Dismay as city's Pride celebration is cancelled

LIVERPOOL'S Pride event and march have been cancelled for 2025, with the organisers citing "significant financial and organisational challenges

- By EMILIA BONA

The organisers said they “listened to the community” and took the decision to cut ties with sponsors Barclays, which then created further issues with staging the annual event.

LCR Pride Foundation, the organisation behind Pride in Liverpool and the city’s annual March with Pride, “regretfully” announced yesterday that the 2025 event, due to take place on Saturday, July 26, will not go ahead.

In a lengthy statement shared with the ECHO, LCR Pride Foundation’s Board of Directors said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the cancellation of this year’s Pride in Liverpool and March with Pride.

“In recent months the charity has faced significant financial and organisational challenges, which have impacted timescales and resulted in it reverting to an almost entirely volunteer-led operation. This, combined with rising costs and difficulty securing national and local funding, has made it impossible to bring Pride in Liverpool to the city this year.