​The Pride Shelter, a grass-roots, community-based NPO based in Oranjezicht in Cape Town, is calling upon potential new board members representing the LGBTI+ community to submit their applications by Friday, 13 October 2017, in order to be help continue the legacy of invaluable support offered to the LGBTI+ community.
 
The Pride Shelter Trust was formed in 2006 with the shelter in operation for the past six years, The Pride Shelter is a crisis and trauma centre providing short-term residential accommodation and psycho-social support to LGBTI+ persons experiencing crisis or trauma in their lives, and to date has aided and accommodated over 700 individuals. Rooted in a human-rights-based approach, the centre strives to promote dignity, self-respect and a sense of personal empowerment across the LGBTI+ spectrum.
 
Says Ian McMahon, Chairman of The Pride Shelter: “As a NGO, we rely heavily on individuals with a vast and significant knowledge base to serve on the board. At present, we are particularly looking for persons that can truly represent every kind of individual who belongs within the LGBTI+ community - from all cultural backgrounds, gender identities, sexes, races and sexual orientations. We seriously urge those who feel they can contribute in a significant way to submit their applications as soon as possible.”
 
At present, The Pride Shelter is the only known residential support centre of its kind within South Africa and Africa as a whole.
 
Members who serve on the board of directors do not receive any financial reward for doing so.
 
Interested individuals can submit their applications (CV and motivation) by emailing ajmassyn@gmail.com (by Friday, 13 October 2017).

​Calling all Shakespeare fans in Cape Town! Abrahamse & Meyer’s internationally acclaimed, all-male production of Hamlet will be on at Theatre on the Bay in Camps Bay in April, and the performance at 7.30pm on Tuesday 18th has been dedicated to raising funds for the Pride Shelter!
 
The production takes its inspiration from one of the earliest recorded performances of Hamlet during Shakespeare’s lifetime. On 31st March 1608, off the east coast of South Africa, the crew of the East India ship, Red Dragon, performed it for their captain.
 
Tickets can be bought through Computicket. There are 256 tickets available and cost R180 each. The Pride Shelter will get R50 from each sale!
 
Please follow these instructions. Don’t buy the ‘Full price’ or ‘Randgo’ tickets, as they won’t benefit the shelter financially. Get the ‘Pride Night’ tickets.
 
1) Go to http://online.computicket.com/web/event/hamlet/1079206486/0/75558675
2) Select the 7.30pm performance on Tuesday 18th April
3) Select as many tickets as you want for R180 each next to ‘Pride Night’
4) Click on ‘Check availability’
5) In the ‘Validation required’ pop-up box, type the code ‘SHELTER’ in the grey box(es) (the number of boxes corresponds to the number of tickets you have selected)
6) Click on ‘Add to basket’
7) If you are happy with the seat selection, click on ‘Add to basket’.
8) You’ll then have 15 minutes to complete the transaction. Go to ‘My basket’ and proceed to check-out.
 
Be quick! As the performance is open to the general public, not everyone buying tickets for 18th April will know the special ‘SHELTER’ code. We’d love as many people as possible who know the code to get tickets. So please share with your friends and family. If all 256 tickets are sold via ‘Pride Night’, the Pride Shelter will get R12,800! 

You can invite friends on Facebook at www.facebook.com/events/644577962395776/.