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Our core activity focuses on our three flagship projects: DIVERSITY IN NATURE, SOCIAL SPACES NETWORK and POLLINATION STREET
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We also run the Step Ye Gaylidh Ceilidh events as regular community gatherings


NEWS AND UPDATES December 2025:

STEP YE GAYLIDH: Autumn Ceilidh 22 Nov - We had a ball! Next date is Sat 14 March 2026!

‍DIVERSITY IN NATURE: Cairngorms Art Prize winners announced!
New funding secured from Whole Family Wellbeing Programme

SOCIAL SPACES NETWORK: More organisations in the National Park are joining up. Time to get involved!

SOCIAL SPACES EVENTS: New funding secured from the National Lottery Community Fund (Awards for All) to support regular hangouts and develop our Social Spaces events calendar

POLLINATION STREET: Our two new sites for the Cairngorms Pride Village are now installed! Come and see them at Drumin Castle and Glenlivet Estate Office!  
Cairngorms map with Cairngorms Pride locations

Our Projects

Diversity in Nature
Social Spaces Network
Pollination Street

Our 2025 Events

Sat 22 November 2025
7pm
Kingussie
Step Ye Gaylidh Ceilidh
VARIOUS TIMES
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
Social Spaces Events
19 June 2025
2PM
KINCRAIG
Launch Day Event
Our Partners
RZSS
"The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland(RZSS) is a wildlife conservation charity with a vision of a world where nature is protected, valued and loved. RZSS is proud to partner with Cairngorms Pride to challenge discrimination and support everyone to be their true self. It is hoped that all communities who engage with RZSS gain a greater personal connection to the natural world and remember that nature can provide us all with a sense of belonging, no matter who we are."

CROWN ESTATE SCOTLAND
"Crown Estate Scotland manages land and property spanning seabed, coastline, rural estates and more, we work to make sure that all the assets in our care deliver lasting benefits to Scotland and its people.  We believe that equality, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental principles that strengthen our organisation and enhance the value we deliver. We are proud to partner with Cairngorms Pride to best apply these principles alongside the LGBTQ+ community. On our Glenlivet Estate we aim to provide a welcome to all and with the support of Cairngorms Pride we are better placed to do this for the LGBTQ+ community."

SOMEWHERE: FOR US
"Somewhere: For Us is proud to have magazine members, readers and podcast listeners in every corner of Scotland, including many in the Scottish Highlands. We are very happy to be a creative and media partner to Cairngorms Pride and to aid and promote their important innovative work, especially supporting people living in some of Scotland’s most isolated communities where loneliness and increased prejudice affects lots of LGBTQ+ folk. With our shared values, we look forward to working with the team, sharing lots of queer joy, and helping make the Cairngorms National Park a more inclusive place for LGBTQ+ people to live, work and visit."

Collaborate
with us

Our projects are made possible through partnerships and collaborations with like-minded people and organisations. The Park's geographical layout means it can be harder to connect up, so we're here to help change that.

Get in touch with us if you have connections within the National Park area, and you have an idea for working with us to support our local LGBTQ+ and ally communities.


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