PRIDE in Swan has received a tier one $10,000 grant and a tier two $25,000 grant from the state government, as part of the 2025-26 LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Grants program.

Pride in Swan chair Jeanene Williams said the tier one grant will fund activities for the general community.

“The $10,000 grant is to support people north and east of the Perth CBD – the Midland and Ellenbrook areas and up to Joondalup,” Ms Williams said.

“This will fund our community gatherings where people can come and make friends.

“In the past, we’ve had parents of trans people come along to these gatherings for a bit of advice.”

The tier two grant was awarded to develop the ‘Living The Rainbow: Creating space for every colour to shine’ project.

“This is specifically to support the multicultural community, particularly migrants that may come from countries where being gay is criminalised,” Ms Williams said.

“A lot of migrants who come over face a very high level of stigma and discrimination within their own community and outside.

“The purpose of this project is to give those people a safe place to connect with others like themselves where they can access support, coffee catchups, those sort of things, but in a private area where they don’t have to worry about being seen.”

Pride in Swan is also planning to use the grant to launch community services in the Midland, Ellenbrook and Joondalup areas.

“We’ll run at least two social events per month like the free curry night we put on last year open to the public,” Ms Williams said.

“We are also looking to continue our partnerships with other organisations to deliver in-depth support that they can’t get through government services.”

Ms Williams said this will help fill a gap in the community.

“In Perth, there’s a lot of support if you’re in the CBD, but there’s very little once you get out of the city,” she said.

“And there’s hardly anybody who provides services for LGBTIQA+SB people of colour.”

Last year, the organisation ran a multicultural-focused Pride celebration in October at Stirling Square in Guildford that attracted 2000 attendees.

Ms Williams hopes their events will continue to be popular with the community.

“It’s been really great the amount of support that we’ve got from everybody,” she said.

“We run quite a few things around Ellenbrook and Midland, and the general public, the councils and the government have all been really supportive.

“It’s been really great to see just the amount of support and the love that we’ve gotten from the community as a whole.”