffing
i. Ensure transparent reporting of London’s Pride activities
ii. Demonstrate an understanding of the recruitment processes and policies in order to attract a diverse volunteer base at all levels.
 

Financial Management and Sponsorship
i. Demonstrate financial accountability
ii. Sponsorship and funding

2. Paragraphs 1.14–1.15 of MD2984 Pride in London 2023-2027 | London City Hall state that the GLA commissioned a study to consider how more effective and robust community
engagement should be incorporated into the funding agreement and its KPIs.

Report attached.

3. Impact report attached. 

GLA post event and impact report evaluation attached.

4. Please see answer to Question 1.

5. EQIA attached.

6. We do not hold any information under this request.