🌟 GPN September Newsletter: Opportunity, Innovation & Celebration

 

View in browser 2nd September 2025   Dear Member or Friend of GPN, 🌟 GPN September Newsletter: Opportunity, Innovation & Celebration     As summer gently fades into autumn, GPN continues to thrive as a hub of connection, inspiration, and opportunity. This month, we spotlight four exciting events that reflect our values of inclusivity, enterprise, and global engagement.   🚀 The London Business Show 2025 📅 12–13 November 📍 Excel London, Hall N5–N8 Whether you're launching a new venture or scaling up, this two-day event offers free access to hundreds of top business services, expert advice, and keynote sessions from entrepreneurs who’ve built empires from scratch. It’s a must-attend for anyone serious about growth and innovation. 🎟️ Reserve your free ticket   🛡️ DASA: Meet the Customer @ DSEI 📅 Tuesday 9 September 📍 DSEI, London The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) invites you to pitch your ideas directly to customer representatives in a dynamic, informal setting. With only 5 minutes to present and 10 minutes for discussion, this is a rare chance to make your concept heard where it matters most. 💡 Learn more and apply   🧠 Tuesday 23rd September: “Why Networking Feels Hard” with Chris Beale   Psychologist & coach Chris Beale explores the barriers that hold us back—and how curiosity and connection can change the game.   ✨ “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair 📍 Join us for insights, strategies, and a fresh take on authentic networking. 🎟️ Book now 📸 @mrchrisbeale   Hashtags: #NetworkingEvent #MentalHealthMatters #PsychologicallySafe #ChrisBeale #OutSavvyEvents #LGBTQNetworking #CuriosityConnectionCommunity #MindPotential #InclusiveNetworking #LondonEvents   🌈 Gay Games Valencia 2026 🏅 Coming Summer 2026 📍 Valencia, Spain The countdown begins! The next Gay Games will take place in vibrant Valencia, celebrating diversity, athleticism, and unity. Whether you're competing, volunteering, or cheering from the sidelines, this global event is a beacon of pride and community. 📸 Explore the announcement   Let’s continue to build bridges, spark ideas, and celebrate each other. As always, thank you for being part of GPN—where connection meets purpose.   🌟 Upcoming Events:     🌟 Tuesday 28th October: “Attaining Inner Peace” with Tony J. Selimi   Join internationally renowned speaker, author, and transformational coach Tony J. Selimi as he shares powerful insights on overcoming stress, unlocking your potential, and living a more authentic, inspired life. 🧘‍♂️ Whether you're navigating personal challenges or seeking professional growth, this talk offers tools to help you realign and thrive. 🎟️ Book your spot 📸 @tonyselimi   Hashtags: #TonySelimi #InnerPeace #PersonalGrowth #TransformationalTalk #OutSavvyEvents #MindMastery #AuthenticLiving #LondonEvents #EmpowermentJourney #LifeCoach #MentalWellbeing   🤝 Strength in Community These events are wonderful opportunities to connect, share ideas, and celebrate the strength of our network. You are not alone—we truly grow stronger together.   ✨ Stay Engaged with GPN:   Beyond our events, there’s plenty of ways to connect year-round: 📌 Follow our LinkedIn Page and join our LinkedIn Group 📌 Get involved with the Gay Business Association 📌 Become a business member   💼 Real Impact GPN members have boosted their turnover, some from £500 to over £24,000, and unlocked access to over £25 million in funding. Has GPN helped you? We’d love to hear your story.   📰 Stay Informed Explore our blog for member spotlights, stories from LGBTQ+ organisations, and updates on other upcoming events, including the Gay Games 2026 in Valencia.   🤝 Celebrating Diversity While 88% of members identify as gay cis men, GPN embraces every background—age, gender, ethnicity, ability, and identity. Our mission: to create a platform for like-minded people to connect, thrive, and lift one another up.   📍 Let’s Stay Connected:   In-person networking: 4th Tuesday of each month (excluding August & December) Online business lunch meetings: Available by request Discover GPN & membership benefits: gpn.one   Please share GPN with colleagues and friends—we’re only ever three degrees apart.   With warmest wishes, Jean-François   Jean-François Dor Founder, Gay Professional Network 📧 jf@gpn.one | 🌐 gpn.one   P.S. Three ways you can support GPN: 🎟️ Try your luck with the Rainbow Lottery. Tickets cost just £1, with a chance to win £25,000. ⭐ Leave us a Google review to help others discover our network. 📱 Follow us on social media and stay in the loop. The Business Show UK Event   Dates: 12th and 13th November 2025 Location: Hall N5-N8, Excel London If you're starting or growing your business, there are plenty of opportunities out there—but many often come with steep fees and expensive tickets. Now, picture a two-day event that's completely free to attend, filled with expert advice, hands-on support, and access to hundreds of top business services from across the UK—all in one place. Hear from successful entrepreneurs and business influencers, some with audiences in the millions, as they share their stories and advice in powerful keynote sessions. These are people who once started just like you. Whether you’re launching, growing, or expanding, this event is where business moves forward ­ Grab your free ticket here ­ Chris Beale ­ Tuesday 23rd September ­ RSVP Now Tony J. Selimi ­ Tuesday 28th October ­ RSVP Now Rainbow Lottery Tickets cost £1, and proceeds help GPN continue its impactful work. There is a weekly £25,000 jackpot. Click on the QR code for more info. Jean-Francois Dor's events & social Media  Click on the QR code for more info Join The  Gay Professional Network Our business members: ­ Tony J.Selimi ­ Transformational coach ­ Website ­ Iain Muggoch ­ Madame F  ­ Website ­ Tom Wolfe ­ Chef & Food Artist ­ Website ­ Matt Dabrowski ­ OutBritain & OutScotland ­ Website John  C. Morley Computer Technology Website Get in touch with me via the social media outlined below or above by clicking the QR code, click on the icons below JFDE London www.jfdor.org ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ © 2025 JFDE

🧠 Tuesday 23rd September: “Why Networking Feels Hard” with Chris Beale

 🧠 Tuesday 23rd September: “Why Networking Feels Hard” with Chris Beale

 Psychologist & coach Chris Beale explores the barriers that hold us back—and how curiosity and connection can change the game.

 

✨ “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair

📍 Join us for insights, strategies, and a fresh take on authentic networking.

🎟️ Book now https://link.outsavvy.com/chris
📸 @mrchrisbeale

 

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#NetworkingEvent #MentalHealthMatters #PsychologicallySafe #ChrisBeale #OutSavvyEvents #LGBTQNetworking #CuriosityConnectionCommunity #MindPotential #InclusiveNetworking #LondonEvents

FROM BUGGERY TO BLASPHEMY: GAY NEWS REVISITED

 Wednesday, 24 September, 7pm, Bishopsgate Institute

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FROM BUGGERY TO BLASPHEMY: GAY NEWS REVISITED  

Relive the grandeur that was Gay News with two of the legendary newspaper’s key staff members. Together, photographer Bob Workman and journalist Keith Howes explored London and much of Britain, pushing open the closet door and shining light into the darkness of the dangerously exhilarating queer world of the 70s and early 80s. Join Bob and Keith for an unmissable evening of grit, glamour and gossip, flowing with stunning images and candid anecdotes to recreate the pair’s unique contribution to building community, as well as close encounters with people like Rudolf Nureyev, Divine, Simon Callow, Andy Warhol and Dame Edna Everage.

The Other Foundation (southern Africa's LGBTI community ) is hiring, job based in Johannesburg

 

WE ARE HIRING    The Other Foundation is southern Africa's LGBTI community foundation. It advances and protects the equality, freedom, and social and economic inclusion of homosexual and bisexual women and men, and transgender and intersex people in 13 southern African countries – recognizing the particular intersections of racialization, poverty and inequality, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, heritage, and politics in our region. It does this by working as a fundraiser, a grantmaker, and a movement builder. The Foundation is looking for a diverse selection of talented, technically skilled, self-motivated, and well-networked southern African people with a can-do attitude, a strong commitment to social and economic justice, a commitment to excellence, strong attention to detail, highly developed writing competencies, matured work ethics, well-developed project management skills including the ability to efficiently and independently deliver outputs and results related to their particular roles and functions while working cohesively in a productive team, enough relevant experience, and proven track records of practicing transparency and accountability, to appoint to the following positions: Monitoring, Evaluation, & Reporting Officer: Leads the development and execution of monitoring, evaluation, and reporting in compliance with the Foundation's strategies and obligations to multiple stakeholders. Has a proven track record of delivering useful monitoring reports and impact evaluations that are unique and of a high quality. Also has a track record in producing high quality, results-focused reports for international donors, based on prescribed metrices. Programme Officers / Project Managers (x2): Responsible for the coordination of a portfolio of multi-year government and private donor-funded projects. Also responsible for planning, executing, monitoring, and reporting on a grantmaking portfolio relating to policy and legal reform; voice and visibility in the mass media; economic participation including engagement with businesses; and/or organizational capacity strengthening. Has highly developed project management skills, advanced financial literacy, international donor compliance competencies, well-developed stakeholder relations capabilities, and grantmaking experience. Grantmaking Officer: Responsible for administrative planning, execution, and reporting in relation to specific grantmaking portfolios in support of programme officers, in compliance with prescribed policies, procedures, and other compliance obligations. Has technical proficiency in using DevMan or a similar grants administration system, high levels of attention to detail in managing data, and the ability to efficiently execute administrative procedures within prescribed time frames. Senior Finance Officers (x2): Develops and manages budgets, supports the review of procurements, manages cash flows, assesses grantmaking budget proposals and grantee financial reports, facilitates payments (including grant payments), develops and implements tools to monitor and enforce compliance policies and other compliance obligations, maintains financial accounts, generates financial reports in prescribed formats within prescribed time frames, and provides guidance to programme personnel on financial management obligations and requirements – all in relation to specific international donor-funded financial management portfolios that have unique accounting and other compliance requirements. Also facilitates financial, performance, and compliance audits as required from time to time. Has highly-developed technical skills and adequate experience in working in international donor-funded financial management. Interested candidates should email a letter of motivation and a curriculum vitae with the names and contact details of three referees to admin@theotherfoundation.org clearly indicating in the email subject line, the position being applied for. The closing date for applications is Friday 19 September 2025. All posts are based at the Foundation's office in Johannesburg. All posts require a minimum of 5 years of prior experience in a related field of work and a relevant qualification. All appointments will be made on a fixed-term contract basis. The ability to communicate in English is a requirement. The ability to communicate in French and/or Portuguese as well, will give candidates an advantage. Click here to find out more about these positions and about the Other Foundation. The Foundation reserves the right not to make appointments to fill the advertised vacancies.   IT1087/2013G | 168-094NPO | PBO930056168 Katlego KOLANYANE-KESUPILE [Botswana] | Nalumino LIKWASI [Zambia] | Rosie MOTENE [South Africa] Alan MSOSA [Malawi] | Tumelo MASIHLEHO [South Africa] | Paula SEBASTIAO [Angola]  Nolene MORRIS  [South Africa] | Danilo DA SILVA  [Mozambique] ] | Neville GABRIEL (CEO) Copyright © 2025 - The Other Foundation. All rights reserved. Contact us at admin@theotherfoundation.org | www.theotherfoundation.org

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