Friday evening – Registration opens + Welcome social
Reading Biscuit Factory, 1 Queens Walk, Reading RG1 7QE (info) (map)
3.00pm Registration Desk Opens
5.00pm Informal Meet & Greet
7.00pm Welcome Event – Tea and Coffee Provided (On-Site Bar Available)
Speech from Reading Pride, Newbury Pride and UKPON Board
9.00pm Follow on drinks
The Blagrave Pub, 35 Blagrave St, Reading RG1 1PW (map)
Drinks discounts at the bar and entertainment from Nicolette Street
Saturday morning
APEX Plaza, 3 Forbury Rd, Reading RG1 1AX (map)
10.00am Welcome to Conference
Welcome from Reading Pride
Outline of the UKPON Conference
Run through of events and what to expect
– Annual Report
– Trustee Updates
– Motions
– Explanation of voting
11.30am Bids
– UK Pride 2026 Bids
– Conference 2025 Bids
12.00pm Hustings
– Trustee Hustings
Each UK Pride and conference bidder will have 10 minutes each – this is recommended to be a 5 minute presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A. Voting opens once the Bids and Hustings are complete. 1 vote per full pride member – completed by email registration so can be completed by members not present. Chance to ask clarifying questions over lunch
12.30pm Updates
– UK Pride 2024 Doncaster
– UK Pride 2025 Portsmouth
– Pride in Gloucester EuroPride 2027 bid
1.00pm Lunch
Oakford Social Club, 53 Blagrave St, Reading RG1 1PZ (info) (map)
Saturday afternoon
APEX Plaza, 3 Forbury Rd, Reading RG1 1AX (map)
2.00pm Consultation
Consultation led by Robert Mee regarding what the members want from UKPON and what we can deliver. Results and further discussion to take place on Sunday.
3.00pm Results
Results from the following voting:
UK Pride 2025 Host
Conference 2025 Host
UKPON Trustees
Motions
3.15pm Workshop Session 1
Room 1 – Income Diversification, Corporate Partnerships and Relationships with Grant Funders – Led by CP from Portsmouth Pride
Room 2 – Increasing diversity and diversity in the T+ spectrum
4.30pm End of day
End of Saturday – chance for informal, unstructured networking
Saturday evening
ZeroDegrees, 9 Bridge St, Reading RG1 2LR (info) (map)
7.00pm Networking Social
Facilitated networking time and space
8.30pm Evening Meal
9.30pm Social with entertainment
Followed by
The Blagrave Pub (map) or
Oakford Social Club (info) (map) (delegates choice)
Sunday morning
Reading Biscuit Factory, 1 Queens Walk, Reading RG1 7QE (info) (map)
10.00am Welcome
EPOA & EuroPride update
World Pride & InterPride update
11.00am UKPONs future
Discussion session on realistic aims of UKPON for the next year.
1.00pm – Close
Sunday afternoon
Reading Biscuit Factory, 1 Queens Walk, Reading RG1 7QE (info) (map)
2.00pm Regional Pride Roundtables + Close-out social
Provide space for Prides in the same region to discuss, link up and collaborate with the objective to encourage joint support, Shared services, buying power, volunteer pooling, etc.
Based on the 2019 Alliance Map to connect local Pride’s together.
