Pride 2024

WMFS OFFICIAL – NEW – FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – FOI24093 

Ref: FOI/24093 

RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 REQUEST 

I am writing to confirm that the West Midlands Fire Service has now completed its search for the information you requested further to your Freedom of Information request. 

Please find below a summary of our findings. 

Request 

This is an information request relating to Pride Month 2024. 

Please include the following information: 

Whether any events have been organised for Pride month. If so please provide the date, start and end time, and title/topic of the event 

Reply 

Pride month was in June 2024, but our events took place in May: 

Brave Space Talk around the use of The Q Word – 16th May 2024 – 2.30pm – 3.30pm 

We also attended: 

Birmingham Pride Parade – 25th May 2024 

Wolverhampton Pride – 8th June 2024   

Coventry Pride – 3rd August 2024 

Walsall Pride – 24th August 2024 

Request 

Whether any LGBT themed merchandise has been purchased for Pride month. i.e. since the beginning of the 2024/25 financial year. If so please provide me with information on what has been purchased and the cost 

Reply 

£26.91 – Colourful balloons and decorations 

Request 

Whether the organisation have sponsored any Pride events. If so which events and please provide details of the nature of the sponsorship (particularly the financial value) 

Reply 

We do not fund or sponsor any Pride events 

If you have any queries about this Freedom of Information request, please contact us. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.  

For service complaints, issues or comments regarding this request please contact The Public Relations Department, West Midlands Fire Service, 99 Vauxhall Road, Birmingham, B7 4HW 

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