Our Services
Eighty percent of Australians have witnessed or experienced homophobia in sports, pushing LGBTIQ+ people away from playing the sports they love. Pride Cup supports sports clubs, businesses, councils, and organisations, helping them take active steps to create safer, more welcoming environments for LGBTIQ+ people.
Preseason LGBTIQ+ Inclusion Education Session
For: LGBTIQ+ and advanced clubs
- Annual preseason training designed for the entire club or new players.
- This session includes an overview of LGBTIQ+ terminology, explores participation challenges, promotes inclusive practices, and empowers players to stand against homophobia in sports.
- Tailored to the values, and past experiences of your club.
Umpire and Referee Education and Training
- Managing on-field incidents of homophobia or transphobia
- Active bystander intervention training
- Education on league-specific reporting and related policies
- Strategies for safely managing crowds
Speaker Engagement
Bring Pride Cup’s staff or board to you:
- Pride Cup’s team of athletes and professionals can share our story with your team
- Our expertise spans inclusion, leadership, LGBTIQ+ issues, and intersectionality
- Speakers available for LGBTIQ+ days of significance; IDAHOBIT, Pride Month, etc
University and Council PrideRound and Education Packages
- Support to run a Pride themed sporting event across any code on the same weekend at your university or in your local government area.
- Bespoke Pride Cup organiser handbook with your brand
- Education sessions for all participants and staff
- Merch discounts
- Welcome packs - can include government collateral
- Speaker attendance
- And much more!
Consulting
- Customised strategies for diversity, inclusion, crisis management, communications, security, and broadcast training, tailored to your needs.
- In-depth training available nationwide, from urban centers to remote regions.
- Flexible service options: Hourly, half-day, or full-day sessions.
Work with us to build a world where every LGBTIQ+ person feels included, accepted and proud to be who they are.
Pride Cup is Australia’s largest LGBTIQ+ inclusion in sport organisation, working with over 800 teams across 35 sport codes since 2018. We support clubs and sport organisations, as well as councils, universities, or organisations, to create LGBTIQ+ inclusive environments for players, volunteers, coaches, and administrators through iconic rainbow-themed game days (known as Pride Cups, PrideGames, and PrideRounds) and education that is designed for sporting environments.
We take a strengths-based approach to working with clubs, acknowledging them as the experts in their community and stakeholders. Pride Cup’s role is to support a club, wherever they are on their inclusion journey,
in a way that celebrates and builds on the unique mix of cultural, religious, ethnic, and gender diversity at that
Club.
The Pride Cup model has been evaluated by Monash University and found to reduce homophobic behaviour in sport clubs by 40-50% after participating just once.
Pride Cup is proudly supported by:
