Silver Pride, the annual celebration of LGBTQ+ life and culture specially for the over 55s, made a welcome return to Crewe for 2025.   

The event was hosted by not-for-profit dementia specialist, Belong, in partnership with sexual health charity, Body Positive Cheshire & North Wales and its social network, Silver Rainbows.

Guests of all ages painted the Brookhouse Drive care village rainbow as they revelled in the festivities with live entertainment from St Michael's Dance Troupe, and a fashion catwalk parade competition. 

Joining the event, Crewe Town Mayor, Cllr Sally Graham, along with representatives from Crewe Police and Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service, brought the community together for face painting, tombola and stalls, sweet treats and a barbecue.   

Crewe Town Mayor, Cllr Sally Graham, joined in with the festivities (Supplied).

Experience coordinator at Belong Crewe,  Jodie Challinor, said: "We' ae thrilled Silver Pride has now become a regular fixture in the Crewe calendar as it's important to us that everyone can be themselves and express who they are.

"Many of the older community have memories of living in a society when it was illegal for them to do this and our day is designed to say you have the support of Belong Crewe; this is a safe space where everyone belongs, regardless of your age or who you love." 

Belong's Pride initiative won the Volunteer Award at Cheshire Pride Awards 2024 for the work supporting the local, older LGBT+ community. 

Across the Belong group of care village and home care services in the North West and West Midlands, the not-for-profit organisation has implemented the Skills for Care LGBTQ+ learning framework for its teams, equipping them with the knowledge, values and best practice to support its lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and other customers, whose needs can differ from others.  

Representatives from Crewe Police, and Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service (pictured), brought the community together for face painting, tombola and stalls, sweet treats and a barbecue (Supplied).

The yearly celebration began in 2018 for Pride Month in recognition of the 1969 Stonewall Riots. The demonstration is widely considered to be the defining event marking the beginning of the gay rights movement in the US and around the world.

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