2024 Marketplace Stalls
With a larger venue this year we were able to make space to feature more local and LGBTQIA+ businesses and organisations, and a range of food and drink options. Here’s your guide as to who will be at Pride this year! We’ve grouped them into 5 zones in the park, making it easier for you to find them on the day:
Several of our Pride Sponsors & Partners also have a space in the park.
You don’t need to worry about being hungry or thirsty at Swindon & Wiltshire Pride 2024! This year we have a range of hot and cold food from local or LGBTQIA traders available - sweet and savory, including vegetarian and vegan options. To quench your thirst, along with our licensed bar, we have hot and cold coffee and speciality drinks, and soft drinks available at some food vendors!
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Bo's Chinese Street Food: noodles or rice with a variety of flavours of chicken (vegetarian option available), vegetarian spring rolls
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Bo's Mac-n-Cheese: delicious mac-n-cheese with choices of chicken, chips, extra cheese, bacon, crispy onions, Spring onions,coriander, etc. Vegetarian option available.
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Fandangos: offering a delicious selection of drinks, see the menu. A portion of the proceeds support Swindon & Wiltshire Pride.
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Mazza’s Munchies: offering your festival favourites: tasty burgers, jumbo hot dogs, chips and cheesy chips.
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Mr Roast Potato: Takeaway Roast Dinners for Vegans and Vegetarians with lots of Potatoes, Yorkshires and Gravy
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Malton’s Drinks Company: Offering tea, coffee and a large range of luxury ice cold drinks, along with exciting fresh thick ice cream milkshakes - all hand made by Malton’s.
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Ye Olde Sausage Roll Company: Sausage rolls, pasties and pies
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Vegan Sweet Tooth: Italian vegan patisserie and bakery, with a wide range from savories to sweets.
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GlamoRose Cakes: come and visit GlamoRose’s pink sparkly cake van for all your delicious cupcakes, brownies and traybakes, including their Pride special - Rainbow Cookie Pie!
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Ice Queen Van: The creamiest freshest ice cream you'll ever taste with gluten free and vegan options available.
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As well as our Swindon & Wiltshire Pride merchandise, we have a range of traders attending Pride this year in our Shopping & Businesses Zone! Our traders represent a combination of local and LGBTQIA traders, so there is plenty on offer if you are looking for gifts for yourself or your friends and family!
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Swindon & Wiltshire Pride Merchandise (located near the Main Stage): Flags, mugs, keyrings, shoelaces and more - we have a huge range of rainbow merchandise and several of our items are available in a range of gender/sexual identify flag colours too! All the proceeds from our Merchandise Stall support Swindon & Wiltshire Pride.
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Drag Apparel: Drag Race and pop-culture inspired Mugs, t-shirts, coasters, magnets, stickers, fans, hats, coffee cups, sunnies, colouring books
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Embroidered Banners and Workwear: Patches, banners and embroidered items
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FurryFish: LGBTQ+ themed bracelets, earrings, prints and stickers from a local creator.
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Hazstract: Queer run business making Handcrafted fashion accessories, clack fans and homeware
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Pasture Bedtime: Fun ceramics, pins, tote bags and stickers
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Sweets in Time: Pick’n’mix sweets
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Swindon Story Shed: Join us to find a Rainbowsaurus, plus new and secondhand books for all ages!
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Pretty Things: Face painting, glitter and glitter tattoos along with hair braids, feathers, jewellery and other accessories.
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PureGym: Find out about PureGym, personal trainers, guest passes and discounts
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Silverjacs: Silver jewellery and costume jewellery
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Tarot Stall: Come and explore your Hero's Journey using the mystery of Tarot Card Reading
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The way of the Jeff: Customised T-shirt prints: pick a design, colour and style and watch while we press your choice there and then
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Visit our Youth Zone to find out about organisations focused on younger people, including Out of The Can who will be hosting a youth chillout area and arts activities provided by No Added Sugar:
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Out of the Can featuring No Added Sugar
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New College Swindon
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Owen's World Foundation
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PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide
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Pauline Quirke Academy Swindon
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Revolution Performing Arts
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SMASH Youth Project
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Swindon Youth Voice
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UTURN
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With a larger venue this year we were able to make space for more local community and other organisations. Visit their stalls to find out more about what they do and how you can get involved:
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Army Reserve - 7 Rifles
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Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
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Kings Court Care Centre
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Midcounties Swindon Coop Branch Party and Swindon Labour
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National Trust
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National Education Union
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Old Town Bells | WI
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Outdoor Lads
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Pride in Gloucestershire
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Prospect Hospice
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Royal Air Forces Association Wings Appeal
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South Swindon Parish Council
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Southwest LGBT Community
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Supermarine Ladies Rugby Football Club
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Swindon and Royal Wootton Bassett Sea Cadets
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Swindon Bats Sports and Social Charity for the Visually Impaired
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Swindon Heritage Preservation
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Swindon LGBT+ Social Group
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Swindon Photographic Society
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Swindon Quaker Meeting
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Thames Water
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The Wessex Choir
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Upcycle Swindon
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Wiltshire roller derby
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Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
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Zurich
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With a larger venue this year we were able to make space for more health and support services at Pride. Visit their stalls to find out more about what they do and how they can help you and others, or how you can get involved:
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Adopt Thames Valley
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Alzheimer's Society
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Big Breakfast Plus
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British Heart Foundation
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Change Grow Live Swindon
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Citizens Advice Swindon
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Community Safety Partnership
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First Light - Swindon and Wiltshire SARC and ISVA service
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Fostering Team SBC
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Great Western Hospital
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Ipsum Mental Health and Wellbeing Charity
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NHS Talking Therapies
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NSPCC
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Royal College of Nursing
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Samaritan Swindon Branch
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SDASS (Swindon Women's Aid)
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SeetecPluss
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Swindon and Gloucestershire Mind
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Swindon Down’s syndrome Group
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Swindon Sexual Health Service (NHS)
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Turning Point Connect Wiltshire
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Viva Swindon outreach
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Wyvern Health Partnership
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Our Pride Sponsors and Partners help keep Swindon & Wiltshire Pride free to attend, and several of them have a space at the park. Visit them to find out more about what they offer - you’ll find them in prominent locations around the park:
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Nationwide
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Arval
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WHSmith
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Stagecoach
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Domino’s PIzza
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Wyvern Theatre
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Wiltshire Police & UNISON
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Gallagher
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Volunteer at Pride
Pride can only happen with the generous support of our volunteers. We always have various roles we are looking for people to help us, that will help support our event. f you are 18+ and available the day before and/or after Pride get in touch to Volunteer at Swindon & Wiltshire Pride!
