Happy Valley Pride’s very own artist, David Anthony Kennedy, has recruited the help and talents of fellow local artists, Francis Charlton and David Jarrett, to begin the process of turning a vulgar piece of homophobic graffiti into an inspiring piece of art.
When we first discussed having a launch fundraiser, and once we had decided on a basic format, somebody said, “I wonder if we could ask Sally Wainwright to come down and cut the ribbon?” “Well that would be perfect,” somebody else commented. “As if!” we all said unanimously, after a brief pause, moving onto the price of balloons and vol-au-vents.
The story begins back in the summer of 2015, before we, the four founders of Happy Valley Pride, had met each other, before the first meeting had been arranged, before evening after evening had been spent strategising, organising, creating; before anybody had uttered the words: Happy Valley Pride.
