Highlight of our members: Tom Gattos, Co-Founder of the Rainbow Lottery.

 TOM GATTOS, CO-FOUNDER OF THE RAINBOW LOTTERY.

Tom Gattos spent most of his life as an advertising copywriter, living, working and winning awards on four continents. But it was during lockdown in London, when he and his partner, David Murray, discovered almost every group in the UK had a lottery except the LGBTQ+ community! 

As they had a pension pot saved for their retirement, they decided it was far better use of the money to remedy the situation and set up a lottery for the community's benefit, So The Rainbow Lottery was born. 

Since its inception, their lottery has been shortlisted for some of the community's top awards, including 'The British LGBT Awards' and 'The Rainbow Honours Awards'. 

At this writing, there are 142 LGBTQ+ good causes across the country benefiting from the lottery, which has a £25,000 weekly jackpot to galvanise supporters.

The causes include The LGBT Foundation, George House Trust, Mermaids, Peter Tatchell Foundation, Diversity Role Models, sports groups, Trans groups, youth groups, Helplines and Pride groups across the country. And of course, The Gay Professional Network!

Tom says he and David are thrilled to be able to help the community, and adds, "This is by far the best thing we've ever done."  

You can support GPN through the Rainbow Lottery, simply by buying your £1 tickets through their page: https://www.rainbowlottery.co.uk/support/gay-professional-network

Support Gay Professional Network on The Rainbow Lottery Gay Professional Network is offering you the chance to win £25,000 and help raise much needed funds. www.rainbowlottery.co.uk

Walk in Clerkenwell

Stratford East Theatre Offer

 Good Afternoon.

 

Stratford East Theatre have given me some allocation of 241 tickets for VILLAGE IDIOT,

a Ramps On The Moon pioneering initiative committed to putting deaf and disabled artists and audiences at the centre of their work.

 

“If I were an animal there would be legislation to protect my home, but because I’m just a bloody human they can do whatever the f**k they like.”

 

VILLAGE IDIOT is an "outrageously funny" (The Times) comedy, where family feuds kick off around a country fair that all you townies are invited to.

 

The 241 tickets are only available on Band A (£32.50) and Band B (£22.50) for the following performances: Thu 13 to Tue 18 April

 

To book tickets please call Box Office on 0208 534 0310 or the link below and use promo code TOWNIE241

 

https://arts-mail.com/t/355W-1DM9G-B742871FEF1EF1374GMXEKED38F9581D26132B/cr.aspx

 

I would be grateful if you can please help pass on this offer to staff and members.

Thanks for your support.

Best

Bid Mosaku

Audience Development

07875 092469

Invitation to the Theatre

 Hello to the GBA/GPN,

 

Greetings from Park Theatre. I’m Daniel – producer here and I’d love to talk to you about a play we’re bringing to the stage this spring called ANIMAL. It’s a really unique play (I know all producers say that) that looks at disability and desire, identity and independence and we're looking for opportunities to invite special interest groups within the community to come and see the show, to hopefully tie in with LGBTQ+ or disability awareness work they might be doing. I thought, therefore, that this play could be of real interest to the GBA:

 

ANIMAL

By Jon Bradfield (from a story by Jon Bradfield and Josh Hepple) and directed by Bronagh Lagan

 

David is gay, disabled and profoundly horny. He can’t eat, drink or shower by himself – let alone the rest. Totally inexperienced, he embarks on a sexual and romantic odyssey, armed with a fierce brain and impressive nudes (that he has to get someone else to take). But can David keep it casual whilst also relying on round-the-clock care? Can he manage the thrill and uncertainty of random hook-ups after a lifetime of knock-backs? Hilarious, challenging and heart-breaking, ANIMAL has already been wowing audiences in Manchester for the past month:

★★★★ “an impeccable production… hinges on the desire to love and be loved in return” I Love Manchester

★★★★ “bold, brave and brilliant… a truly vital piece of theatre” Fankly My Dear

★★★★ “eye-opening, heart-wrenching, hilarious” Manchester Theatres

 

The production trailer can be seen here. The show runs from 19^th April until 20^th May (Mon-Sat at 7:30pm, Thurs & Sat at 3pm) at Park Theatre, London. It’s selling really well already and, after the press night, we anticipate it will be even harder to get tickets so we’re approaching special interest groups now so that you don’t miss out.

 

Tickets ranges between £15 - £44.50 - depending on matinee or evening, weekday or weekend. We can of course arrange discounts or create a unique promo code for special interest groups, as well as facilitate packages for larger groups with pizza and drinks before the show in a privae area of our newly refurbished bar and even the potential for Q&As with key creatives or cast members, so please do let us know if you’d be interested to find out more.

 

Looking forward to hearing from you,

 

Daniel

 

Producer Programmer

Park Theatre, 11-13 Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London, N4 3JP

Goldman Sachs 10KSB Programme

 Dear GPN/GBA Team

I hope this email finds you well.

I am writing in reference to the fully funded Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK programme, which is now accepting applications for Cohort 19, starting in September 2023.

The application deadline has now been announced and is Friday 5^th May 2023.

We work with LEPs, Growth Hubs, and business networks around the UK and are keen to ensure the benefits of the programme are communicated to businesses from all regions, backgrounds and sectors. If you are not already aware of the programme, you can find more detailed information, and the application page, here: www.gs.com/10ksb-uk, or contact me directly to arrange a short call.

Please also feel free to refer any interested or suitable businesses directly to the recruitment team at 10KSB.Recruitment@sbs.ox.ac.uk.

If you would like text and/or images for a newsletter or news update to your members, please let me know and I can send something over, and I’d also be happy to arrange an introduction webinar for your members who may be interested in finding out more about the programme.

In addition, we are always keen to keep our alumni informed of any news from business networks and invite you to share with us any new initiatives or upcoming deadlines that we could share with our community by emailing 10KSB.Alumni@sbs.ox.ac.uk.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Callan Withers

 

Alumni & Recruitment Coordinator

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK

DASA funding for our members

 Good afternoon

I lead on London outreach activities for the Defence and Security Accelerator, DASA, the part of the Ministry of Defence that funds next generation technology to help keep the UK safer through innovation.

Presently, I'm looking at practical steps to help diversify the engineers and entrepreneurs that provide new capabilities and technologies to UK government.

Trade associations, the Institute of Directors, Local Enterprise Partnerships and the traditional Chambers of Commerce etc regularly make their members aware of DASA funding and opportunities to develop new markets in UK defence and security. In the past we have seen these organisations as good ways of spreading the message widely and equally that DASA is here with funding for innovation.

However, I'm now exploring more targeting messaging to communities we seek to attract and know are under-represented in terms of applying to DASA for funding, and therefore obtaining DASA funding. Which in turn continues to limit the ability to showcase those innovations and advance business development opportunities in UK government. 

I've attached some slides on the services, funding and business development we offer into UK defence & security. They are all free and for anyone to take advantage of. And I'd be very grateful if we could discuss any avenues you may have to reach your members so they can avail themselves of DASA innovation funding if it suits their development or business needs?

(I'm aware my slides state 'benevolent IP terms and conditions'. That is perhaps underselling it as we don't take any equity and the IP stays with the innovator for the innovations we fund them to develop.)

Regards
Ralph Wilkins
Innovation Partner - London
Defence and Security Accelerator

PS: if you wish to receive the slides please email hello@the-gba.co.uk

Highlights of our members: Tim

Tim Dee qualified as an accountant in 2003 and has worked in policy, finance transformation and entrepreneurial roles ever since. 

He now leads ACCA’s policy and research work across the UK, Europe, Eurasia, Middle East and Americas, with a particular focus on sustainability reporting. 

In 2022 he completed a social innovation fellowship with Year Here, co-designing support services for refugees at a housing association, and developing an ESG framework for a biotech fashion startup. 

Tim is passionate about social justice and equity, having survived sexual violence, homelessness and mental ill health, and occasionally speaks on these lived experiences. Tim is engaged to Wayne and lives in Windsor