June Newsletter

Welcome to the Gay Professional Network newsletter for June.  Please scroll down and clink on the links for more     City of London Gay Meetup Wednesday 27th May The Winemakers Club £ 5 membership for the year (Free to full members of GPN)   Details and RSVP Saturday 30th May: Charity night for positive East at the Victoria bar Details   Friday 5th June: Drinks in Walthamstow, garden party! £5 membership for the year (Free to full members of GPN) Bring a bottle ! Details and RSVP Wednesday 10th June: Dinner and entertainement extravaganza Details and RSVP Sunday 14th June: 1st ever Private Tour of the V&A with a LGBTQ accent Details and RSVP Wednesday 17th June: GPN Details and RSVP Tuesday 23rd June: Drinks in the City Details and RSVP Saturday 27th June: Gay Pride London  Walk with Positive East and Get a Free T-Shirt Details The Gay Professional Network is your platform to promote your cause, your business, venue and yourself. It  helps your further your business or career and makes meaningful business and social contacts. You get connected, proactive and productive. It is also a get together of like minded people who enjoy meeting other people. All very nice people in a relaxed atmosphere. You may want to read a few facts, such as how far reaching we are,  about GPN, your Network, here. We are now several million in the world! Possibly the biggest network anywhere. To be a fully fledged member of  GPN cost  £1 a day, £ 5 a week, £20 a month or £200 a year payable on a recurring basis which gives you FREE registration to all the networking events, including those in the City, Walthamstow and more to come.  If you are ready for this, proceed here.   This link gives you the LinkedIn and Facebook addresses. We connect you with people anywhere in the World. There are many advantages to be a member such as free legal, financial, property or events consultation and free entries to many clubs, discount and other perks. (Registration/membership does not necessarily include drinks and canapes, we rely on the venues to sponsor this in exchange of considerable publicity to our Network worth several thousand of pounds, we try to support venues owned and managed by LGBT people) Read about it: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/new-website-aims-help-lgbti-professionals-network-and-find-work120515 Have you registered on myGwork yet?  Together we celebrate the businesses and organisations that are passionate about LGBT diversity and inclusion at work. myGwork allows members to progress their careers with an employer that understands the importance and value of an inclusive and supportive workplace environment. To preserve your privacy, members' profiles are not findable on any search engines. REGISTER NOW!    myGwork.com​ We look forward to seeing you again soon! Best wishes, Ivan, Salim, Andrew, Loic, Chris & Jean-Francois. http://gpn.gb.net (free to register)   Facebook Twitter Website Email

Timing

Timing:

6:30 pm members arrive, drinks served by the venue, cash bar for anything else.
networking with hosts introducing people who need to be in touch (the registration process gives us the needs of all present and we put 2&2 together)

7:30 pm Welcome and introduction of the venue followed by the guest speaker and anyone else who have expressed the wish to present themselves or their company to the Network 
(usually takes a maximum of 15 minutes).

This is followed by the Draw of the raffle

9:30 pm carriages (although some may like to stay a little...)

Profile of people attending GPN

Profile of people attending are influential gay professionals, high spending, taste making, ABC demographic: Doctors, Lawyers, Bankers, Hedge Funds Owner, Property Developers, CEO of Top FTSE Companies in the world, Diplomats, Actors, Entrepreneur, Singers, Models and others in the entertainment and communication industry, students too aspiring to network with people in the know and others looking at their next step in their careers.  All very nice people in a relaxed atmosphere.

Walk with Positive East at Gay Pride London 2015- get a Free T-Shirt!

Hi

Fancy marching with Positive East at this year’s Gay Pride ? 

Please see all of details below and contact either Paul or Jonathan if you wish to join them on the march, sadly for the first time, I shall not be able to do it as this is a dear friend birthday party in Bournemouth.

Best regards

Jean-François.

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As Walk for Life’s been cancelled, why not March with us at Gay Pride on Saturday June 27.

FREE Positive East t-shirt for everyone who does.

Our Walking Group: should arrive from 12:30 and not before to our designated Section D which begins at 55 Baker Street.  With the Parade due to depart at 13:00.

We’re marching just behind St John’s Ambulance (handy for any emergencies!) with CloneZone following (amongst many others!).

Always a fun day – and more the merrier (Bring your friends!)!

Join us for the march, and then go off to enjoy Pride! If you’d to join us, either contact Paul  paul.fleming@positiveeast.org.uk or jonathan.whitehouse@positiveeast.org.uk

 

Jonathan Whitehouse

Communications Officer

Positive East, 159 Mile End Road, London E1 4AQ

020 7791 2855

www.positiveeast.org.uk

Positive Voices: watch our short film on the challenges faced by people living with HIV in London today

Unedited pictures of the event at the Savile Club 19/05/2015